Adam Murdoch was the teenage boyfriend of Tricia, the babysitter of Clayton Hathaway in 1987. Adam would often visit Tricia at the Hathaway home when Clayton's parents Mitch and Tara Hathaway were out, eager for a chance to have sex with her while there were no parents around. Sometime later, while Adam was out of town, Clayton was abducted, raped, and murdered. His father Mitch was soon arrested for the crime.