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Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions thrown out. A new search for Kristin Smart. Plus, AI and murder.

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Culture, True Crime, News, Society & Culture, Social

4.440.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In South Carolina, Supreme Court judges make a pivotal ruling in the case of Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced lawyer convicted of murdering his wife and son. In California, police search for the remains of Kristin Smart, a 19-year-old college student killed in 1996, in the backyard of her killer's mother. In Dateline Round Up, emotions run high at the sentencing of Dale Warner, the Michigan man convicted of killing his wife Dee and concealing her body in a fertilizer tank. Plus, NBC News Senior Legal Correspondent Laura Jarrett discusses AI chatbots under fire in the courtroom. Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com

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0:00.0

We got a lot to get to today.

0:03.1

It's the start of another workday for the Dateline team.

0:06.0

She thinks we're going to get the interview.

0:07.5

Our producers are swapping tips and story ideas.

0:10.6

If they find a body, that would be huge.

0:12.8

She bought a plane ticket, but she never actually boarded the plane.

0:16.0

They would have indicted her earlier if they had more.

0:19.8

Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly.

0:22.6

I'm Andrea Canning. It's May 14th, and here's what's on our docket.

0:26.6

Josh Mankowitz is here to discuss the latest in the Kristen Smart case,

0:31.6

and why almost 30 years after her murder, police are still digging up backyards in Southern California. They found some signs that a body had been buried there.

0:41.3

In Dateline Roundup, an update on the trial of the dentist's son accused of murdering a

0:46.1

restaurant hostess, and emotional testimony at the sentencing of Dale Warner, the Michigan

0:51.3

man convicted of murdering his wife Dee and concealing her body in a

0:55.2

fertilizer tank. My mom's name, Dee Hardy, will live in our hearts in our community for an

1:00.2

eternity, but Dale Warner's name will be gone forever. Plus, could an AI chatbot ever be held

1:06.3

accountable for helping plan a murder? NBC News senior legal correspondent, Laura Jarrett,

1:11.8

tells us about a groundbreaking lawsuit in Florida.

1:14.5

If somebody is asking Chad GPT, how do you dispose of a body?

1:19.7

Is that for research or is that for murder?

1:23.0

But before all that, breaking news out of South Carolina,

1:26.7

Alec Murdoch is no longer a convicted murderer.

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