True Crime Weekly Podcast

The Lillelid Murders

Alina Trujillo Episode 61

On April 6, 1997 the Lillelid Family, devout Jehovah’s Witnesses were headed home from a religious convention. They stopped at a rest area on Interstate 81 in Greenville, Tennessee where they unfortunately crossed paths with 6 sinister teenagers. Vidar Lillelid took his son Peter for a walk in the rest area when he encountered two members of the group and Vidar asked if they believed in god. The evil acts that happened next still haunt Eastern Tennessee to this day. This is the story of the Lillelid Murders.