5 - Breaks My Heart

3 -  This Is The Guy

13 Alibis - 4 -  He Was Scared

Talking to a murder victim’s family is a tough thing to do, but Dan Slepian needs to find out more information about Jorge Collazo in his search for the truth. Collazo’s sister tells Dan she’ll never forget the day her little brother was killed. And, she reveals a surprise about what happened just two weeks before the murder – a lead that could have been critical.

4 -  He Was Scared

It was nearly a year into my investigation, and given what I've now learned, it was time

to contact the family of the victim, George Colazzo.

It's really a tough thing to do, especially when I'm going to bring up information they

But they have a right to know what I'm up to, and I need to find out more information

I find one of George's sisters living in North Carolina.

I send her an email and then give her a call.

She's hesitant to talk on the phone, but says she'll be in New York in a few months and

I had no idea the curveball that was coming.

In the spring of 2015, Juanica Colazzo, Georgia's sister, came by NBC News where we met

But I can tell she isn't exactly thrilled to meet with me.

She seems compelled to be here, but clearly doesn't want to be here.

She starts telling me about George and how she adored her little brother, and she's here

How did a man who claims he had 13 alibi witnesses get convicted of murder and serve 20 years in prison? In this original series from Dateline NBC, producer Dan Slepian chronicles the case of Richard Rosario, who was convicted of a 1996 murder in New York City. Rosario has always insisted that he is innocent, and that 13 alibi witnesses will swear he was a thousand miles away in Florida while the crime was happening in New York. Ride along in real time as Slepian spends two years digging deep into Rosario’s case in a quest for the truth.


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0:00.0	It was nearly a year into my investigation, and given what I've now learned, it was time
0:12.4	to contact the family of the victim, George Colazzo.
0:15.4	It's really a tough thing to do, especially when I'm going to bring up information they
0:19.8	might not want to hear.
0:21.6	But they have a right to know what I'm up to, and I need to find out more information
0:25.4	about George Colazzo.
0:28.4	I find one of George's sisters living in North Carolina.
0:34.4	I send her an email and then give her a call.
0:37.0	It's Dan Slepian, how are you?
0:40.2	She's hesitant to talk on the phone, but says she'll be in New York in a few months and
0:44.4	would rather meet then.
0:46.1	So we said a date.
0:47.4	I had no idea the curveball that was coming.
0:53.0	I'm Dan Slepian, and this is 13 Alibis.
1:09.6	In the spring of 2015, Juanica Colazzo, Georgia's sister, came by NBC News where we met
1:15.4	in a conference room.
1:20.8	Juanica is kind and polite.
1:23.2	But I can tell she isn't exactly thrilled to meet with me.
1:26.4	She seems compelled to be here, but clearly doesn't want to be here.
1:31.9	She starts telling me about George and how she adored her little brother, and she's here
1:36.8	to make sure someone speaks for him.
1:39.0	So you brought a picture of George.
	...

4 - He Was Scared

13 Alibis

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