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With Blayne on assignment, Lester Holt talks with Senior Producer Allison Orr and Producer Ann Preisman about Blayne’s latest episode, "Malice." Just over a year into his new marriage, Jake Embert was found dead from what would quickly be ruled a self-inflicted gunshot. Jake’s fa ... Show More

Hey Dateline fans! As a bonus for you, we’re sharing the trailer for Trace of Suspicion, an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Josh Mankiewicz. After seemingly healthy 23-year-old Marine Todd Sommer dies unexpectedly, his widow Cindy’s lavish spending, cosmetic sur ... Show More

Officials rule Jake Embert’s death a suicide. Then his family hires a private investigator, who uncovers troubling details that suggest not everything is as it seems. Blayne Alexander reports. Lester Holt goes behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’ ... Show More

<blockquote><p>After just over three hours of deliberations, a Florida jury finds Donna Adelson guilty on all counts — but could more charges be coming in the case? In Utah, a woman is charged with killing her husband. Now, she's admitted to her role in the plot — and says her mo ... Show More

<p>In Texas, a verdict in the trial of the woman prosecutors say poisoned her fifth husband. In Manhattan, Sean Combs is sentenced to more than four years in prison by a federal judge. Updates in the Karina Cooper, Ghislane Maxwell, and Brian Walshe cases. Plus, Lester Holt joins ... Show More

<p>Prosecutors at the Norfolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts share new details in the murder case against disgraced art salesman Brian Walshe, just two months after they finished one of the biggest trials of the year -- Karen Read. And Michael Proctor, the lead investigat ... Show More

<p>In Tennessee, a jury worked over the long weekend and arrived at a verdict in the murder trial of Jason Chen. Eight years ago, in an upscale neighborhood in Los Angeles, celebrity hair stylist Fabio Sementilli was stabbed to death. This week, the trial finally begins for one o ... Show More

<p>In Kentucky, emotions ran high as the jury returned a verdict in the Crystal Rogers murder case a decade after she disappeared. In Iowa, Snapchat messages take center stage at the trial of a woman accused of murdering her husband. Closing arguments in the murder trial of MLB p ... Show More

<p>Thirty-one-year-old Allison Feldman was found dead in her Scottsdale, Arizona home in 2015. Ten years later, after a slew of delays over DNA, a man is finally on trial for her murder. In Illinois, a man and his parents were convicted of murdering his ex-wife in the ‘90s. He sa ... Show More

<p>Inside the defense of Florida grandmother Donna Adelson. In Long Island, a judge's ruling on DNA ahead of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer, Rex Heuermann's, murder trial. Plus, almost 21 years after her daughter was murdered, a mother hits the road to bring awareness to the u ... Show More

<p>Two years after Amber Spradlin was found stabbed to death in a dentist's living room, the murder trial of her alleged killer - the dentist's son - is put on hold. In 2017, after standing trial for a fourth time, Cal Harris was acquitted of the 2001 murder of his wife. Recently ... Show More

<p>Two of Donna Adelson's children testify this week for the prosecution. In Northern California, a missing woman's husband is indicted for her murder more than a year after she vanished -- and a year and a half after he was indicted on felony domestic violence charges for an all ... Show More

In June 2021, Alex Murdaugh (pron. mer-dock) called 9-1-1 to report he'd found his wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul, dead outside their home in rural Colleton County, South Carolina. Both Maggie and Paul had been brutally shot to death.As months have passed, what began as a c ... Show More