Every Woman’s Nightmare: The True Story of the Fairy-Tale Marriage and Brutal Murder of Lori Hacking

Mark Hacking came from a prominent Mormon family—his father was a pediatrician, one brother a doctor, and another an electrical engineer. He received acceptances to medical schools at George Washington University and the University of North Carolina, positioning him to continue his family's legacy. With an attractive wife, Lori, he appeared to have achieved success. However, Mark had constructed a double life spanning eight years, filled with deceptions, petty crimes, and failures that deceived everyone around him, including his trusting wife. When Lori discovered his most significant lie, Mark transformed from deceiver to killer. In July in Utah, Mark told police that Lori had disappeared while jogging. For two weeks, searchers hunted for her while those who knew the couple watched in shock as suspicion gradually focused on the seemingly normal, devoted husband everyone believed was headed to medical school. When Lori's badly decomposed body was discovered in a Salt Lake City landfill, investigators and family members learned the truth: Mark Hacking was not who he had presented himself to be. This account documents the true crime story of a marriage that ended in murder.