Serial killer doco everyoneâs talking about Netflixâs new true crime hit looks at New Yorkâs most terrifying year â and one manâs obsession with a deranged killer. TV by Candace Sutton 12th May 2021 6:16 PM It was the summer of 1976, around 1.10am on July 29, when two young women were sitting in a car in Pelham Bay, a neighbourhood of the Bronx, in the northern part of New York City. Jody Valenti, 19, and Donna Lauria, 18, a nursing and a medical student, were sitting in Ms Valenti's Oldsmobile in front of Ms Lauria's home, discussing the holidays and their futures.