A TikTok teen charged with murder. A defense team requests evidence testing. Plus, interrogation tactics.

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

17 year old Sarah Grace Patrick is accused of gunning down her mother and stepfather in Georgia. The defense team of the man accused of killing UNC Chapel Hill student Faith Hedgepeth in 2012 has filed motions that raise new questions about crime scene evidence. Updates on Florida matriarch Donna Adelson's trial and former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini. Plus, an inside look at police interrogations and the tactics investigators use. Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com To learn more about Dateline LIVE in Nashville on Sept. 28, and to get tickets, go here: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline-event

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0:00.0	Hey, good morning.
0:03.0	It's the start of another busy day here at 30 Rockefeller Center.
0:07.0	Well, let's just jump right in.
0:09.0	Our Dateline team is catching up on breaking crime news.
0:12.0	He took the stand, insisting throughout that he did not kill his wife, because he is afraid of blood.
0:17.0	It would be kind of big news if she did get a new trial.
0:19.0	We have interrogation footage of the actual guy taking a polygraph.
0:25.1	Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly.
0:27.7	I'm Andrea Canning.
0:28.8	It's August 21st, and here's what's on our docket.
0:32.9	13 years after a UNC student was found murdered in her bedroom,
0:37.0	the man accused of killing her raises new questions about evidence collected at the crime scene.
0:42.1	Police took a swab of a two-inch-long bloodstain from the scene, but according to the defense, it was never tested.
0:47.9	In Dateline Roundup, the latest from the trial of Donna Aedelson, the Florida grandmother accused of masterminding a murder plot,
0:54.9	and a courtroom surprise at the sentencing of former Major League Baseball pitcher Dan Serafini.
0:59.9	He got some new attorneys, and they then filed a motion asking for a new trial.
1:04.4	Plus, you see them in most dateline episodes. Police interrogations. An expert gives us a scoop
1:10.4	on how investigators prepare.
1:12.2	You may have an ace in your pocket, so to speak, basically irrefutable evidence. You'll want to reveal that last.
1:17.8	But before all that, we're heading to a Georgia courtroom where a teenager who posted on TikTok, grieving her murdered mom and stepdad, is now facing charges of killing them.
1:28.6	On February 20th of this year, a teenager named Sarah Grace Patrick called 911.
1:34.4	Her mother, Kristen Brock, and her stepfather had been shot dead in their home.
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