Episode
Dateline: True Lies
Overview
After a mother is murdered in her own bed, the 911 dispatch center fields two calls, one from her son and one from her husband, both of whom claim the other is the killer, telling wildly different stories that the authorities must figure out. Dennis Murphy reports.
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 23
- Episode
- Episode 40
- Air date
- 2015-04-16
Episode context
True Lies is Episode 40 in Season 23 of Dateline. It aired on 2015-04-16.
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