When they were talking to their friends at the bar, they were

honestly joking around about if anything bad happens to us, it's the guy

that's camping next to us. I'm Scott Weinberger, investigative journalist and former deputy sheriff.

I'm Anaseika Nikaalazzi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of investigation

discoveries true conviction.

And this is anatomy of murder. love.

Who among us has not dreamed of the open road?

Who among us has not dreamed of the open road? Packing a backpack, gassing up the RV, and leaving it all behind forever?

Okay, or at least for a long weekend in the woods.

There is a certain allure to what has been referred to as the van life.

No mortgage, no fixed address, just nights under the stars in the hometown of your choosing, but with that freedom

also comes increased risks from theft to assault and even murder.

in places like Moab Utah famous for its

splendor and its solitude, a call for help can go unheard, sometimes

with fatal results.

I got looped into the fact that we had two missing individuals,

possibly in the county,

and patrol had gone to what was believed to be where they were camping with no contact,

no sign of the vehicle, no sign of any secondary vehicles that they were known to drive or anything like that.

That's the voice of Nate Whitney, an 18-year veteran of law enforcement in Grand

County, Utah, a jurisdiction roughly the size of Rhode Island, but with only 1% of the population.

But despite its small permanent population,

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