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Jun 2019
41m 2s

Mystery in Orange County

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In this Dateline classic, a young Army veteran disappears just three weeks before her college graduation. Massive searches turn up nothing, but detectives do find a clue: a cryptic call to 911 that helps uncover the truth and exposes a twisted story of unrequited love. Josh Mankiewicz reports. Originally aired on NBC on October 24, 2014.

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