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Seneca Falls
CC0111
Season: 1
Episode: 11
Original airdate: December 10, 2017
Episode chronology
Previous episode: Houston
Next episode: Ascension


Summary[]

An accidental death in upstate New York becomes a possible murder scene and a wife and mother provides a crucial piece of evidence. Investigators confront the darkest side of humanity to discover an unspeakable truth.

Cast[]

  • John Cleere (Undersheriff, Seneca County Sheriff's Department)
  • Melinda Marquart (Investigator, Seneca County Sheriff's Department)
  • Jeff Arnold (Lead Investigator, New York State Police)
  • Tom Crowley (Senior Investigator, New York State Police)
  • Bob Klingman (Investigator, New York State Police)
  • Steven Brown (Private Investigator)
  • Jeff Case (Neighbour & Volunteer Fire Chief)
  • Cindy Best (Karl Karlsen's Ex-Wife)
  • Jackie Hymel (Cindy's 1st Cousin)

Location[]

  • Seneca Falls, New York (November 20, 2008)

Victim[]

  • Levi Karlsen (23)

Killer[]

  • Karl Karlsen - serving 15 years to life in for murdering his son.

Background information and Notes[]

Karl Karlsen, the man who killed his son for insurance money in 2008 in Seneca County, will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering his first wife.

Karlsen was sentenced to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole by a Calaveras County judge. The sentence came weeks after Karlsen was found guilty of killing Christina Karlsen in a fire in 1991.

Christina Karlsen died trapped behind a boarded-up window in the smoke-filled bathroom of her California home on New Year’s Day in 1991. Karlsen and the couple’s three children - including Levi, the son Karlsen would later kill - escaped.

Karlsen cashed in on his wife’s $200,000 life-insurance policy and moved his family to Seneca County, New York.

Calaveras County District Attorney Barbara Yook said that Karlsen will have to serve his two murder sentences consecutively, meaning he must finish serving time in New York before he starts serving time in California.


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