Deadly Whispers is a 1995 television film depicting a father with alleged dissociative identity disorder who murders his daughter.
Tom suspects Jim of being involved, while neighbor Betty believes Kathy might simply have run away and will return eventually.
The body of a young woman matching Kathy’s description is found a few days later, shot several times and badly disfigured.
In the meantime Tom is beginning to act strangely: he is out in the yard late at night, cutting the lawn with clippers and refusing to come into the house until he has finished.
When Peter and Crystal are removed from their parents by court order and while Tom’s strange behavior continues, Carol’s faith in her husband begins to wane.
In Tom’s next session with psychologist Dr. Miller, Carol witnesses him re-live an experience he had at age 13: his father humiliated him and made him cut the lawn with a pair of clippers.
In the final scenes, Carol is shown taking over her husband’s business, visiting Tom in prison to bid him farewell, and embracing her kids as they are allowed to return home.