A Killer Among Friends is a 1992 made-for-television movie that aired on CBS on December 8, 1992. Based on a true story, the film stars Patty Duke as a mother grieving for her murdered daughter (Tiffani Thiessen) and sets out to find the killer. The film is based on the real life murder of Michele Avila.

A Killer Among Friends
Genre	Drama
Written by	Christopher Lofton John Miglis Charlie Carner
Directed by	Charles Robert Carner
Starring	Patty Duke Margaret Welsh Tiffani Thiessen Chad Todhunter
Theme music composer	Richard Bellis
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Allen S. Epstein Jim Green Bonnie Raskin
Producers	Mark Bacino Matthew O'Connor (supervising producer)
Production location	Vancouver
Cinematography	Richard Leiterman
Editor	Blangsted
Running time	96 minutes
Production companies	Bonnie Raskin Productions Green/Epstein Productions Lorimar Television
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	December 8, 1992 (1992-12-08)

Plot

Jennifer Anne Monroe (Tiffani Thiessen) is a typical American teenage girl, who has a falling out with her best friend Ellen Holloway (Margaret Welsh) and doesn't return home. Jenny's mother, Jean (Patty Duke), is worried for her daughter, and three days later, Jenny's body is discovered in a creek with a 100-pound log across her back. Furious about the murder, Ellen and Jean both try and track down the killer. Ellen and her daughter, Celeste (Heather and Shannon Beaty) move into Jean's house. Ellen had wanted Jenny's room, but Jean had Ellen sleeping in her bedroom, as Jenny's room was later turned into a nursery for when her grandchild would visit.

A year later with the police still unable to solve Jenny's murder, another friend of Jenny's, Kathy Pearl (Janne Mortil) comes forward out of guilt. Kathy tells the police she was brought along with the girls (Jenny, Ellen, and Carla) when they attacked Jenny by slapping her, chopping off pieces of her hair, and then finally drowning her. Kathy claims they did it because they believed Jenny had slept with their boyfriends, but during the trial it was revealed that the plain and overweight Ellen was jealous of Jenny's popularity and beauty and wanted "to be her". Kathy told the police that she fled town because Ellen threatened her if she talked. Ellen and Carla are then convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.

Cast

• Patty Duke as Jean Monroe
• Margaret Welsh as Ellen Holloway
• Tiffani Thiessen as Jennifer Anne "Jenny" Monroe
• Angie Rae McKinney as Carla Lewis
• David Cubitt as Greg Monroe
• Janne Mortil as Kathy Pearl
• Loretta Swit as Detective Patricia Staley
• Debra Sharkey as Sheryl Monroe
• Chad Todhunter as Adam Monroe
• Ben Bass as Steve
• William S. Taylor as Detective Mike Collins
• Babs Chula as Diane
• Matthew Bennett as Dan
• Heather and Sharon Beaty as Celeste
• Barry Pepper as Mickey Turner
• Lisa Vultaggio as Susan

External links

• A Killer Among Friends at IMDb