Episode
People Magazine Investigates: Burned Alive
Overview
On a Mississippi back road, a 19-year-old woman is set on fire and left to burn alive. Her last words lead detectives down a road of dead ends and the case goes cold until a special agent taps into her location data and finds a suspect.
Details
- Series
- People Magazine Investigates
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 2019-02-19
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Burned Alive is Episode 14 in Season 3 of People Magazine Investigates. It aired on 2019-02-19. The runtime is 42 min.
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