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A mother and her 19-month-old daughter walk into a children’s clothing store on a quiet Sunday afternoon… and vanish. What unfolds next will shake a Pennsylvania community to its core — and inspire one of the most powerful acts of healing the region has ever seen.
In this cinematic, act-based episode, Matt and Gavin chronicle the heartbreaking murders of Lisa and Devon Manderach, the hunt for justice, the courtroom battles that followed, and the extraordinary community movement that rose from the tragedy: a half-million-dollar playground built in their honor.
This is the story of darkness — and the people who refused to let it win.
By Gavin Sowden and Matt Lepore5
88 ratings
A mother and her 19-month-old daughter walk into a children’s clothing store on a quiet Sunday afternoon… and vanish. What unfolds next will shake a Pennsylvania community to its core — and inspire one of the most powerful acts of healing the region has ever seen.
In this cinematic, act-based episode, Matt and Gavin chronicle the heartbreaking murders of Lisa and Devon Manderach, the hunt for justice, the courtroom battles that followed, and the extraordinary community movement that rose from the tragedy: a half-million-dollar playground built in their honor.
This is the story of darkness — and the people who refused to let it win.