Aug 18, 2025 · 45m
Sean McKay, 23, is randomly stabbed in Scotland in 2021 by violent criminal Gary McVey. After killing him, McVey bragged to a friend about the act with no remorse.


Most killers know their victims but recently there has been an alarming rise in 'stranger murders'. This is the shocking stories of people who were killed by someone they had never met.
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Aug 18, 2025 · 45m
Sean McKay, 23, is randomly stabbed in Scotland in 2021 by violent criminal Gary McVey. After killing him, McVey bragged to a friend about the act with no remorse.
Aug 18, 2025 · 45m
In December 2004, security guard Michelle Gunshon vanishes after a shift in Birmingham. Years later, DNA ties violent offender Martin Stafford to her murder, though her body is still missing.
Aug 18, 2025 · 45m
Breck Bednar, 14, is murdered in 2014 by online predator Lewis Daynes, who groomed him via a gaming group. Breck's family believed the friendship had ended, until it was too late.
Aug 18, 2025 · 45m
In 2004, 11-year-old Carlie Brucia is kidnapped while walking home in Sarasota, Florida. Her body is found days later. The killer is Joseph Smith, a released convict on probation.
Aug 18, 2025 · 45m
After being followed from a store, the Petit family are targeted in a brutal home invasion. Three family members are murdered, and only Dr. William Petit survives the horrifying ordeal.
Aug 18, 2025 · 45m
In Overland Park, Kansas, 18-year-old Kelsey Smith vanishes after a routine shopping trip. Her body is later found, revealing a horrific case of stranger violence by Edwin Hall.
Aug 18, 2025 · 45m
19-year-old Mandy Stavik vanishes while jogging in 1989. Her body is found in the Nooksack River. In 2013, DNA leads to Timothy Bass, a local with a dark secret.
Aug 18, 2025 · 45m
Real estate agent Beverly Carter vanishes after a showing in 2014. Her body is found days later. Police track and arrest Arron Lewis, a career criminal with violent motives.
Aug 18, 2025 · 45m
24-year-old Philip Walsted is brutally murdered in 2002 by neo-Nazi David Higdon in Tucson. Attacked with a bat over 50 times, his killing is revealed to be a hate crime.
Aug 18, 2025 · 45m
On Independence Day 2017, Jorge Rodriguez is shot in his car while shopping in Pasco, Washington. He dies from his injuries. Teen Pedro Cardenas is arrested two days later for the killing.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
Murdered at First Sight Season 3 premiered on August 18, 2025.
Murdered at First Sight Season 3 has 10 episodes.
The season opens with Season 3 Episode 1, "Where Mercy Died - Sean McKay". It aired on August 18, 2025.
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