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Aug 14
22m 40s

Sunday School Ambush

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This episode originally aired March 21, 2019. When a woman's husband was gunned down in his own garage by intruders, investigators worked tirelessly to find the assassins. But when they discovered that a wound sustained during the attack by the grieving widow may have been self-inflicted, they turned to science to help t hem unravel a twisted tale of lust, g ... Show More
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