Episode
Dateline: The Butterfly
Overview
A young Fairfield, Ohio, woman, 21-year-old Katelyn Markham, vanishes one summer night in 2011, prompting her community to conduct a massive search. When her skeletal remains are found in Indiana two years later, investigators question her friends and family to uncover her killer, but it takes 12 years and a detective with dogged determination.
Details
- Series
- Dateline
- Season
- Season 33
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2024-09-27
- Runtime
- 84 min
Episode context
The Butterfly is Episode 1 in Season 33 of Dateline. It aired on 2024-09-27. The runtime is 84 min.
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