Spring Break Murders

Matamoros, Mexico/Brownsville, Texas. In March 1989, 21-year-old Mark Kilroy had been talking about Spring Break with his friends since the start of the fall semester. A pre-med junior at University of Texas, Mark couldn't wait to travel to South Padre Island, Texas for some sunshine and fun. But the morning after partying in the border cities of Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico, his friends realize Mark has vanished. Two months later, a trail of evidence lead investigators to a remote region of Mexico where Mark was one of a dozens victims of ritual satanic sacrifice and cannibalism.

Wahoo Bay, Oklahoma. In May 2006, 18-year-old Jarret Clark doesn't return home from a comping trip with friends. Wahoo Bay campground in Oklahoma offers the spring break crowd both beauty and privacy. Which makes finding reliable witnesses difficult, and his parents don't believe the story the other campers are telling. When his body turns up it appears as though he may have simply wondered off and drowned as reported, but the autopsy is inconclusive. It will take the Clark families relentless push for justice unearth at the facts that a Jarret's assailants hoped would stay hidden within the woods.

Oranjestad, Aruba. Solved, October 2023. In May 2005, 18-year-old Natalee Holloway takes a Spring Break trip to Aruba with her girlfriends to celebrate their last year of high-school. During a night of fun and partying at a beach bar, Natalee and her friends meet a few young men who match the girls' spirit of fun. As the night wears-on, the group splits-up. Some head back the hotel, while others stay out for more partying. When Natalie's friends wake-up in their hotel the next morning, Natalie's not there. Local authorities can't find her either. So, Natalee's family calls in the FBI. After five years of rumors and false leads, investigators finally piece together the grim truth of what happened to Natalie that night: she'd been murdered and the crime covered-up. In the end, the FBI brings her killer to justice.

Daytona Beach, Florida. In May, 1993, while on spring break with 3 friends in Daytona Beach, 20-year-old Christine Lazzaro is spotted leaving a nightclub with an unknown male. Nine hours later, she turns up shot to death at the side of a road. No signs of a struggle, assault, or robbery are apparent, leaving police with only a .38 caliber shell casing and some tire tracks to go on. After finding Christine's friends who themselves are now wondering where she is, they can only provide a vague description of the man Christine left with. Police are now left with hundreds of potential suspects, and in a town where vacationers are constantly coming and going, there may be precious little time to find Christine's killer before he disappears forever.