There wasn't any rhyme or reason to it.

No motive, no nothing.

Just let me go out and kill some money.

I've got Weinberger, investigative journalist and former deputy sheriff.

I'm Anna Sige Nikolasi, former New York City

homicide prosecutor and host of investigation discoveries to conviction.

And this is Anatomy of Murph.

As most prosecutors and detectives will tell you, the vast majority of murders while tragic

are not like what you see in the movies.

The trail of random victims, the smoking gun, you know that dramatic confession, that is

usually the stuff of your favorite TV show or podcast.

In fact, in the majority of homicide investigations, suspects are identified within 24 hours and arrests

are made within the week.

And most often, it's just a raised-filled person with a grudge and a gun.

But every once in a while, we do encounter those stories that are the stuff of our nightmares.

And this is one of those cases.

And similar to many horror stories, it starts with a teenage girl who goes missing.

With us today is Jim Fagan, who at the time was an experienced trial attorney in the

Mammoth, New Jersey prosecutor's office.

I had tried a lot of cases prior to going with their wharf is against them because I was

a criminal defense attorney.

And I went to the other side, but it gave me a real eye opener in terms of how I should handle

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