Julia Campbell

Julia Campbell (January 25, 1967 – April 8, 2007) was an American journalist. She disappeared on April 8, 2007, while working as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines and discovered on April 18 in a shallow grave where she had been buried after being murdered. The Philippine House of Representatives awarded her with its "Congressional Medal of Achievement" in June 2007. Later, an eco-park in the Philippines was established as a memorial. Personal Julia Campbell was the daughter of US Marine Lt. Col. William R. Campbell Jr and Linda Martin Campbell. She graduated with an English degree from James Madison University Career She began her journalism career with The Connection, a Virginian newspaper. From there she worked for the Greenwich Time in Connecticut, the Times Herald-Record in New York, and the St. Petersburg Times in Florida. She was based in New York City, working for ABCNews.com and CourtTV and contributing as a freelancer to The New York Times and People magazine, among others.