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Nov 2022
41m 15s

Deadly Circumstances

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When a Tennessee resident is murdered in her bedroom, investigators struggle to find answers with little evidence at the scene to link any possible suspects to the crime. Could it have been a burglary gone bad? Or, something else? Andrea Canning reports. Originally aired on NBC on April 20, 2018.

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