Season 1 · Episode 1
Behind the Headline: The Lillelid Murders
On April 6, 1997, six young people kidnapped the Lillelid family and shot the father, mother and their two young children in rural Greene County, Tennessee. Only 2-year-old Peter survived. No one knew his identity, so doctors wrote his name down as John Doe. On our first episode of Behind the Headline, we revisit the events of that night nearly 30 years ago from the eyes of a reporter who covered the tragedy, and hear from Peter himself at different points in his life as we followed up with him over the decades.
December 10, 202537m 8s
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Show Notes
On April 6, 1997, six young people kidnapped the Lillelid family and shot the father, mother and their two young children in rural Greene County, Tennessee. Only 2-year-old Peter survived. No one knew his identity, so doctors wrote his name down as John Doe. On our first episode of Behind the Headline, we revisit the events of that night nearly 30 years ago from the eyes of a reporter who covered the tragedy, and hear from Peter himself at different points in his life as we followed up with him over the decades.
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