Well, maybe. In a week of Lifetime TV women-in-peril flicks, you could not add more plot points t... Recent slayings show befri

Well, maybe. In a week of Lifetime TV women-in-peril flicks, you could not add more plot points than the unfolding saga of Patrick Selepak and Samantha Bachynski, who befriended strangers with deadly consequences, as they say in movie trailers.

Law enforcement officials have compared this string of murders to the story of Bonnie and Clyde, another crime couple on the run. That's a stretch. But Selepak isreminiscent of Perry Smith, who, with a companion, murdered the Hickock family in Kansas and became the subjects of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood." The events were recaptured in the Oscar-nominated "Capote."

"The kids did what they wanted to do, and what they wanted to do was scandalous stuff, robbing banks, robbing stores," Selepak's mother, Gail Southers, said of her two sons to News reporter Joel Kurth.

The tale -- of the killings of a pregnant woman and her husband -- became even more bizarre last week, after police arrested Selepak and Bachynski and discovered the lifeless, frozen body of Winfield Johnson in his truck.

The story is horrific in its raw details, and almost unbearably sad in its undercurrents -- resonating with the loneliness of its characters, from Bachynski -- who collected stuffed animals and hooked up with Selepak online -- to their victims.

It is riveting, in part, because the people who died appeared to have been chosen because of their openness, their willingness to be friendly and help strangers who had a good line of patter. They didn't ask too many questions. They opened doors too readily.

Everyone that Selepak met -- from girlfriend Bachynski to Winfield Johnson -- was ready to believe the promises of a stranger who showed interest in them.

As a couple, Selepak and Bachynski were dangerous strangers, whether you met them online, in the grocery store, or in a Flint bar with a reputation for outrageousness.

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