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Dec 2021
43m 41s

Death in Robert's Court

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In Portsmouth, VA, a father comes home to find his 16-year-old daughter stabbed to death. With DNA and fingerprints police hope for an open and shut case. However, the case still goes unsolved for months until a piece of gum points to an unlikely suspect.



Season 1, Episode 5 originally aired on ID on January 6, 2011.


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