IMPACT x Nightline: “The Last Straw: Solving Theresa Fusco’s Murder” Coming Soon To Disney+ & Hulu

Disney has announced details on a new episode of its documentary series, “IMPACT x Nightline”, which is called “The Last Straw: Solving Theresa Fusco’s Murder”, and it will be coming to Disney+ and Hulu later this week.

: In 1984, 16-year-old Theresa Fusco disappeared after her shift at Hot Skates Roller Rink in Lynbrook, Long Island. Her body was discovered nearly a month later in a wooded area near the rink, brutally beaten and naked. Under pressure to find the killer, authorities homed in on three men. But after spending more than 15 years in jail, their convictions were overturned with the help of DNA testing. The case then went cold. Now, a smoothie straw is at the centre of a stunning breakthrough, with advanced testing from the DNA evidence now pointing to a Long Island man authorities believe killed Theresa. “IMPACT x Nightline” investigates the case and exclusively speaks with the relatives of other Long Island teens who went missing at the same time, the Nassau County district attorney who is prosecuting the new case, and a former investigator who fought to overturn wrongful convictions tied to the case.

This new episode, led by “Nightline” co-anchor Byron Pitts, features exclusive interviews with the relatives of two other Long Island teens who went missing in the mid-1980s; Anne T. Donnelly, the Nassau County district attorney who unveiled a new indictment in Theresa’s homicide case; and Kate Germond, a former senior investigator at Centurion Ministries, who worked to free the three men wrongly convicted for Theresa’s murder. The episode also features archival interviews with the three men wrongfully convicted.

Now in its fourth season, ABC News Studios’ award-winning streaming newsmagazine “IMPACT x Nightline” investigates the topics dominating American culture, stories in the zeitgeist, and conversations around the globe. Eman Varoqua is the executive producer.

IMPACT x Nightline: “The Last Straw: Solving Theresa Fusco’s Murder” will be coming to Disney+ and Hulu on Thursday, 11th December 2025.

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