The Life She Wanted

In Texas, the husband of Suzanne Simpson, a mom of four who went missing in 2024, is back in court accused of her murder. His defense has questions about the investigators. In New Jersey, the trial of Paul Caneiro, who is accused of murdering his own brother and three other famil ... Show More

Lester Holt sits down with Keith Morrison to discuss his episode, “The Trouble with Sarah.” In January 2023, Joe Hartsfield was found unresponsive at his home and rushed to a hospital in Baytown, Texas. He was taken off life support 11 days later. What initially appeared to be a ... Show More

The suspicious death of Sarah Hartsfield’s fifth husband leads investigators to a past filled with failed romances and wild allegations. Keith Morrison reports.Lester Holt and Keith Morrison go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’ Listen on Apple: ... Show More

A Clay County man has been charged with murder for allegedly murdering his wife in Kansas City's Northland and fled to Nebraska on Friday after police discovered a number of disturbing communications that appeared to reference the death. John Wonder was charged with first-degree ... Show More

<p>In November 1992, Mischelle Lawless was found by passersbys deceased in her car with the headlights on and the vehicle still running. Police have spent decades trying to piece together what happened to Mischelle that night. Who would she have pulled over for? Where was she hea ... Show More

An off-duty police officer in Alabama calls cops to report an apparent suicide in his apartment parking lot. Investigators soon discover the victim is the cop's pregnant girlfriend visiting from out of town. Was it an argument -- or an ambush? And a California woman is stalked ... Show More

Nicole Chase was a young mom with a daughter to support when she took a job at a local restaurant in Canton, Connecticut. She liked the work and was good at her job. But the place turned out to be more like a frat house than a quaint roadside sandwich spot. And the crude behavior ... Show More

Carlee Russell calls 911, telling the operator that she sees a toddler walking down the side of an Alabama freeway.  When police arrive, there's no toddler and  Russell is gone. Her car, however, is still parked along the highway. The door is open and the car is running. Forty-ni ... Show More

In 1995, a teenage girl is discovered beaten and shot to death in Mansfield, Texas. The pressure is on for police to figure out who she is, who killed her, and why. The investigation takes a turn when they investigate the victim’s schoolmates. Police must unravel a web of lies to ... Show More

<p>UPDATE: Josh Kezer, the man who was wrongfully convicted of Angela's murder and then later declared actually innocent, reached out to us to discuss the case. If you are familiar with the case details you can skip to 52:20 just to hear his interview.</p><p>Sources for this epis ... Show More

The morning of May 6th, 1996 was routine for Sherri Dally. The thirty-five-year-old wife and mother woke up early and got her family prepared for their day, laying out her children’s clothing and organizing lunches.  After she dropped her two young boys off at school, Sherri drov ... Show More