. >> i'm craig melvin. and this is dateline. >> i had so many thoughts leading up to this assignment as to what it was going to be like. trying to imagine going down this road knowing it is a one-way trip. you have this moment where you get a last glimpse of the world around you, but that glimpse is through steel mesh. louisiana's highway 66. its beautiful countryside is undoubtedly not lost on the countless men driven to the place where they will most likely die. that road ends here. the louisiana state penitentiary. a former plantation the size of manhattan. 28 square miles. most people call it angola, named after the african country that was owned by the slaves who once worked these very fields. now it is confining about 5,500 men. today i'm heading into ground zero of mass incarceration. >> there's certainly a heightened awareness as i walk-through here with no guards. >> for the next couple of days, i will be staying here, exploring key issues of the prison reform dblate. juveniles sentenced to life wi

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. i'm craig melvin, and this is dateline. >> i thought there was a burglar in my house. before i knew, would i fired four shots at the door. >> he is struggling a lot with what is happening, and he has to leave with the weight of it. she wasn't breathing. >> and in-depth look at the story that stunned the world. murder and the blade runner. olympic runner story is charged with the murder of his girlfriend. >> she's not coming back -- >> he denied it. she was killed by himself at his house. >> when everybody will be watching for is whether intending to tend to kill her. >> i did not fire at revile. >> we want to believe him. you really really want to believe him. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ hello, and welcome to dateline. we have the story of oscar pistorino's. she was a brilliant model. he was an athlete famous for defying the odds. their futures gloat with promise. then, reveal was gone down. as police investigated, a chilling question transfixed the world. was her death an accident, or was south africa'

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. that she met him at a bar. she was smitten. she really went all out for him. she couldn't see the red flags. >> it was a heartbreaking case. >> i just didn't realize how much danger she was. >> one of our friends actually looked him up and was like, this is not the guy that you think he is. he >> conned women to get what he.

craig melvin i'm >> i'm craig craig, and i'm natalie melvin, morales.nd this i'm natalie is dateline. >> morales. >> details are so and this is dateline. >> crazy i couldn't make it was crazy, i could sense of it! >> make sense of. it >> a successful young a successful young couple, ambush couple, they said, in the ambush, they, said in the dead dead of night. of. night attacked, attacked, abducted! abducted -- >> >> we're like, were like, where blau. where is is she? she? >> we didn't >> i didn't have have a clue what happened. a clue what happened. >> but the real >> but the real question? was their question, was their story even story even true? >> true? >> we were we were not able not able to to substantiate substantiate any of the things he was saying, they granted them as liars. >> anything they were saying. could there be some kind of hoax? who was really behind it all? >> this whole story could take another crazy turn. >> they said, i know that i need to pay for when i did. >> >> hello and welcome to dateline. denise has skins and her boyfriend

. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> only her feet were exposed. can. those were her last hours. >> young women murdered or missing. families in english. >> i would text her and she would text right back. but this time, nothing. >> when they killed her, they killed me. >> a serial killer at work and maybe he had a friend. >> that is crazy, they don't work together? serial killers are loners. >> very. rare >> to suspected killers on the hunt. >> hunting them, a detective devoted to justice, and more. >> it's almost like you adopted these young women? >> there are a lot of visits at my church where i pray to not screw this up. >> hello and welcome to dateline. they were young woman with their whole lives ahead of them. then, one by one, they started to vanish. it would take a determined detective willing to go into dark places to uncover the diabolical plot behind these disappearances. here is keith morrison with "good and evil". >> how do you measure a mother 's love or gauge the ferocity for impulse to protect? >> i loved her as much as i could. i

thanks for watching. >> i'm craig melvin.g up to this assignment as to what it was going to be like. trying to imagine going down this road knowing it is a one-way trip. you have this moment where you get a last glimpse of the world

nks fo watching >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> manchin has come to represents the malignant side of humanity. these people enjoyed killing. >> things that the police had never seen before. >> sharon tate begged her, please don't kill me. >> average kids from average american homes turned out to be the killers. >> are you say? >> sane? that's relative. >> charles manchin stole lives. >> things like you could not imagine! >> stole innocence. >> he looks beautiful, he looks happy. and he draws a lot of people. >> and left the city living in fear. >> gun store sellout. guard dogs are not selling for $5,000. >> you may think you know the manchin story, but not like this. >> he's a very evil, sophisticated con man. he knows exactly what he is doing. >> it was all a play. isn't it? >> hello and welcome to dateline! he was a charismatic ex con who dreamed of becoming a rock star. then he found a ragtag group of hippies in search of direction and purpose to follow him. in the end, their toxic union would result in a frenzy of unfathomable brutalit

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. i'm andrea canning. and this is dateline! >> two men found what they thought was a mannequin. she had would piled on or. no identification! >> we all came together to have identification to identify jane doe. >> there's a passion to try and find out who are dulles. to try and think this is your family. you want to give them closure. >> two homicide detectives. it's way above our heads. >> and i said i think i know how we can do it. >> all of these people share some amount of dna with the unknown person. >> we thought, this is the family. this is it! >> surreal. it felt like someone just punch me in the stomach. >> it's a funny thing, isn't it? that it would be important to have a stone with your name on it. >> it is! >> written on stone. you're never forgotten. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to dateline! in many cold cases, a grieving family is desperate to find their loved ones keller. but this mystery was not a whodunnit. the killer eventually confessed to the brutal crime. but who did the murder? that question haunted a small

i'm craig melvin.murder marked a loss of innocence for her friends and family, but not a loss of hope. cold case detectives were determined to catch the killer using a modern arsenal of tools. the same technology used to crack a legendary case in california was about to reveal a tantalizing clue. back to dennis murphy with "and then there were three." the decades old investigation into michelle martinko's 1979 murder had a new urgency. the detective doug larrison had a dna profile of the killer and original list of suspects. one by one he asked for dna samples looking for a match. >> doug started with the all the exboyfriends, the high school buddies that had been at the mall. >> at the top of that list was ex-boyfriend andy. >> i thought it was a matter of time before andy was found to be the killer. >> but andy's dna was not a match. more than 25 years after he was first considered a suspect, he was cleared. justice for andy. >> and he had to live with that cloud over him because so many people did t

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. you for watching i'm andrea canning, and this is dateline. >> she said that she met him at a bar. she was smitten. she really went all out for him. she couldn't see the red flags. >> it was a heartbreaking case. >> i just didn't realize how much danger she was. >> one of our friends actually looked him up and was like, this is not the guy that you think he is. he >> conned women to get what he. wanted >> he was good at it. he >> was very good at. it >> he had been peaking at her dorm room window. >> i'm being blackmailed for money. >> lauren kept saying, the police will handle it. we got the notification on her phone saying lockdown. >> he had been -- i was like, this is not real. this isn't happening. >> how do not recognize that this girl needs your help. this could be going on at any campus cross country. ♪ ♪ ♪ . >> hello, welcome to dateline. -- as a star athlete. if you knew that off the field, she was trapped in an abusive relationship. she turned to campus police for protection

thanks for watching. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> marie was a very loving person. she had a heart of gold. what happened to this woman? my job is to be a truth teller and seek out the truth. i wanted to solve it. >> her case was a mystery for years. the mom with a tender heart and tough as nails career. >> she was part of the sheriff 's department. her ultimate goal was to try to get into the fbi. >> she found a new sense of purpose in the church. her pastor and his wife, like family. >> they had taken her in. they were helping her out. >> it's like, i'm proud of you. you're finding god. >> then, one baffling text and she was gone. >> i go, i know, i probably watch a lot of "law & order", but i have this really gut feeling. >> because i was a mom, i just knew she didn't leave on her own. there was no way she left that baby. >> two moms at opposite ends of a mystery. could one get justice for the other? >> this case for sure was an investigator's worst nightmare. >> soon, clues

craig melvin: that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. you. the news with shepard smith starts now >> leaders from 40 nations meet in germany to get arms and aid to ukraine i'm shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc >> a fresh show of unity against putin. >> ukraine clearly believes that it can win, and so doesane here. >> the action taking today and the new reporting on how the use helped take down a russian plane. >> support and scrutiny for elon musk the new fallout over his twitter deal, and the hit that tesla's stock just took. >> a kidnapped baby found alive. just a day after being snatched in broad daylight. >> there's some connection to the family, but we don't know exactly what that connection is. >> the brazen act and the three suspects now in custody. >> a central florida amusement park sued over the death of a 14-year-old boy. >> i don't want this to happen to another family. >> plus, the allegation of another rider who nearly died moments before >> the guy it almost was will be a witness. >> vice president harris tests posit

>> i'm craig melvin, and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline". >> it was just a shock. not even for a second did it ever occur in my mind that he would be in danger. it's hard to even imagine that someone could be so evil. >> at last, his dream had come true. new wife. new stepdaughter. a whole new start. >> almost an instant family for him. this scene perfect. >> and that's what made what happened so baffling. suddenly, he was dead on the floor. >> otherwise healthy 41 year old man, usually do not drop that dead. >> something is not adding up. >> could this mean murder? there were suspicions from the start, and they came from his wife. >> you believe there is a possibility that your husband was poisoned. >> yes, sir. >> poisoned? who could have wanted him dead? police zeroed in on someone at work. >> he was pretty angry about that. it was initially very angry about, yes. >> and you don't have to kill? >> who knows? >> what's his new wife in danger to? >> i'm scared to death. >> brace yourselves because this killer was stone called evil. >> wow! this has got me shaking.

thanks for watching i'm craig melvin, and i'm natalie morales. and this is dateline! >> you can lose a child without knowing it in a second. it wasn't an if, it was a when. are they gonna tell us that she is not coming home. this is not what was supposed to happen. >> the note was under her blanket. i >> started sticking out and i grabbed it. >> their daughter was a runaway. >> i am frantic! because i did not know how to find her. >> they called police, they searched, and then, a jogger found a red shoe and a pool of blood. >> here they are, three people at the door. >> i just started sobbing. >> they had found her daughter, but not the boy she was with. it was if he had never existed. >> we couldn't find anything -- about. >> months went by, still no trace of lj. and then, a rookie took the case. >> how did you feel about it? that this was not gonna be your case? >> i didn't think i was capable of doing this. i cried the first few hours. >> a teen found dead. >> we still don't have an answer. >> a mysterious answer and the missing suspect. >> they say, lj has killed

. >> i'm craig melvin. i'm natalie morales, this is dateline. >> is it tied my arms and sit tight my legs, stuck tape my legs, are no words. i'm sitting there hysterical, it's terrifying. >> she thought he was mr. right, confident search until the good doctor seemed to turn sinister. >> he put his hands over my face and said go ahead and leave. i did know or else to go. >> she broke down, she looked afraid. >> chance, threats and something deadly. >> he said he had hired somebody to get rid of me. >> a doctor plotting a murder, he's giving you a way to kill someone. >> very detailed, precise instructions. investigators would launch an investigation and would find to murder scenes. >> now you have a man and woman who both want their excess dead, is that beyond bizarre? >> sure. >> it was unreal, i couldn't believe that this was happening. >> an unthinkable crime and an unbelievable twist. >> these detectives had a plan and you were big part of it. >> oh my god. >> it's just mind-boggling to most people. >> i

. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> i felt like this was the one -- a whirlwind. a love affair. i feel like this is the one i've been waiting for. maybe was too good to be true did you love me, or was a solid game? >> a beautiful business woman falls for a dashing doctor, but her daughters have doubts. >> i have lots of suspicions. >> she thinks his fingernails are dirty, and this is not look like the hands of an actual doctor. >> who was this guy? >> his name was dirty john. >> this woman who i'm all too well? >> i started snooping and i found everything. >> this reporter found someone irving discoveries to. >> he's got a lot of, people he's when the lot of people. >> the story of his dirty deeds riveted the nation and a hit podcast. >> this is "dirty john". >> but dirty was about to turn dark. >> he's got duct tape, he's got all the tools ready to kidnap her. >> will this mom and her daughters learn the truth in time? >> she was in a panic. she said, i saw john outside in a car. >> a story ending in savagely that would stun even a police. >>

i'm craig melvin.ies of startling claims to detective can mifflin. he and his partner quickly suspected scott words not only the arsonists, but a murderer. who killed his pregnant first wife, meg. now, a stunning new development was about to add fuel to the fire. back to josh mankiewicz with "secrets from the grave". >> amy remembers well the night her duplex apartment in stow, ohio, caught fire. it was march 27th, 2010. a rare night off for the 24 year old intensive care nurse. >> i was at my boyfriends. i got a call in the middle of the night from a neighbor saying that the house was on fire. we were only about two minutes away, so drove over very fast. >> amy says she jumped out and ran toward the firefighters who were working her half of the duplex. where the worst damage was. >> the first thing that they asked me was, who would want to kill you? who would want to murder you? and i just -- kind of looked at him like, what? what are you talking about? and then they asked me, don't you smell the gaso

." >> i'm craig melvin, the -- >> she was beautiful. her eyes were remarkable. she was going to be there for me, didn't matter what it was. >> -- and there was nothing i could have done. >> skyler, rachel, sheila, total bff's. >> they hung out all the time. >> the three of them became separable. >> then one ended up missing. >> nobody knows where she is. something bad, something wrong. >> where was skyler? someone was hiding something. >> they are serious, the fbi. >> twitter, instagram, facebook, you start to see things get out of control. a click of mean girls. where they mean enough to kill? >> she was like, well, she will blackmail me. >> it was such a shocking and. the scandalous kind of case. >> this was diabolical. >> evil comes in all shapes and sizes. an sizes. hello, and welcome to dateline. for skyler nieces parents, their teenage daughter was all they could have hoped for. a straight a student with lots of friends and happy at her part-time job. but then their world turned upside down when their only child seemed to vanish without a trace. at first,

craig melvin i'm >> i'm craig craig, and i'm natalie melvin, morales.f. it >> a successful young a successful young couple, ambush couple, they said, in the ambush, they, said in the dead dead of night. of. night attacked, attacked, abducted! abducted -- >> >> we're like, were like, where blau. where is is she? she? >> we didn't >> i didn't have have a clue what happened. a clue what happened. >> but the real >> but the real question? was their question, was their story even story even true? >> true? >> we were we were not able not able to to substantiate substantiate any of the things he was saying, they granted them as liars. >> anything they were saying. could there be some kind of hoax? who was really

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. [music playing] >> delta news with shepard smith starts now. >>> masks on planes, not anymore. this is the news on cnbc a federal judge strikes down the law that requires face coverings. >> hates the mask man date the ruling and what the legal fight means for travelers nation wide >>> russian missiles strike lviv the western city under rare attack as ukraine braces for the fall of mariupol. : murder mystery a new york city mom stabbed 58 times. her body found inside a hockey bag. tonight, the trail of blood connecting two crime scenes and the possible killer spotted on camera >>> a cnbc exclusive inside secret service headquarters where agents are on the hunt for crypto criminals >> at the end of the day, we want to get money back to the victims. elon musk hit a new way to take control of twitter a made in america mandate for steel and iron nationwide. >>> bracing for a winter storm in spring. >>> good evening the mask mandate for every one on planes and other public transportation is

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. [music playing] i'm jim cramer and i'll see you >>> mask madness the cdc telling the white house and the doj that mandates on planes should come back. i'm shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc >>> putin tests a nuclear capable missile and issues a new warning. the pentagon's response as russia nears a critical victory in ukraine. response. >>> netflix stoc >>> net flick stock craters down 35%. its worst day in nearly years. what the turmoil means for the future of streaming. >>> johnny depp back on the stand. >> she has a need for conflict. >> his testimony that his ex-wife struck him. >> and i said, what do you want to do, hit me again? would you like to hit me again >> not once, but repeatedly. >> bam. >>> off duty cops allow today smoke weed the new law set to take effect and the backlash. >> we got to set up guardrails and protect the community and our residents. >>> a massive wildfire threatening homes and lives. >>> the ohio doctor walking free acquitted on 14 counts of murder

." >> i'm craig melvin, the -- >> she was beautiful. her eyes were remarkable.here was nothing i could have done. >> skyler, rachel, sheila, total bff's. >> they hung out

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. the news with shepard smith starts now.tomorrow. "the news with shepard smith" starts now >>> ukraine on a brutal tear at the united nations i'm shepard smith. this is "the news," on cnbc. >>> president zelenskyy lays out in graphic detail russian atrocities in ukraine. >> translator: they killed entire families, adults and children and they tried to burn the bodies. >> his challenge, increase sanctions, bring putin to justice and to the united nations, remove russia or dissolve yourself. >>> former president obama makes his first trip back to the white house. his advice for panicked democrats before the mid terms. >> you've got a story to tell, you've got to tell it. >>> three victims raped and killed now more than 30 years later a break in a major case. >>> tiger woods ready for the masters. does he think he can play and win it >> it's going to be a tough challenge and a challenge i'm up for. >> charting the return of tiger. >>> ivanka trump testifies before the january 6th committee. >>> takedown of the dark web. >>> and come alo

. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> ashley was a wild and funny texan who everyone seemed to love. >> caring, loving, compassionate. >> so why did she have this strange premonition? >> she always felt like she was going to die young. >> the call came on black friday. >> she said she's heart broke. >> when i pulled up, my heart broke. >> this fire was no accident. >> they went back to the place where ashley worked? >> yes, sir. >> we're going after tens of thousands of dollars. >> was money the only motive or was there something else? >> there were a lot of motives going around that ended up being true. >> i couldn't believe someone could do something like that to her. just pure evil. >> hello, welcome to "dateline." . ashley harris has no shortage of admirers, family, coworkers and her ex gave her praises. when she was dead after a fire consumed her apartment, police were baffled. this was no accident. were the clues that killed ashley up in smoke? it would take a determined detective and the discovery of a stolen key to unlock this mystery.

i'm craig melvin, i'm natalie morales.is going to be? worst-case neural was going through my head. >> lisa and kevin, they married putting their lives and children. >> it was one big, heavy family over there. >> with another love to welcome a foster daughter with a troubled past, sabrina. >> when she was told about being placed with the knoefel family, she was ecstatic. >> a happy home until it was ripped apart in a single night

>> that's all for this edition of "dateline" i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. coming up on the show! if you like me have mean horrified by what the civilians in just wait horror until you meet russia's -- new top ukraine commander on the will meet ground. he is russia's the butcher of top commander on the syria. plus, i will ground. the so-called say it again butcher of syria. for the people plus, in the back. defund the police has defund the absolutely nothing to police has nothing to do with any do with any violence you thing that might be currently you will currently witnessing and an american be seeing in any city. we will tell major american city. you about the republican and we'll tell you and democratic about the lawmakers in texas. they democratic -- as actually agree on something they take us that state officials are to agree on about to carry out something, and state as officials are irreversible injustice, going to if they execute carry out an a woman in spite of what has been seen as the overwhelming injustice evidence exonerating her. where -- . >>

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> welcome to the show. i'm zerlina maxwell. russia is ramping up its attacks in eastern ukraine, and one of its military officials is warning the kremlin's goals may be wider than initially believed. >>> meanwhile, here at home more city leaders are dropping their mask mandates. is that in line with what scientists recommend or even what most americans want? >>> and florida democrats cried, sang, and screamed to delay republicans from passing a congressional map that wipes out two black districts, and we'll talk to one florida lawmaker about how the fight ended later in the show. >>> we begin with new audio msnbc has obtained from the book "this will not pass: trump, biden, and the battle for the future." ken mccarthy is speaking to fellow republicans in the days after the insurrection and makes a bombshell claim. >> let me be clear and i've been clear to the president, he bears responsibility for his words and actions, no ifs, ands, or buts. i asked does he hold responsibility for what happened, does he feel bad about what hap

>> i'm craig melvin, i'm natalie morales, this is dateline. >> four lovely robin, the late shot was her last. >> she was lying face down, a pool of blood under one side. >> just one tiny clue. >> a piece of foam rubber. >> there was a suspect, but he had an alibi, until this revelation. >> i said, i have something that you need to know. >> welcome to dateline, it sometimes takes a special eye to look at a crime scene and spot the one thing that is out of place. the clue that will crack the case. and in this story, that thing appeared so inconsequential, no one even knew what it was, alone would've meant. it took almost two decades of a team of determinant investigators and a detective was than usual back out to find out. here is keith morrison with the night before halloween. >> it was the night before halloween, october 30th, late, midnight approaching. it happened in one of the little class suburbs that sprawl across the los angeles basin. inside a fast food franchise, closed for the night. a frantic scrambling, running feet, then, silence. but the nice morning, not far away, the fami

i'm craig melvin, i'm natalie morales. this is dateline. >> i could see was a dark hallway, light coming out of the door. what am i going to see? how has is going to be? worst-case neural was going through my head. >> lisa and kevin, they married putting their lives and children. >> it was one big, heavy family over there. >> with another love to welcome a foster daughter with a troubled past, sabrina. >> when she was told about being placed with the knoefel family, she was ecstatic. >> a happy home until it was ripped apart in a single night. lisa, stepped. >> the blade was actually bent. it takes a lot to bend a knife blade. >> the killer? none other than sabrina. >> i can believe it. >> the loving mom, murdered by the foster daughter that she'd opened her home to. when no one could understand was why. >> something else had to have been a play here. >> indeed, this case was about to get a lot more complicated. stories of a diet follicle plot brewing behind closed doors. >> this was really just betrayal on top of betrayal

. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> i think i was just in shock to find out that she's gone and the cause is a gunshot wound. you just wonder how this could happen. it seems very surreal. >> a quiet night at home shattered by a gunshot. >> she came out of the shower and i heard a pop. and there's blood. >> a young life dying on the floor. >> she wasn't talking at all. i'm asking, what happened here? >> i was utterly confuse. >> so many different stories about what might have happened. >> he said many things that night. >> maybe someone shot something at the house. >> at one point he said it was 80% suicide. >> police had their own theory. >> i thought, oh, man, there's something going on here. >> we don't see a lot of women commit suicide naked. >> his stories weren't adding up. >> but something else was it adding up either. a key piece of evidence. >> we went to the house and we walked in and we think, ha. >> would in the stake in measurement send an innocent man to prison? or free a guilty one? >> we thought it was over. we thought this wa

. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> he told me he lovede. i told him i loved him. he said he would be right back. i could hear a commotion of some sort and then i remember hearing gunshots. to see him lying there, it was bad. >> it's the website where lovers go to meet. and cheat. >> this was someone looking to have an affair. >> but this affair was about so much more than deceit. >> you couldn't write this as a movie. you couldn't write this as a book. >> this affair became a game. a wife and her lover spying on her husband and his lover. >> he would just say, well, what else have they done. >> and then this spy game turned deadly. one of the four lovers was gunned down. this obviously was not something that was random. >> waiting at the scene, a man with a strange story and waiting for detectives, a strange video. >> how creepy was that video? >> very creepy. >> al affair to remember. >> he was the one. >> an affair to forget. >> i shouldn't have done it. >> and one more secret still to be revealed. >> she said, i need you to sit down. i

. >> i'm craig melvin, and i'm natalie morales. and this is "dateline". >> it was just a shock.at someone could be so evil. >> at last, his dream had come true. new wife. new stepdaughter. a whole new start. >> almost an instant family for him. this scene perfect. >> and that's what made what happened so baffling. suddenly, he was dead on the floor. >> otherwise healthy 41 year old man, usually do not

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. i'm jim cramer see you tomorrow >>> energy as a weapon how the russians are coming for our nato partners. i'm shepard smith, this is the news on cnbc a new tactic in putin's war. russia cutting off gas to two nato nations, the fallout felt across the west. >>> a u.s. marine jailed in russia for nearly three years now free >> after waiting all this time, we're going to be able to hug my kid. >> reporter: who the u.s. gave up in return and the questions about the deal. >> we got a standing ovation for the speaker. >> kevin mccarthy faces his gop colleagues for the first time since the leaked january 6th audio recordings what we're learning about the closed-door meeting. >>> drastic action taken to survive california's drought the new extreme and his torque mea historic measure announced. >>> policing in minneapolis. >>> a new push for student loan debt to be forgiven. >> and -- >> she turned the tide of history. >> honoring the life of ma madeleine albright >> announcer: live from cnbc,

. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >> she can lie to you, make love to, kill you, all in the same week. and not even cry at the funeral. >> she was living that dream california lifetime. you talk about housewives of orange county, she could've been on the show. she wrapped him around the figure, just like europe so many men around the figure. >> she had all. waterfront home, fancy cars, millionaire boyfriend. quite the life, until -- >> the shots were sets of two. he saw his attacker. >> her lover gunned down who wanted him dead? >> nanette johnston would not have done it, because there was no financial gain for her. >> what about her secret friend? the mystery was unsolved. then came the former nfl linebacker. a prosecutor who took on big waves and prosthetic -- could he found the key to this? when >> the key to this is motive, and that's a motive on steroids. >> you lie to them, for one thing? >> hello and welcome to dateline! a gated community and the glamour is setting where the residents could feel safe. but it was not safe for one mult

i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. i'm jim cramer see you tomorrow. "mad money." the news with shepar >>> elon musk flips the bird i'm kelly evans in for shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc twitter's to be acqu its board surrenders and takes the deal the hostile takeover complete. the agreement and what's next for a musk run twitter >> he's buying it for a specific reason >>> former president trump held in contempt of court the legal blow in a new york civil case and the fine he's facing most every day. >>> russia is failing. ukraine is succeeding. >> the secretary of state's assessment made after his visit to ukraine the high-level trip and the new war goal the pentagon chief just outlined >>> never before footage released what the camera captured and what he told police before questioning. >>> praying football coach takes his fight to the supreme court >>> china's covid prices, metal fences now caging people inside their homes. >>> and fighting climate change with vodka >> announcer: live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, "the his with shepard smith." >> good

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. >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline. >> that night it's absolutely pitch dark. it was abandoned and it was secluded. this was his playground. this was the place we had been searching for. >> it was the still of the night when the killings started. >> i have been shot me and my mother have been shot. >> you can feel in here the fear in her voice. >> a single mother and her teenage daughter, ambushed in their bedrooms. >> here comes a monster into your house. >> i just broke down. i just couldn't imagine who wanted to do this. >> then it happened again to another mother and another daughter. >> somebody is killing mothers and daughters. that is about as scary as it. gets >> who is out there. and who would be next. >> something you would never imagined would happen. >> the clues lie here, in abandon mansion, erie, haunting. where was this killer? >> cold calculating eyes, lifeless. he was almost a ghost. >> could they catch him? could they stop him? >> i get chills all over. i'm kind of on the edge of my. seat >> he truly thought he could outsmart us. >

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