Blood at Dawn

society, culture, documentary, true crime · EN

On October 12, 1996, Kevin Carroll, Keith Chavez, and Donald Mikesh Jr. were brutally beaten and murdered inside a condominium on Chicago’s Southwest Side. Three people were arrested. Three people were convicted. Each was sentenced to three concurrent life sentences in prison. The case may have ended in convictions, but nearly 30 years later, the story is far from over... Blood at Dawn is a multipart true crime series hosted by Heather, Kevin Carroll’s daughter. She was just 13 years old when her father was killed. Now, for the first time, she is going back through the case that changed her life. Using court testimony, police records, and interviews with family members and people closely involved in the investigation, Heather reconstructs the hours leading up to the murders. She examines the investigation and trials that followed, as well as the conflicting stories told by the three people convicted of the crime. But this story did not end when the verdicts were r