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Feb 2023
1h 23m

On a Dark, Deserted Highway

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A deadly high-speed chase in Montana leads Dateline on a search to unravel the mystery of how one man turned into a monster and committed one of the state’s most notorious crimes. Keith Morrison reports.

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