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Feb 2023
20m 47s

The Santa Strangler

NBC NEWS
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In this Dateline classic, two women believe they have information on a decades-old cold case that has been virtually forgotten. And when the Los Angeles Police Department opens a new cold case unit, the stories the women tell would give detectives a chance to catch a serial killer. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on June 20. 2008.

Additional footage: San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce 

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