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Feb 2023
41m 53s

Writing on the Wall

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The brutal slaying of 32-year-old Stacie Ann Smith, a single mother, has the townsfolk of St. Albans, West Virginia, reeling. The murderer's message at the crime scene baffles investigators and citizens are shocked that a killer lives in their midst.


Season 2, Episode 16 originally aired on ID on 6/24/2012.


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