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Jan 2020
41m 38s

Betrayed

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In this Dateline classic, something seems off when rising star attorney Melissa Lewis doesn't show up for work one day. What friends and family find sets off major alarms and the beginning of a bizarre mystery. Dennis Murphy reports. Originally aired on NBC on March 3, 2017.

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