Family Camping, Murdered in their Sleep in Tent

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Tyler and Sarah Schmidt and their 6-year-old daughter, Lula, die after an assault inside their camping tent. 9-year-old Arlo Schmidt survives, running to another campsite for help. Autopsies show the family members were shot, stabbed and strangled. Police say the man who killed the family was himself, camping nearby. In fact, the campsite to which Schmidt ran, belonged to the killer's family. His mother called 911. Investigators say Anthony Sherwin of La Vista, Nebraska carried out the attack, Police later found Sherwin’s body with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sherwin's mother, Cecilia Sherwin, released a statement saying she and her family "refuse to believe the news" that their family member is a murderer.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Adam Morehouse, one of Sarah Schmidt's three siblings, Gofundme.com/f/arlo-schmidt
Kathryn Marsh - Special Victims Liaison for the State’s Attorney's Office (Charles County, MD), Co-Founder: Right Response Consulting, "No Grey Zone" Podcast", RightResponseConsulting.com, Instagram/Twitter: @nogreyzoneRRC
Dr. Jorey Krawczyn - Psychologist (Panama City Beach, FL), Adjunct Faculty with Saint Leo University; Research Consultant with Blue Wall Institute, Author: "Operation S.O.S. - Practical Recommendations to Help “Stop Officer Suicide”, bw-institute.com
Greg Smith - Special Deputy Sheriff, Johnson County Sheriff's Office (Kansas), Executive Director of the Kelsey Smith Foundation, www.kelseysarmy.com
Dr. Michelle DuPre - Former Forensic Pathologist, Medical Examiner and Detective: Lexington County Sheriff's Department, Author: "Homicide Investigation Field Guide" & "Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide", Forensic Consultant, DMichelleDupreMD.com
REPORTER - Brian Tabick - Reporter, KCRG-TV9 (Iowa), kcrg.com, Twitter: @BrianTabick, Facebook: "Brian Tabick KCRG"

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0:36.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:42.8	A family camping slaughtered, murdered, and their sleep.
0:49.4	Why?
0:49.8	I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime stories. Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and
0:55.8	SyriotexSim 111. First of all, take a listen to this.
1:00.5	He did run just to the first set of adults and she is the one they called 911.
1:05.4	DCI isn't releasing some details out of respect for the family,
1:09.5	but one thing they say we might never know is why.
1:13.3	You try to wrap our rational minds around a very irrational behavior.
1:20.0	And more from Bow Bowman at KCCI.
1:22.8	The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says Tyler, Sarah, and Lulish Mitt
1:27.6	were all shot at the Makoca de Caves on July 22.
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