EXCLUSIVE: ABC Information Studios is delving into the instances of a number of the nation’s lesser-known murders in Homicide Has Two Faces, a three-part true-crime docuseries set to start streaming on Hulu on Tuesday, Might 6.
From Emmy-winning producer and director Lisa Cortés and hosted by producer and Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts, the docuseries “shines a social justice mild on harrowing, lesser-known instances that had been eclipsed within the media by extra infamous murders.”
Every episode unravels a criminal offense that shares uncanny similarities with excessive profile instances together with Laci Peterson, Chandra Levy, and the Craigslist Killer. Circumstances lined embody Evelyn Hernandez, a pregnant mom who disappeared together with her 5-year-old-son earlier than her stays, like Laci Peterson’s, had been discovered within the San Francisco Bay; Joyce Chiang, a promising younger lawyer who vanished and was discovered lifeless in Washington, DC like Chandra Levy; and The Tagged Killer, an American serial killer who used social networking, just like the Craigslist Killer, to lure ladies to secluded areas the place some met their tragic deaths. The sequence consists of unique interviews with associates and households of the victims as they fought for consideration and justice for his or her family members, exploring the potential connections to the extremely publicized instances.
The sequence not solely shares new particulars on these ignored crimes, nevertheless it additionally asks the query – why didn’t they get the identical degree of consideration as their infamous eerily related counterparts?
“With Homicide Has Two Faces, I wished to problem the narrative round whose tales get instructed — and why,” stated government producer and director Cortés. “These instances are as haunting, as tragic, and as deserving of nationwide consideration as those everyone knows. ABC Information Studios and Robin Roberts had been the right companions in serving to deliver visibility to those hidden figures. By spotlighting these ignored lives, we’re not simply telling true crime tales — we’re confronting the biases that decide which victims are seen, heard, and afforded justice.”
Homicide Has Two Faces is produced by Cortés Filmworks and Blue Ant Studios for ABC Information Studios. Lisa Cortés serves as director and government producer. Jon Sechrist, Tara Malone, Laura Michalchyshyn, Matthew Hornburg and Mark J.W. Bishop function government producers. For ABC Information Studios, Claire Weinraub is government producer, Katie Conway is senior producer, and David Sloan serves as senior government producer.
You may watch a trailer for the sequence above.