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Oct 2024
22m 37s

Talking Dateline: The Butterfly

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Andrea Canning talks with Josh Mankiewicz about her episode “The Butterfly.” When 21-year-old art student Katelyn Markham suddenly vanished from her Ohio home in the summer of 2011, her friends and family knew something was terribly wrong. It would take more than a decade for her killer to be arrested. Andrea plays Josh an extra clip from her interview with the investigator who cracked the case. And Mankiewicz & Canning, anyone? Josh and Andrea talk about a potential future business endeavor.

Listen to the full episode of “The Butterfly” on Apple: https://apple.co/41AGd0m

Listen to the full episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3pvjVix5qw62v4iqQS9MDp

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