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Killer Cases (2020)

S1E5 Murder in a Wisconsin Field

Jan 14, 2021 Season 1 Episode 5 Crime, Documentary

Title: Death in a Wisconsin Meadow Plot: The discovery of single mother Nicole 'Nikki' Vanderheyden's lifeless body—brutally beaten, strangled, and left exposed in a rural field near Green Bay, WI—sends shockwaves through the community. Authorities promptly detain her live-in partner, Doug Detrie, who delayed reporting her disappearance for 18 hours and has a past marked by domestic abuse. Yet, as detectives dig deeper into the case, a man Nikki had encountered at a bar emerges as a significant person of interest, shifting the direction of the investigation.