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Netflix · 9 February 2024 · Documentary film · 1h 30m

Lover, Stalker, Killer

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A Nebraska mechanic's online dating connections become entangled in a missing-person investigation and a prolonged campaign of deception. The film follows the investigation into the disappearance of Cari Farver.[People] [Netflix Tudum]

Interviewees

10 publicly named · coverage checked 8 November 2026

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Cari Farver is listed in cast credits as a murder victim and appears through archival material; dramatized portrayals are not interviewees.[TV Guide]

How this list was compiled. Compiled from published cast credits, Netflix Tudum, and reporting by People, USA TODAY, and the Chicago Sun-Times. The film and end credits have not been checked frame by frame, so brief appearances named only on screen may be missing. Spotted a missing name? Tell us.

Timeline

  1. 2024-02-09

    Lover, Stalker, Killer released on Netflix[People] [Netflix Tudum]

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Episodes

    Feature documentary; no episodic structure.

    Credits

    Director
    Sam Hobkinson[Chicago Sun-Times]

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    Sources

    1. Lover Stalker Killer – Full Cast & Crew — TV Guide, publication date not recorded. Accessed 2026-11-08.News organisationMedium reliability
    2. Lover, Stalker, Killer: Netflix Documentary Goes Inside Deadly Love Triangle — People, published 2024-01-11. Accessed 2026-11-08.News organisationMedium reliability
    3. ‘Lover, Stalker, Killer’ star on Liz Golyar's cruelty — USA TODAY, published 2024-02-09. Accessed 2026-11-08.News organisationHigh reliability
    4. ‘Lover, Stalker, Killer’ review — Chicago Sun-Times, published 2024-02-08. Accessed 2026-11-08.News organisationHigh reliability
    5. What Happened to Cari Farver? In Lover, Stalker, Killer, Dating Turns Sinister — Netflix Tudum, publication date not recorded. Accessed 2026-11-08.Official production sourceHigh reliability

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