435: Murder Has Two Faces: Motherhood Interrupted

True Crime Obsessed

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.2 • 34.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Two pregnant women, Laci Peterson and Evelyn Hernandez, are found dead in the SF Bay. The similarities in the murders are staggering, but the coverages of the cases couldn't be more different. Laci Peterson became a household name whereas Evelyn Hernandez was all but overlooked and forgotten. Looking back on the cases now, investigators wonder, Is there a connection between the murders? And what can we learn from how differently these cases were handled?

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0:00.0	The entire time I was watching this, I was thinking about Natalie Grillo because it's called
0:03.7	Murder Has Two Faces and made me think of the Barbara Streisand movie, The Mirror, has two faces.
0:07.5	Oh, sure. Yeah. And I can't think about Barbara and not think about Natalie Grohl. Oh, okay, great.
0:11.0	Is really all I'm saying here. We love Natalie. We love Natalie. We love Barbara, I guess.
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