Episode
Dateline: The Motive
Overview
A young woman finds out her boyfriend might have killed a college football player out of revenge. She struggles with going to officials, fearing she could lose her life. Keith Morrison reports.
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 27
- Episode
- Episode 25
- Air date
- 2019-03-22
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
The Motive is Episode 25 in Season 27 of Dateline. It aired on 2019-03-22. The runtime is 43 min.
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