THE TEXAS KILLING FIELDS is the new Netflix true-crime documentary series. This is the third season of the CRIME SCENE anthology. The third season has a region in Texas with a downright sinister pattern of girls who have disappeared and later turned up dead.
Also, there is a very unfortunate pattern of the police refusing to look into the cases at first. And, perhaps even worse, trying to keep the families of the victims from talking to one another. We get to hear from many people, who have felt very much let down by law enforcement – in many different ways.
In this third season of the Netflix true-crime anthology, the filmmakers investigate the “Texas Killing Fields”. This is the name that was given to a region where girls, who were at first “just” missing, all turned up dead. Once this name was used in the press, police finally started acting on the cases.
The area known as “The Texas Killing Fields” is located amidst the bayous, marshes, and oil refineries. All of these are found alongside the interstate connecting Houston to beach towns such as Galveston. In particular, the fields along Calder Road earned the “Killing Fields” moniker.
The bodies of three young women were discovered there in the 1980s. All located in very close proximity to one another. Also, a fourth body was discovered nearby in 1991. While their murders remain unsolved, there are definite suspects named.
If you’ve watched the very recent Netflix addition I Am Vanessa Guillen, you’ll recognize Tim Miller in The Texas Killing Fields. One of the cases is about his daughter. Tim Miller is the grieving father who refuses to give up on the hunt for his daughter’s killer.
He does some stupid things along the way when the police essentially identify the killer based on a simple profile. But he also founded Equu Search. That’s the search and recovery organization that supports other local families facing similar tragedies.
Before the season is over, you will know about five decades of the area’s unsettling history. So many strange connections and missed opportunities that all involve the Calder Road cold cases, which is also dubbed the “Texas Killing Fields”.
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The Texas Killing Fields is the third installment of the Netflix true-crime anthology series that focuses on crime scenes. This is definitely the season that utilized this concept the best and is executed with the strongest episodes.
The producers are still filmmakers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard along with documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger. The first two seasons were also directed by Joe Berlinger, but for this season 3, Jessica Dimmock is directing.
Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields is on Netflix from November 29, 2022.
