MURDERED: Amie Hoffman & Deirdre O’Brien
When two young women are brutally murdered in 1982, the residents of Morris County, New Jersey, are worried there might be a serial killer in their midst. But the unthinkable happens mere WEEKS later that turns this whole case upside down – and ultimately ends a winter of horrors.
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The mall where Amie was last seen and the parking lot she was taken.
Courtesy: Morris County Prosecutor’s Office
The retention pond where Amie’s body was found.
Courtesy: Morris County Prosecutor’s Office
Police sketch of the car from the mall.
Courtesy: Morris County Prosecutor’s Office
Deirdre’s abandoned car.
Courtesy: Morris County Prosecutor’s Office
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