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Mar 2022
39m 39s

The Friday the 13th Murder

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In this Dateline classic, after a failed marriage, a young woman feels lucky to have a second chance when she gets back together with the man she’d loved since high school. Until one morning, when a single shot rings out in a parking garage. Josh Mankiewicz reports. Originally aired on NBC on November 13, 2009.

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