Episode
Dateline: The Necklace
Overview
When a private investigator and former police officer vanishes, detectives think there may be more to the story when strange text messages start to appear... Keith Morrison reports.
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 29
- Episode
- Episode 43
- Air date
- 2021-04-23
Episode context
The Necklace is Episode 43 in Season 29 of Dateline. It aired on 2021-04-23.
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