Nearly three decades ago, Owens and her family may have been entangled in a killing that eerily echoes throughout her best-selling novel. Here’s everything you need to know about the controversy.
The movie adaptation of the best-selling novel "Where the Crawdads Sing" hits theaters Friday but the author’s connection to a murder in Zambia that’s nearly three decades old shared the spotlight with opening day.
Zambian authorities want to question Delia Owens, author of best-selling novel-turned-movie “Where the Crawdads Sing” about a deadly shooting that became a nationally televised snuff film.