Episode
Dateline: Death of a Hometown Hero
Overview
Popular basketball player Lorenzen Wright is found murdered in 2010. His mother insists she knows who murdered her son and is relentless in her pursuit of justice. Andrea Canning reports.
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 29
- Episode
- Episode 28
- Air date
- 2021-02-05
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Death of a Hometown Hero is Episode 28 in Season 29 of Dateline. It aired on 2021-02-05. The runtime is 43 min.
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