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Oct 2024
1h 23m

Down the Rabbit Hole

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A 16-year-old calls 911 to report a break-in at her family’s home. When police arrive, they discover her mother has been murdered, launching an investigation that featured a false confession and revealed a dangerous romance. Keith Morrison reports.

Keith Morrison and Josh Mankiewicz go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’:

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