It was November 1987 when newlyweds Gail and Rick Brink’s promising future was suddenly stolen in the most brutal way imaginable. Found murdered at their Michigan home, the crime shook a quiet community and left investigators scrambling for answers. For decades the case remained unsolved and behind it all was a secret that someone thought was worth killing for.

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Episode sources:

A Wedding and a Murder: Season 1 Episode 3

https://www.youtube.com/live/nXYM9TARaK4

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60706838/gail_marie-brink

https://www.oxygen.com/a-wedding-and-a-murder/man-murders-sister-husband-cover-up-incestuous-relationship

https://www.fox17online.com/2014/05/02/justice-for-newlywed-couple-shot-to-death-in-87-how-detectives-cracked-the-case

https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/lakeshore/1987-cold-case-double-murder-trial-begins/69-415987846

https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/courts/2014/03/29/the-confession-that-brought-down/37884960007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z116112e002100v116112b0067xxd116765&gca-ft=128&gca-ds=sophi

https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/courts/2014/03/20/motorcycle-gangs-take-center-stage/38045918007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z116512e006900v116512b0071xxd117165&gca-ft=183&gca-ds=sophi

https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/crime/2013/01/23/police-wife-said-ryan-wyngarden/45028821007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z113812e007300v113812b0042xxd004265&gca-ft=142&gca-ds=sophi

https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/brother-charged-with-couples-1987-death/

https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/2013/01/21/young-couple-s-murders-stunned/45289398007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z112312u112712e008300v112312&gca-ft=253&gca-ds=sophi

https://cfhz.org/our-donor-stories/don-and-jodi-heeringa/

https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2014/03/rick_brinks_body_likely_moved.html

https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2014/03/ryan_wyngarden_sent_29_letters.html

https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=929727