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Jessica and Austin: When Murder Goes Viral

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Families of two murder victims try to get justice for their children.

Families of two murder victims try to get justice for their children who were lost to rumour and speculation as people online combed through their story. 

In June 2020, three friends filmed themselves finding bodies in a suitcase. When their videos went viral, the lives of the victims, Jessica and Austin, were lost to rumour and speculation as people online combed through their story. Over the course of the two-year trial, the programme follows the families as they try to get justice for their children, lost in a social media storm.

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