SPRINGFIELD — Springfield police detectives are featured in a recent episode of the Investigation Discovery show, entitled “Body in the Basement.”

The episode focuses on the arrest and investigation into serial killer Stewart Weldon, now serving three consecutive life sentences after pleading guilty to dozens of criminal charges including three counts of first-degree murder.

Weldon admitted luring drug-addicted sex workers to his house, holding them against their will, savagely abusing them and raping them. Some survived. Three women did not. He was arrested in 2018 after a traffic stop, when a female passenger told police he had bene holding her against her will and beating her.

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