A grieving mother on screen in the movie "Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri" inspired a grieving mother off-screen.
Kim Merryman took cues from Frances McDormand's character in the Oscar-nominated film and raised money for a billboard to highlight the ongoing search for her daughter's killer.
Merryman's daughter Emily Morgan was found shot dead alongside her best friend Totinikia "Ty" Elix in August 2016.
In an effort to keep her daughter's case in the spotlight and in hopes of "getting under the skin of the murderer," Merryman paid for a billboard to be erected just miles from where they were found shot dead in her car.
The billboard includes the victims' names and pictures, and warns that "there is a ruthless killer in your community!"
But there's another reason Merryman chose that location.
"I believe that the person responsible for the murders ... lives in McAlester," Merryman told ABC News.
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