# Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields (2022)

> A three-part Netflix true crime docuseries following grieving families as they search for answers to decades of murders tied to a overgrown field and a highway in Texas.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/135007

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 3
- Episode runtime: 50 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary, crime
- Created by: Jessica Dimmock
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Tim Miller, Gay Smither, Nina Edwards, Lise Olsen, Richard Rennison
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23553310/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Tone: somber, grim, patient, melancholic, tense

## What critics say

Reviewers find the miniseries a grim, family-centered true crime account of decades of unsolved murders along the Texas highways, with mixed views of the police investigations it depicts.

## Synopsis

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields (2022) is a three-episode American true crime docuseries created by Jessica Dimmock for Netflix. Rather than centering on the investigators, the series follows the relatives of victims who were drawn into a long stretch of grisly killings across several decades in Texas. Family members including Tim Miller, father of Laura Miller, and Gay Smither, mother of Laura Smither, speak directly to the camera, while niece Nina Edwards, investigative journalist Lise Olsen and FBI supervisory senior resident agent Richard Rennison help piece together what happened. The engine of each episode is the grinding search for answers: a overgrown field and a stretch of highway that connect the cases, and the slow, frustrating work of small local police departments whose failures came from neglect rather than corruption. The format is a limited series of interviews, archival material and case reconstruction, shaped as one continuing investigation. The tone is somber, grim and patient, with an emotional focus on grief and the families who refuse to let the cases go cold. Fans of The Staircase, Making a Murderer and The Jinx will find the same mix of unsolved mystery, procedural scrutiny and human loss that defines this Netflix true crime docuseries.

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