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The murder of Greenville native and Bob Jones University student Valerie Tieman, killed and buried by her husband in 2016, will be featured on the Investigation Discovery television network Sunday night.

"RAW TERROR" will premiere at 9 p.m. Sunday with Tieman's murder being the basis for "Hiding in Plain Sight," the first episode in a six-episode series.

Tieman, 34, was killed Aug. 25, 2016. Her husband, Luc Tieman, was sentenced to 55 years in prison for her murder. Her body was found buried in a shallow grave in Maine, where she had moved with her husband.

Valerie Tieman was missing for days before authorities found her body wrapped in a blanket near their Maine home. Buried with her was a written note, a wedding ring and a bottle of Gucci fragrance called "Guilty."

Tieman's parents, Greenville residents Allen and Sarajean Harmon, said they were approached by the show's producers after coming across news stories about the case. They said producers were looking for people who had experienced murders within their families.

The Harmons spoke with The Greenville News on Friday, ahead of the premiere, to discuss their hopes for the show — to raise awareness about domestic violence and express their faith in God as a means to cope with tragedy.

"Our whole premise is to gently share our faith as far as how the Lord has helped us, because that’s how we’ve coped with it," Allen Harmon said. "What's helped is our faith in knowing where she is because she trusted Christ. Yeah, it hurts. It’s painful, but it’s not the hopeless feeling that people without faith feel."

The Harmons will be featured in the show with a prosecutor who helped secure Luc Tieman's conviction and Valerie Tieman's two brothers, Greg and Darryl Harmon, as well as one of her close friends.

Part of the episode was filmed in Maine at the sites where Valerie Tieman was shot and buried.

A cross made by Luc Tieman's brother still hangs near where her body was buried. It was the first time the Harmons had been to the property since their only daughter's death.

"When we were going down to the site, we had to pass the area where we knew she had been shot," Sarajean Harmon said. "That was harder for me."

According to the Investigation Discovery series description, "RAW TERROR hands the camera to its central protagonist, the relative of a murder victim, who agrees to create a self-shot journey through the story of a murder, filming their most private, reflective and inquisitive thoughts along the way."