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Sep 2022
1h 23m

Wreckage

NBC NEWS
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While investigating the rape and murder of a 22-year-old woman in Texas, detectives uncover a trail of sexual assault crimes pointing to a repeat offender. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

Josh Mankiewicz catches up with Tracy Matheson to talk about how she has channeled her grief into action to support sexual assault survivors after her daughter’s murder in 2017, and how she and her family are coping with their immense loss.

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