Episode
Dateline: The Bad Man
Overview
Nearly 40 years after a young wife and mother is found murdered in her upstate New York home, a new team of investigators joins the cold case to uncover the killer. Andrea Canning reports.
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 31
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2023-01-20
- Runtime
- 83 min
Episode context
The Bad Man is Episode 15 in Season 31 of Dateline. It aired on 2023-01-20. The runtime is 83 min.
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