In 1998, a Maryland couple went to a murder mystery dinner for the Valentine's Day weekend. After a fun evening at the show and a beautiful dinner alongside 100 other couples at a waterfront resort, their night ended in an eerily similar fashion as the dinner show's plot. And a real life "whodunit" story unfolded. This is the murder of Stephen Hricko.

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CASE SOURCES:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/01/11/the-case-of-the-amateur-sleuth/709d43e6-546f-4444-9439-2275512637fc/

https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/hricko-kimberly.htm

https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/centredaily/20444080

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120857775/stephen-michael-hricko

https://krazykillers.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/valentines-day-mystery-murder-becomes-a-deadly-game/

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/md-court-of-special-appeals/1373905.html

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1999-01-15-9901150067-story.html

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