A College Freshman Murdered By A Predator Hiding In Plain Sight | Homicide: Hours To Kill

When firefighters extinguish the flames of an apartment fire, they discover the charred remains of Missy Grubaugh. Several of her coworkers soon come under scrutiny, and detectives must use the timeline to determine which one of them is the killer. 19-year-old Missy Grubaugh, a beloved honor student and college freshman just weeks from her 20th birthday, is found stabbed to death in her Arlington, Texas apartment after a fire is set to conceal the crime. As detectives work to reconstruct her final hours, they uncover a growing list of suspects from her workplace — an ex-boyfriend with a troubled past, a coworker with a grudge and a history of threats, and a former houseguest who fled the state after stealing from her. With DNA evidence taking weeks to process, investigators are forced to rely on old-fashioned detective work, chasing down alibis, interviewing terrified witnesses, and eliminating suspect after suspect. Just as the case appears to be spiraling in multiple directions at once, an unexpected detail from Missy's own mother redirects the entire investigation toward someone no one had considered — a man hiding in plain sight. This episode follows the detectives who refused to let a calculated cover-up succeed, and the painstaking work it took to bring Missy's killer to justice. Homicide: Hours To Kill | S1E18 | Out Of Control **This film is under non-exclusive license from Cineflix. All rights reserved. See our curated list of our best and favourite True Crime Documentaries: https://bit.ly/45yLtRZ Want to watch how Forensics solves crimes? Check out the Forensics playlist: https://bit.ly/3WELj7n Murder Made Me Famous Playlist: https://bit.ly/3WEuw4o ______________________________________________________ ★ Subscribe to get more True Crime Central content and hit the notification bell to see freshly uploaded content. https://bit.ly/SubscribetoTCC We hope you've enjoyed our True Crime Content - let us know if you want us to cover any cases in particular! We'll see what we can do. Watch more here: https://bit.ly/3rMw8ch All of the content on this channel is UNDER LEGAL LICENSE (We have written contracts) from various copyright holders and distributors. We ask you to please contact us if you believe there are any copyright issues via - rights@vamedianetwork.com True Crime Central is owned and operated by VA Media Ltd. All rights reserved. #truecrime #crimestories #coldcase #truecrimecentral #arsonmurder #murderinvestigation 00:00 – Intro: A Fire Reveals a Brutal Crime 02:01 – Missy Grubaugh Is Identified 03:33 – Who Was Missy? 05:19 – Signs of a Struggle 06:36 – Determining Cause of Death 07:37 – The Fire Was Meant to Destroy Evidence 09:01 – DNA Collected, But Results Take Weeks 10:11 – Romantic Letters Point to a Suspect 12:09 – Suspect #1: Ex-Boyfriend Ivan 14:25 – Ivan Names a Second Suspect 16:29 – Suspect #2: Jeff Smith's Threats Emerge 18:31 – Smith's Girlfriend Raises Suspicion 20:38 – Detectives Track Down Jeff Smith 23:14 – DNA Samples Collected From Both Men 26:14 – Suspect #3: Charles the Fugitive 27:53 – Smith Kidnaps His Girlfriend 29:35 – DNA Results Clear Both Suspects 31:47 – A New Name From Missy's Mother 34:41 – A Neighbor's Suspicious Knowledge