Small Town Secrets (2022– ) User Reviews

What an APPALLING MESS of a CASE !

[lyninbyron · 8/10 · 11 January 2023]

The Fayette County detective Ted McQuinley should be ashamed of himself!

HE MADE NO NOTES!

He didn't search Denises bedroom, he didn't request her phone records, he interviewed Denises ex boyfriend but didn't check his alibi, which was a big fat lie, and to repeat, he made no notes on who he talked to and the leads he pursued. He laughed and said "it's all in his head", as though he was some mastermind but really just an incompetent, idiotic moron who should never have been a detective. If I was his boss, I would have to question everything he touched or investigated because he's a "A Grade" cretin!

This makes me so mad, that this case was never solved at the time because of dimwit Teds sloppy job. I feel so sad for Denises parents and friends. I hope they find some peace.

Well done to all involved in the making of this documentary and the female detective was brilliant and has a great future ahead of her, she's like a dog with a bone, I wish her the best in life.

Det. Ted McQuinley quoted, "all I know is, something real bad happened that day"!

Well that's stating the obvious and I have to agree, that's all he knows! IDIOT!

Different

[revchristodd-138-985726 · 7/10 · 20 October 2022]

With the glut of true crime documentaries, what distinguishes this one is what it lacks: a really dramatic narrative with major plot twists, a trial where the police or prosecutors have played dirty to convict someone, or a person in prison who may or may not be guilty. And the reason is this case lacks anything that can be called an adequate preliminary investigation. Major suspects were not really interviewed, and at least 3 merited-- I would say a closer look except they didn't receive anything but a cursory glance. So more than 3 decades later, it appears that the filmmakers are the first to do in-depth interviews and piece long-standing rumors together with the help of a detective who was 3 when the victim disappeared. Unfortunately this case lacks a solution, which is true of 40% of homicides in the US. This documentary series shows is how difficult it is to solve a seemingly straight-forward case.