A young woman is found murdered in a quiet Italian city. Within hours, suspicion begins to form—but not everything unfolds the way it would in the United States. In Episode 1, we reconstruct the timeline leading up to the crime and the chaotic days that followed, examining how an investigation in a foreign legal system quickly spiraled into an international media storm. From interrogation tactics to cultural misunderstandings, this is where the story—and the controversy—begins.