The Case of the Tinder Killer

In December 2018, 21-year-old British backpacker Grace Millane matched with a man on Tinder in Auckland. They spent the evening drinking before returning to his apartment. She never left alive. Jesse Kempson strangled her to death, stuffed her body in a suitcase, and buried it in the Waitakere Ranges. He then went on another Tinder date. His defense argued it was a "rough sex" accident, but the jury convicted him of murder. In 2026, the true-crime documentary "The Lie: The Murder of Grace Millane" was released, featuring previously unseen CCTV footage.