All right, Sylvia, look at me.

I'm outside going to check the mail, and I'm asking you if you can please, pretty please, send me one of your videos.

I just, I love it so much when you just send them to me.

I'm Scott Weinberger, investigative journalist and former deputy sheriff.

I'm Anasiga Nikolazi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of investigation discoveries true conviction.

And this is Anatomy of Murph.

We live in a world of instant messaging, group chats, and an endless scroll of images that gives us a window into each other's private lives.

So in many ways, we know more about each other than ever before.

But even still, sometimes it seems that the more connected we all are, the farther apart we all feel.

The fact is that even with the intimacy promised by the so-called social networks,

the online dating apps, gaming platforms, and even community chat rooms,

there is a loneliness epidemic in this country.

People are going out less, being alone more,

and substituting a virtual connection for actual joy, happiness, or even love.

And while the jury is still out on just how dire this crisis is, the fact remains that obsessive Internet consumption can have very serious effects on people's behavior and their relationships.

And much like addictions to drugs, gambling, or alcohol, it can cause not just a rift with

a family and friends. You can also lead to a break with reality itself, sometimes with

dangerous and even deadly consequences. Today's story brings us back to Florida,

to a homicide case that unfolded very quickly in January of 2019,

but left a community stunned by its disturbing details and bizarre motives.

My name's Dominic Leo.

I'm the chief trial attorney for the 18th Circuit in Seminole County, Florida.

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