Erin Murphy
WICD Anchor/Reporter

Erin joined NewsChannel 15 in January 2006. She can be seen as the 5 o'clock Anchor for First News at 5.

Erin comes from WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Indiana where she was Weekend Anchor and nightside reporter. Previously, she worked at KLKN-TV in Lincoln, Nebraska as a general assignment Reporter.

Erin was born in Dallas, Texas her Dad then moved the family to New Castle, Pennsylvania and then they eventually landed in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago, in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Erin is a 2001 graduate of Indiana University with a degree in Journalism and Gender Studies.

In November 2003, Erin was the fist reporter who broke in live for an arson fire, for WTHI. The fire burned down the CANDLES Holocaust Museum in Terre Haute, making National news. Then in October 2005, she reported on a triple murder case that broke on Halloween. She was the first reporter out of all surrounding markets, who interviewed a family member of the suspected killer, who was on the run at the time.

When Erin is not at work, she enjoys spending time with her fiancee Gerrit and quality time with her two dogs a chow mix named Chukie and an insane boxer named Krypto.