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May 2023
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What happened to Kent Jacobs? | Dateline...

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We’re sharing a special preview of the first episode of an all-new season of Dateline: Missing in America.  

Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz tells the story of Kent Jacobs, a 41-year-old man with a developmental disability who went for a walk near his mother’s home in Hope Mills, North Carolina in 2002 and never returned.   

Each of the six episodes will focus on one person’s story, as told by those left behind. Listen carefully to the details, descriptions and clues offered by family, friends and investigators. Something you hear might jog a memory that could help authorities crack a case.   

Follow Dateline: Missing in America and listen now: https://link.chtbl.com/mias2_fdlw  

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