Hometown Homicide
Using the urgency and intimacy of local news footage, the stories of murder investigations that turned small towns and communities upside down are recounted.
Overview
Using the urgency and intimacy of local news footage, the stories of murder investigations that turned small towns and communities upside down are recounted.
Episodes
1. All News Is Local
In August 2000, 17-year-old Jessica Carpenter is found murdered in her Aiken, S.C., home by her mother; local reporters and family members tell the story of a town frozen in terror as police search for a possible serial killer on the loose.
2. Local Girl Gone
When 15-year-old high school freshman Danielle Locklear, of Hope Mills, N.C., went missing in March 2014, her family and friends think a killer is in their midst, then a body is found in a creek near South River, weighed down with concrete blocks.
3. In the Neighborhood
When 44-year-old high school teacher, Theresa Lockhart, of Portage, Mich., went missing in May 2017, her vehicle is discovered with nothing inside and as police begin the investigation as a possible homicide, with her husband as a person of interest.
