In a place where murder isn't supposed to happen-Southern Illinois-deputy sheriff and investigator Harry Spiller learned the hard reality: murder is all around us. It doesn't matter whether you live in a big city or small county with farms and churches-murder is swift and can happen to anyone, anywhere, and anytime. All too often, victims fall prey in places we think are safe to raise our families, where we take walks on hot summer nights, where our children play in the park or yard without concern, and where we leave our doors unlocked at night. Murder in the HeartlandAs much as we like to think we're safe, murder can happen even in rural America-and it does. Join Spiller in his first of three installments of these horrifying murders in the heartland.