—In classic Investigation Discovery style, "Murder in the Heartland" weaves harrowing narratives of quiet Middle America towns torn apart by provocative crimes. Each town's tale is given life by the combined perspectives of its residents, who are more than just storytellers. The interviewees were also key witnesses to each of the crimes, and they hold critical clues to puzzles that not only have forever changed their lives but how they have come to view their once-idyllic hometowns.

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Season 16 of 8 Episodes

In Aurora, Ind., the townspeople are horrified when beloved mother and hairstylist Leigh Jennings is killed in her own home.
In Payette, Idaho, teacher Elizabeth Baune is the pillar of her community until she is stabbed to death in her own home; townspeople suspect Baune's kindness may have been behind her death.
In Germantown, Ohio, Alyce Seff's body is found in a wishing well, and the townspeople are shocked to learn the elderly landlady had as many enemies as she did friends; it will take police nine years to solve her case.
In Shawnee, Okla., Marshall Dent goes missing on Christmas Eve, and the Native American community bands together; after weeks of searching, they find Dent in a shallow grave on sacred ground, and authorities scramble to find his killer.
Christmas is ruined when hikers in New Mexico stumble across Roxanne Houston's shallow grave; the murder rocks the community of Taos and tension builds between those with small town values and the outsider lifestyle on the Mesa.
A town in Michigan becomes scandalized when a partially nude corpse turns up; police sift through lies and alibis as they search for the killer.

A farmhand in Rapelje, Mont., finds her co-worker murdered; as authorities look for the murderer, all the employees on the pig farm become suspects.
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Foul play is suspected when Irene Trujillo, a rock quarry owner, suddenly goes missing; Irene's body is found in the quarry and her employees become suspects.
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When a local resident of Dunlap, Tenn., is picking up cans, he makes the shocking discovery of a murder; authorities piece together the crime.
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Baseball-loving wife and mother Diane Fortenberr is found unconscious on the floor of her burglarized home; hours later, Diane succumbs to her injuries at the hospital, and the entire resort town of Osakis, Minn., aids law enforcement.
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A lively slumber party turns into a nightmare when a loving mother, her young daughter, and her daughter's friend are murdered.
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After a long battle with cancer, David Weedman is found dead in his home with a gunshot wound; investigators soon turn their focus to David's best friends.
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In classic Investigation Discovery style, "Murder in the Heartland" weaves harrowing narratives of quiet Middle America towns torn apart by provocative crimes. Each town's tale is given life by the combined perspectives of its residents, who are more than just storytellers. The interviewees were also key witnesses to each of the crimes, and they hold critical clues to puzzles that not only have forever changed their lives but how they have come to view their once-idyllic hometowns.

Justin Hankinson, Natalie Vincentiis, Jerry Rector, R Hoffman, Fabian Jaime

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