A Murder in Mercer

On March 28, 1968, four young people were kidnapped in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Three escaped. Mike, a Virginia Military Institute cadet, didn't survive the night. For 55 years, almost no one talked about what happened -- not Mike's family, not his fiancée Cheryl, not Rick, the friend who survived alongside him.

No one ever asked.In 2023, a local author published a book on the case, based on court records and rumor. He approached us about bringing the book to life. But the deeper we looked, the more we realized the book only had half of it.

The people who actually lived through that night had never been part of the story at all.A Murder in Mercer is built from their accounts. Mike's story, through his family and friends, and Rick's story, in his own words, after 55 years of nobody asking.

And the story of Bob Perrine, son of one of the men responsible, who the book never mentioned at all.The film isn't interested in simply retelling what was already documented. Instead, it turns to the people who lived with the consequences and finally gives them the opportunity to tell their own stories.