Plot Synopsis

Using re-creations and first-person interviews with family, friends and law enforcement, MURDER COMES TO TOWN documents deadly crimes committed by neighbors who turned against each other. Whether it's chronicling the case of a family of five beaten to death or an elderly couple who vanished from the family farm, each 60-minute episode of this series features a different story. The series premiere documented the case of Michael and Valerie Miller, who were found brutally murdered in their home, overwhelming everyone with fear in the tiny town of Webster Plantation, which has a population of fewer than 70 people. MURDER COMES TO TOWN returned for its second season on Monday, December 29, 2014 at 10m ET/PT on Investigation Discover. In the season opener, "Lurking in the Hollers," family means everything to folks who live in the mountain hollers of Townsend, Tennessee. When one member of the large Griffin clan is found murdered and another goes missing, investigators begin to suspect that a family feud may have taken a deadly turn. Season 3 of MURDER COMES TO TOWN premiered on Monday, January 4, 2016 at 10pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. In the season opener, "A Place She'd Call Home," police are baffled when Melissa White is found murdered in the backyard of her Viola, Illinois home. But when investigators take a closer look at Melissa's neighbors, they unearth a secret. Could this be the key to apprehending Melissa's murderer? MURDER COMES TO TOWN returned for its fourth season on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 10pm ET/PT on Investigation Discovery. In the season opener, "Wicked Witness," what begins as a frantic 911 call to help an assaulted neighbor ends in the most bizarre investigation the small town of Walsenburg, Colorado has ever seen - complete with a twisted tale of torture, family secrets, and a fallen Jehovah's Witness. On Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 9pm ET/PT, Investigation Discovery premiered the fifth season of MURDER COMES TO TOWN. In the season opener, "Trailing the Devil," a nightmare wreaks havoc on the village of Armada, Michigan when 14-year-old April Millsap is found murdered on the community's most popular bike trail. Very little evidence leaves investigators running down clues to bring this monster to justice.
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Investigation Discovery premiered the Season 5 finale of MURDER COMES TO TOWN on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 9pm ET/PT. In the season ender, "The Last Face She Saw," when the most popular pizza restaurant of little Claypool Hill, VA is turned into a horrific crime scene, everybody is stunned. With clues revealing more than robbery, law enforcement know they must move fast to catch the killer.