Episode
Dateline: Down the Basement Stairs
Overview
When a young mother and paramedic, Annamarie Cochrane Rintala, is found dead at the bottom of her stairs, it takes four trials and 13 years before justice is served.
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 32
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2023-12-15
- Runtime
- 40 min
Episode context
Down the Basement Stairs is Episode 20 in Season 32 of Dateline. It aired on 2023-12-15. The runtime is 40 min.
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