The Murder of Nikki Vanderheyden

In April 2004, friends of 48-year-old Tommy Hope became concerned after not hearing from him for several days. When they went to his Camdenton, Missouri, home, they discovered Tommy brutally murdered inside. Investigators learned that Tommy’s troubled past, struggles with addicti ...  Afficher plus

Gallaudet University freshman Eric Plunkett was beaten and strangled to death inside his dorm room just weeks after arriving on campus. Months later, fellow freshman Benjamin Varner was found brutally murdered in the same dorm, leaving the close-knit university terrified that a k ...  Afficher plus

In May 2016, 31 year-old Nicole VanderHeyden, a mom of three, was found dead in a field. Initially, her boyfriend was suspected as they had been in a fight, but his FitBit data showed that he was elsewhere during the murder. That's when they realized someone else's DNA was on Nic ...  Afficher plus

May 20-21, 2016. Green Bay, Wisconsin. 31 year old Nicole "Nikki" VanderHeyden went out for an evening with her boyfriend, Doug, and some other friends. But after Nicole's battered nude body was discovered in a field the following afternoon, detectives were very interested in ...

When Nicole (aka Nikki) VanderHeyden's body turned up on the side of the road after a night at the bars, homicide investigations uncovered some dark secrets about Nikki's boyfriend, Doug. But just when authorities thought they had found the killer, DNA evidence pointed this case ...  Afficher plus

When a young woman is found dead in a field on the outskirts of Green Bay, Wis., a fitness tracker helps detectives solve the mystery. Andrea Canning reports.

Andrea Canning and Dennis Murphy go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline ...