A Killer Among Friends

Crime, Drama · 1992Not Rated

Academy Award-winner Patty Duke searches for her daughter's killer in this shocking true story, co-starring Tiffani-Amber Thiessen and Loretta Swit. A popular 17-year-old girl, Jenny Monroe (Thiessen) is found beaten, tortured and drowned in a creek. Her best friend, Ellen Holloway (Margaret Welsh), swears to find the killer, providing moral support to Jenny's mother, Jean (Duke). Moving into the Monroe family home, Ellen becomes like a daughter, helping Jean search for a killer who continues to hide in plain sight. Originally airing on CBS-TV on December 8, 1992, A Killer Among Friends was based on the 1985 murder of Missy Avila, whose killers were eventually convicted of second-degree murder. Sentenced to 15 years-to-life, one was released after serving 21 years, while the other remains in state prison.

Starring

Patty Duke, Victoria Burrows, Scot Boland, Margaret Welsh, Matthew O'Connor, Tiffani Thiessen, Sid Kozak, Angie Rae McKinney, Christopher Lofton, David Cubitt

Director

Charles Robert Carner