Directed by Seth Jarrett Original language(s) English | Country of origin United States Producer(s) Jen Gatien | |
Written by Blake Berris
Danny Abel Starring Katrina Bowden
Olivia Crocicchia
Chris Zylka
Blake Michael
Jessica Wilkinson | ||
I Killed My BFF (originally titled The Neighbor) is a Lifetime television film starring Katrina Bowden, Chris Zylka and Olivia Crocicchia. It was written by Blake Berris and Danny Abel, and directed by Seth Jarrett. I Killed My BFF is inspired by a true story, the murder of Anne Marie Camp by Jamie Dennis and her husband, Michael Gianakos, in Minnesota in 1997.
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Plot
Shane Riley (Katrina Bowden) and Heather Thomas (Olivia Crocicchia) become friends after they both give birth in a shared hospital room. Chase (Blake Michael), the father of Heather's new baby, confronts her, prompting Shane to come to Heather's defense. But two years later, one of these two young mothers will be found brutally murdered.
After giving birth, the young women become close friends as Shane endeavors to achieve her dreams and Heather grapples with being bipolar, which leads the latter to have a couple of meltdowns. At first supportive of each other, their friendship eventually becomes strained. When Shane is denied a loan to fund her dream, she and her boyfriend Alex (Chris Zylka) commit a crime to secure the needed cash by stealing it from the neighborhood bar where Alex works.
As Heather fights a bitter custody battle with Chase for her daughter Molly, she soon begins to suspect that Shane and Alex were the ones who actually robbed the bar. But Heather feels pressured – she doesn't know what to do or what to say to the police. She soon finds the security computer from the bar that Shane threw out after committing the robbery. Shane begins to realize that Heather is acting weird and becomes suspicious.
Meanwhile, Heather begins to develop a dangerous attraction to Alex, with ultimately lethal repercussions. Shane becomes aware of Heather's attraction for Alex and forces Alex to pretend that he likes Heather in order to lure her to a remote location. Shane arrives after Heather and Alex do, with a gun in her hands. She kicks Heather. Heather is shocked and surprised when she finds out that the whole thing was a part of Shane's and Alex's plan. Heather confesses that she told the police everything and then accuses Shane of only caring about herself. She tells Alex that he still has time to tell the truth and get away from Shane. Heather and Shane struggle and Alex points the gun at both of them. Alex cannot bring himself to shoot Heather, so Shane takes the gun and shoots Heather herself. While dying on the floor, Heather tells Alex that she loves him and that Shane will betray him too. Aggravated by Heather's accusation, Shane grabs a piece of broken glass and repeatedly stabs Heather until she dies. Alex watches on in horror. Shane and Alex drag Heather's body to nearby a lake and dump her body there. Meanwhile, the custody hearing is in session and Heather's mom stares at the clock while Heather fails to show up.
Heather's body is discovered and the police call to inform her mother. Shane talks to the police, and blames Alex for both the robbery, and the murder of Heather. Heather's mom finds and gives the security computer that Shane threw out to the police. The police later arrest both Alex and Shane. The end credits indicate that the real Alex was arrested and convicted for kidnapping and murder. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole; Shane was sentenced to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder with an agreement to testify against Alex.