Episode
Dateline: Return to The Lonely Road
Overview
A decades-long quest to find the truth in a young woman's mysterious death ends with a dramatic courtroom decision. The man at the center of it all tells his story to Dennis Murphy.
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 28
- Episode
- Episode 26
- Air date
- 2020-03-27
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Return to The Lonely Road is Episode 26 in Season 28 of Dateline. It aired on 2020-03-27. The runtime is 43 min.
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