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Dec 2019
40m 14s

Final Curtain

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In this Dateline classic, Rachel Buffett speaks to Dateline about being at the center of a murder investigation involving both her former fiancée and her friend, a 26-year-old Army veteran. Josh Mankiewicz reports on the details of the gripping and twisted case that made international headlines. Originally aired on NBC on November 30, 2018. 
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