‘Killing Fields: Murder Isle’ Pulls You into A Crime Scene Where God’s The Only Witness

“When I look around Isle of Wight, Virginia, I see the perfect place to dump a body. It’s isolated, miles from everything and everyone. …Out here, the only one to see what you’ve done is God.”- Randy Patrick First and foremost, that’s the opening bars off of the show and I say, God Bast damn off the strength. This is my first season getting familiar with Discovery Channel’s Killing Fields series. They’re on their third season now with Killing Fields: Murder Isle and since I’m a fan of detectives working cases, I figured I’d give it a shot. I thought this was going to be a series that reenacts the crimes. Discovery is like, “Nah, this is boots to the ground live, my guy.” We in the thick of it The series is shot in real time over 28 weeks and I was not aware shit was going to be for real, for real. We’re introduced to Lead Investigator Randy Patrick, getting familiar with his years on the force and grizzled personality. Lt. Tommy Potter calls a meeting and explains that a Carrie Singer cold case from July 1st, 2004 is being re-opened. A case Randy was the original investigator on. He’s able to catch the room up to speed on the victim. It’s been thirteen years and Randy is still there in this case able to recall the day, the crime scene, how Carrie’s body was found, everything.

The reason the case is opened is due to a letter from an inmate. The inmate gives a detailed description of the murder that points back to the Carrie Singer case. We then get underway as Investigat…