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Jan 2020
1h 25m

Mystery on the Mississippi

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In this Dateline classic, a mother of four dies unexpectedly on Valentine’s Day. Everyone in town assumes she died of natural causes until a detective suspects someone has gotten away with murder. Dennis Murphy reports. Originally aired on NBC on October 6, 2017.

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