In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In August 2013, 17-year-old Alexis Murphy disappeared after a brief stop at a gas station in Lovingston, Virginia. Bright, outgoing, and full of life, she never returned home. Her father’s car was discovered abandoned days later, but Alexis herself was nowhere to be found—leaving a community stunned and her family desperate for answers. Seven years of uncertainty followed. Then, strands of hair, a diamond earring, and DNA evidence pointed investigators to a suspect, leading to one of three rare murder convictions in Virginia secured without a body.

This is the story of Alexis Murphy.