Whats the name of the film in which a teenage girl is raped and murdered by a group of locals youths?

Film is set in the late 80s


The guys involved try to cover up the killing


When the body is found the detective in charge kneels by it and whispers that he will find her killers no matter how long it takes


He then becomes obsessed by the case, neglecting his family etcWhats the name of the film in which a teenage girl is raped and murdered by a group of locals youths?
Just a guess but maybe ';The Liars' Club';. Your description sounds so familar, I am just not sure where I saw that scene with the detective, but I know I have seen it. Whats the name of the film in which a teenage girl is raped and murdered by a group of locals youths?
Wish I could help you more but I want to make it clear it is NOT ';A Time to Kill'; Totally different plotline.. the only similarity is the rape, but the victim does NOT die.. Her rapists do.. at her father's hands. Then the majority of the movie focuses on her father's trial and the lawyer who is trying to get him off.





No detective, except one who got shot on accident (while the father was shooting at the rapists) but he goes anyway and tells the jury to turn the father loose, because he's a hero.








Doesn't sound like Murder by Numbers either.. the main detective in THAT movie is Sandra Bullock, a woman with no family to neglect.
Its not a Time to Kill because the little girl is 10 years old and she isnt murdered. She survives and is left for dead. There is no detective in this..just a lawyer and a cop who want to see justice for the little girl until her fathers kills them. Then the lawyer has to defend the father. I know what movie you are talking about, just cant think of the name. will check further.





EDIT: could be Murder By Numbers with Sandra Bullock
I dont know the name of the film...however its sounds alot like a book i have read called 'the devils works' or something like that lol
Could it be mystic river? But i dont thinkn the girl gets raped, if its not watch it anyway, very good film
A Time to Kill with Samuel L Jackson
A time to kill.