Using the urgency and intimacy of local news footage, Hometown Homicide recounts the stories of murder investigations that turned towns and communities upside down.
In August 2000, 17-year-old Jessica Carpenter was found dead in her home by her own 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
February 26, 2019
43min
TV-14
Subtitles
English [CC]
Audio languages
English
North Carolina high school freshman Danielle Locklear slips into the night to see a friend but never returns home. As hours turn to days, her family and the residents of Hope Mills wonder if a killer could be in their midst?
3. In The Neighborhood
March 5, 2019
43min
TV-14
Subtitles
English [CC]
Audio languages
English
After a high school teacher is a no-show at her confirmation sponsor's big event and falls completely out of contact, her car is discovered with nothing inside, prompting police to begin turning the placid community upside down.
4. We're Watching You
March 12, 2019
43min
TV-14
Subtitles
English [CC]
Audio languages
English
Forty-year-old Rachael Anderson, mother of four, calls an old friend one Friday evening in April 2010 about a home improvement project she'd never complete. Eight years later, she's still missing, and two men are behind bars.
5. This Just In
March 19, 2019
43min
TV-14
Subtitles
English [CC]
Audio languages
English
After college co-ed Jessica O'Grady vanishes late one night after leaving to see her boyfriend, locals are left to wonder if she was kidnapped. Another woman also disappeared a week earlier, was there a serial killer on the loose?
6. I Will Find You
March 26, 2019
43min
TV-14
Subtitles
English [CC]
Audio languages
English
News reports and interviews detail a father's quest to find who killed his 19-year-old daughter in 2002.