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Jun 2019
1h 22m

Under the Desert Sky

NBC NEWS
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In this Dateline classic, the murder of a Nevada teenager shakes the community to its core when the two most unlikely people make a shocking confession. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on January 4, 2013. 
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