On March 30, 1985, Elizabeth Haysom’s parents, Derek and Nancy Haysom, were brutally murdered. A young German expat named Jens Soering later confessed to — and was convicted of — the murders. His girlfriend, Elizabeth, was charged as an accessory. But when Soering recanted his confession on the stand, the trial became a high-profile case of he said, she said. Was Soering really the killer, or was he taking the fall for his girlfriend? Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom investigates the controversies surrounding the Haysom case and what’s happened since.
The four-part docuseries is available to stream now.
Soering, who was interviewed for the docuseries, is the son of a German diplomat and Elizabeth’s former boyfriend. He was 18 years old when Derek and Nancy Haysom were killed in 1985. After fleeing the country and taking on various fake identities, he and Elizabeth were arrested. Soering confessed to the murders, but when the case went to trial, he pinned them on Elizabeth — and she on him. Though he was convicted of both murders and was sentenced to two life terms, he’s since maintained his innocence and filed multiple appeals for parole.
In 2019, Soering was released from prison and deported back to Germany.
Jens Soering and Elizabeth Haysom
Elizabeth was also released from prison in 2019. She was deported to Canada, her home country.
The murders discussed in the series occurred in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1985.
