Where the Heart Is: The Murder of Jessica Sacco

Published: July 14, 2023, 7 a.m.

b'You know that old saying\\u2014I think it was Ben Franklin again\\u2014that guests, like fish, begin to stank after three days? I feel like that\\u2019s being pretty generous, actually, I\\u2019ve thought about buying one of those party banners that says PLEASE LEAVE BY 9 PM. And that\\u2019s if the guests are INVITED. What happens when they\\u2019re not? Imagine having your home taken over by people who just decide they live there now, and they\\u2019re not going anywhere. That this is THEIR home now, no matter what they have to do to keep it. Join us for the story of Jess Sacco, a young woman who met her dream guy online--or so she thought. When he moved into her place, she thought their fairy tale life together was just beginning. Instead, Dream Guy moved a posse of his friends into her house without asking her, and as the weeks passed, the atmosphere got more and more hostile...and more and more dangerous.

Sources:
Investigation Discovery, "Web of Lies," S2, E4
Columbus Dispatch: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2012/04/04/urbana-landlord-found-woman-s/24039438007/
Columbus Dispatch: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2012/04/01/woman-killed-five-are-charged/23828326007/
CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jessica-rae-saccos-last-words-were-i-forgive-you-says-boyfriend-accused-of-her-murder/'