Killer Destinations

In 1982, prominent attorney James Campbell and his wife, Virginia, were killed while asleep in their beds. Their two grandsons were sleeping at the foot of the bed but were thankfully unhurt. After the case was declared cold, three of James and Virginia's daughters hired a private investigator. Although some of the PI's tactics were a bit unorthodox, in the end the family was able to hear not one, but two cell doors clang shut.

On July 18, 2018, Mollie Tibbetts was spending the summer before returning to college working at a local day care. She had been on the track team in high school, and still kept up with her daily runs. But on this day, she never returned. Even with local, state and federal law enforcement searching alongside many volunteers, they didn’t find her. It would take tracking down the perpetrator to finally bring her family, friends and the entire community a sense of justice.

Emporia is a beautiful city in eastern Kansas. But in 1983, some of the community's secrets became very public when a twisted tale of lust and betrayal made its way to the headlines. It was so scandalous that it became a CBS movie of the week just a few years later. 

In October 1993, 12-year-old Polly Klaas was having a sleepover at her house with two of her friends. They were trying on possible Halloween costumes, never knowing the danger that was lurking just outside her bedroom door. When Polly was abducted, the search for her soon became the largest manhunt in US history. The tragic outcome of the search was the catalyst for California’s Three-Strikes law. 

In 2018, Molly Watson was days away from her dream wedding. Everything was taken care of – she had the venue, two dresses (!) and had just picked up her wedding license. Then late one night, someone came across Molly’s car on a back road. She was lying on the ground in front of it, and she was no longer living. Who was responsible for ruining Molly’s hopes and dreams? And what would lead investigators to the perpetrator?

In 2003, Nikki Redmond graduated from the prestigious Spelman College in just three years, assumed the Miss Savannah title after being a runner up in the pageant after the original winner was crowned Miss Georgia and became engaged to her long-time boyfriend. No one could have predicted how horrifically her year would end after the sudden death of her fiancé. 

In 1993, 23-year-old Bonnie Haim was married and the mother of a 3-year-old son when late one night she vanished. It would be 21 years before her family knew the heartbreaking truth of what really happened and where Bonnie had been for all those years.

In 2010, detectives found a young woman deceased in a friend's apartment - and the friend was nowhere to be found. Costa Mesa PD detectives immediately started looking for clues and talking to friends of the missing man. And it was one of these friends who unwittingly led investigators to the person responsible. 

It's a story ripped from the headlines - Utah mom Kouri Richins, who wrote a book on grief after her three sons struggled with their dad's death, was arrested and charged with her husband's murder. Police were unsure what caused the healthy 39-year-old Eric RIchins to die suddenly, but the toxicology report had all the answers.

In 1985, Youngstown State University sophomore Gina Tenney was living off-campus in an apartment on the top floor of a duplex. Over winter break, she thought she heard someone trying to break into her apartment several times, but she never saw anyone. Four days later, her body was found floating in an icy river. With DNA testing in its early stages, it would take the Youngstown PD's perseverance to bring the perpetrator to justice.