Killer Destinations

Every child should feel safe in their hometown, and 11-year-old Michelle Steele certainly did. She even walked two miles each way to her orthodontist appointments. But one day, she never made it home.

A young woman had a bright future ahead of her… until her body was found on the side of the road. In a small city where everyone knows everyone and gossip spreads at the speed of light, how do you get justice when the people involved don’t remember anything that happened on that fateful night?

A 911 call came in early on a Sunday morning to the Strongsville, OH Police Department reporting a horrific traffic accident. The investigation brought up some troubling questions… and detectives had to determine if it was really an accident, or something much more nefarious.

Just last month, quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the slaughter of the four Univ. of Idaho students in November 2022. Once he was sentenced to four terms of LWOP, the judge lifted the gag order, and this is an update on the new information revealed in police and court documents.

A young woman called her sister with a cryptic story about being held captive in a dungeon of horror. When police freed her and searched the area where she was held captive... they realized she was not the only victim.

In 1986, the town of Birkenhead, England was rocked by the gruesome murder of 23 yo Diane Sindall. after she disappeared one night on the way home after running out of gas. A suspect was quickly located and within a year he was convicted and sentenced to prison. He never stopped protesting his innocence… and in 2025 DNA testing revealed the answer. Was he guilty or was he the victim of one of the longest miscarriages of justice in British history?

In 2008, after not hearing from her parents for almost a week, one of Ernest & Charlene Scherer’s children requested a welfare check. Tragically, what they found was a gruesome crime scene.

Bethany Deaton grew up in Texas as one of five kids and was close with her family. At college, she found a group of friends who shared her Christian faith and dedication to helping others. And this included her boyfriend, Tyler, whose charisma and kindness made him someone the whole group admired and looked up to. Tyler and Bethany were married the same month she received her Nursing degree, but inexplicably, just three months later her lifeless body was found near Longview Lake. No one could believe what they were told really happened.

In 2017, a mom calls 911 to report that her eldest daughter - 15 yo Ellie - and her ex-husband, Aaron are missing. A welfare check at the house reveals a gruesome crime scene... but no victims. Detectives have to work quickly find the person or persons responsible if there is any chance of saving a life.

Frances Choy was just weeks away from graduating from high school when her whole world came crashing to the ground. In a matter of minutes, her parents perished in a house fire and she and her nephew barely escaped with their lives. And if that wasn't enough of a shock... within a matter of hours Frances was arrested for murder.