More than ten years have passed since the tragic disappearance of eight-year-old Elizabeth Collins and ten-year-old Lyric Cook-Morrissey, and both their families and those in charge of investigating the case continue to seek answers.

The two cousins were kidnapped while riding their bikes in Evansdale, located in Black Hawk County, Iowa. It all happened on July 13, 2012, although their bodies were found seven months later by hunters in rural Bremer County, about 40 kilometers away.

This double murder had a great impact nationally and especially within the Evansdale community, which has just under 5,000 inhabitants. And to this day, there are still some loose ends.

From here, a specialist in archive material very close to the case began to investigate, compiling for this documentary series titled Double Kidnapping: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth? a series of interviews and a lot of detailed information. Among all the testimonies gathered by the documentary series of Dylan Sires are many people related to the girls and all the suspects in the case, except one.

The first episode of this three-part documentary is dedicated to explaining the context and placing the most involved people in the events. The setting is Evansdale, a very close-knit community where Lyric and Elizabeth grew up, two cousins who always felt like sisters. However, as the detective explains, the family is precisely the first place to turn to in an investigation of this caliber.

And we must start with Lyric's parents, who have some criminal records and are positioned as the main suspects. Listening to their testimony adds layers to a story that, at first, may seem simple.

Gradually, the archive material and interviews help to build the narrative and to follow an investigation that, unfortunately, leads nowhere. After gathering all the information and having the entire story, it seems that there is nothing out of the ordinary.

In fact, the great draw of the series for true crime lovers may be that it is an unsolved case. It turns out that the series exposes the loose ends of this mystery and makes it clear that Elizabeth's parents are still not entirely convinced that Lyric's parents are not involved in the crime, even after being cleared by the police. It also hints at a larger criminal network related to child abduction that may be connected to this.

Anyway, even if the docuseries is nothing out of the ordinary in the true crime genre, the story it tells is truly intriguing and addictive once you dare to get in. Perhaps this is why it is booming in the Max catalog.

*This article has been automatically translated using artificial intelligence