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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Entertainment
Shyna Mae Deang

Idaho 4 Film Blasted as 'Exploiting Trauma' for Commercial Gain, 'Disrespects the Memory' of Victims

Signage for the Idaho State University college campus in Pocatello, Idaho. (Credit: Tony Webster/Wikimedia Commons)

A planned Lifetime dramatisation of the 2022 University of Idaho murders has been met with strong condemnation from victims' families, who say the project is exploitative, insensitive and risks retraumatising those still grieving.

Relatives of Kaylee Goncalves, one of the four students killed, have launched a petition urging the network to halt development, arguing that no film should be made while the criminal case remains unresolved.

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