Episode
Dateline: The Phone Call
Overview
Kathleen Schroll makes a phone call that names her killer right before her death, it leads to the arrest of a father for murder. But two trials and 12 years later, authorities begin to wonder if he was the victim, not the villain.
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 29
- Episode
- Episode 39
- Air date
- 2021-04-16
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
The Phone Call is Episode 39 in Season 29 of Dateline. It aired on 2021-04-16. The runtime is 43 min.
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