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Six (2003)
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Unforgotten CasebookThe cases. The books. The screen stories.Tennessee · 1997

Teen & school
Vidar and Delfina Lillelid and their daughter Tabitha were killed during a 1997 carjacking in Tennessee. Their young son Peter survived being shot. Six teenagers traveling together were prosecuted, and the case generated continuing questions about their individual roles and sentences.
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The Courier-Journal · 1997-04-10 · Page 6
Friends describe Vidar and Delfina Lillelid's family life, their children, and the community's grief after the roadside attack.
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The Messenger · 1998-03-12 · Page 4
The article reports testimony after six defendants pleaded guilty, including conflicting accounts about who fired the shots.
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Listen to the episodeTrue Crime All The Time
Podcast coverage of the The Lillelid family case. Released August 3, 2020. About 74 minutes.
Listen to the episodeThis Is Monsters
Podcast coverage of the The Lillelid family case. Released May 13, 2024. About 45 minutes.
Listen to the episodeTrue Crime Brewery
Podcast coverage of the The Lillelid family case. Released July 18, 2017. About 85 minutes.
Listen to the episodeTrue Crime Weekly Podcast
Podcast coverage of the The Lillelid family case. Released March 29, 2021. About 33 minutes.
Listen to the episodeThe Midwest Crime Files
Podcast coverage of the The Lillelid family case. Released July 31, 2026. About 21 minutes.
Listen to the episodeTrue Crimecast
Podcast coverage of the The Lillelid family case. Released July 8, 2026. About 18 minutes.
Listen to the episodeMountain Mysteries: Tales from Appalachia
Podcast coverage of the The Lillelid family case. Released September 23, 2020. About 28 minutes.
Listen to the episodeMurder Files Unsealed
Podcast coverage of the The Lillelid family case. Released September 10, 2026. About 40 minutes.
Listen to the episodeReverie True Crime
Podcast coverage of the The Lillelid family case. Released November 15, 2021. About 72 minutes.
Listen to the episodeParadigm
Podcast coverage of the The Lillelid family case. Released October 22, 2023. About 17 minutes.
Listen to the episodeBless This Mess: A Southern True Crime Podcast
Podcast coverage of the The Lillelid family case. Released November 13, 2017. About 97 minutes.
Listen to the episodeIt Wasn’t Me: A True Crime Podcast
Podcast coverage of the The Lillelid family case. Released August 15, 2020. About 64 minutes.
Listen to the episodeTeachers Talk Crime
Podcast coverage of the The Lillelid family case. Released February 6, 2023. About 70 minutes.
Listen to the episodeTrue Crime Cam
Podcast coverage of the The Lillelid family case. Released August 19, 2021. About 51 minutes.
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Federal habeas opinion concerning Natasha Cornett’s guilty plea in the Lillelid family murders, including her challenge to the joint plea arrangement. The date follows the opinion itself.
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WBIR Channel 10
WBIR Vault: Lillelid murder suspects appear in court (1997)
Video from WBIR Channel 10 covering the The Lillelid family case. Length: 1:41.
Watch on YouTubeWBIR Channel 10
WBIR Vault: 6 suspects caught in Lillelid murders (1997)
Video from WBIR Channel 10 covering the The Lillelid family case. Length: 1:33.
Watch on YouTubeWJHL
Former D.A. and first responders look back on Lillelid murders 20 years later
Video from WJHL covering the The Lillelid family case. Length: 3:16.
Watch on YouTubeWJHL
Former DA, first responder reflect on Lillelid murders 25 years later
Video from WJHL covering the The Lillelid family case. Length: 3:51.
Watch on YouTubeWBIR Channel 10
Extended interview with Peter Lillelid Heier 25 years later
Interview or news segment from WBIR Channel 10 covering the The Lillelid family case. Length: 17:51.
Watch on YouTubethis is MONSTERS
The Lillelid Family Murders : Natasha Cornett, Karen Howell, Jason Bryant, Joseph Risner, et al.
Video from this is MONSTERS covering the The Lillelid family case. Length: 44:21.
Watch on YouTube