Plot Synopsis

Directed by Deborah Wainwright, THE SUSPECT is a four-part docuseries that chronicles a murder case told in real time. In 2011, multi-millionaire Richard Oland of the Moosehead Brewing family was found bludgeoned to death. His son, Dennis, quickly became the police's prime suspect. The shocking murder and trial that made front-page news across the country. It was a blood bath. On July 6, 2011, Richard Oland suffered a gruesome 45 blows to his head neck, and hands. A crime like this would have been big news almost anywhere, but in New Brunswick, it was huge. The victim was one of the elites. His son, Dennis, quickly became the prime suspect. Dennis was the last known person to see his father alive, he was deeply in debt, and blood and his father's DNA were found on his clothing. After years of widespread schadenfreude, alleged police misconduct, trial by media, and a jury pool contaminated by a constant barrage of pre-trial publicity, Dennis was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. But he has always insisted he is innocent, and in October of 2016, a retrial was ordered. Since his release, the documentary crew had intimate and exclusive access to the defense, the accused, his family, and investigators, documenting the road to retrial. They follow unexplored leads and dig into new evidence in a search for the truth. Capturing every moment until the unpredictable conclusion at the trial's end. Five months after airing with the title THE OLAND MURDER in Canada, the series had its U.S. premiere with a new title, THE SUSPECT, on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT. A new episode is released each Tuesday through September 8.