What to Watch Friday: 20/20 interviews killer in the ‘first internet murder’
20/20 (9 p.m., ABC) - “Nightline” anchor Juju Chang tells the complicated story of Michigan mother of three Sharee Miller, who “used sex, deception and the internet” to pit her lover, Jerry Cassaday, a former police officer and casino worker she met in an online chatroom, against Bruce Miller, her unwitting husband. ABC: “In online conversations with Cassaday, Miller faked losing multiple pregnancies at the hands of Bruce, who she falsely claimed physically abused her and had ties to the mafia. Soon after she told these lies, both men wound up dead.”
Now, more than 20 years after her sentencing to life in prison, Miller gives an interview to Chang, and for the first time on television, confesses to her crimes and explains her shocking motive. She also talks about the role she feels she played in Bruce and Cassaday’s deaths, opens up about why she is finally coming clean after denying guilt for years, and reads an apology letter she wrote to the families of both men and others affected by her actions.
The episode includes a newly discovered recording of the police interrogation of Miller and videos that Miller sent to Cassaday to exert her control and further pull him into her scheme. Also, interviews with family members of those involved and with a detective and prosecutor in the case.
Inventing Anna (Netflix) - This new Shonda Rimes limited series follows a journalist who investigates the case of Anna Delvey, the Instagram-legendary German heiress who stole the hearts of New York’s social scene – and their money. Netflix: “But is Anna New York’s biggest con woman or is she simply the new portrait of the American dream? Anna and the reporter form a dark, funny love-hate bond as Anna awaits trial and our reporter fights the clock to answer the biggest question in NYC: who is Anna Delvey?” The series is inspired by the New York Magazine article “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People” by Jessica Pressler. Julia Garner from “Ozark” plays Anna. It also stars Laverne Cox, Anna Chlumsky and Anna Deavere Smith.
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This story was originally published February 11, 2022 at 7:22 AM.
