Today is Saturday, April 9th, 2022.

On this day in 1978, David Murdyshaw murdered three University of Southern California

film students in the Mojave Desert.

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Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from PARCAST.

Due to the graphic nature of these crimes, listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes discussions of violence and murder.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13. Today we're covering the tragic slaying of three USC film students

who were killed after offering a ride to a pair of strangers.

Let's go back to April 9, 1978, to the Mojave Desert in California. Lance Buffalo had a short film to finish, to find the perfect desolate location he traveled to the deserts

outside of Los Angeles. Alongside him was his wife, Martha Soto, and his friend, Ingrid

Atayo, who also played the film's lead characters. Meanwhile, his classmate, James Henderson,

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