An accused killer's surprising defense. A pharmacist on trial for poisoning. And a medical examiner's strategy for cracking cold cases.

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🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with Andrea Canning. In Tennessee, the defense attorney for a man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death makes an unexpected admission. In West Virginia, a pharmacist already serving time for scamming her family and friends out of millions is back in court. This time she's accused of murdering her husband. And Alec Baldwin sues the prosecutors on the Rust trial. Plus, a medical examiner discusses the art of investigating cold cases. Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com

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0:00.0	Good morning.
0:02.8	You're listening in to Dateline's morning meeting in 30 Rockefeller Center.
0:06.8	Also, Tex got released, Tex-McGyber.
0:08.9	He's free. He's out.
0:10.0	It's over.
0:10.8	Our editorial team is catching up on breaking crime news around the country.
0:14.4	And she got about a $6 million payout from the perpetrators.
0:20.2	What was that's motive?
0:22.2	Karen, read that dog bite test money.
0:24.1	It's in.
0:26.0	Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly.
0:28.4	I'm Andrea Canning.
0:29.8	It's January 16th, and here's what's on our docket.
0:33.1	In West Virginia, a small-town pharmacist who made national headlines after being convicted of
0:38.4	masterminding a multi-million dollar scam is back in court for allegedly poisoning her husband.
0:44.9	The theory is that Natalie was concerned that Michael had discovered the Ponzi scheme and was going
0:51.9	to come forward and expose her.
0:59.4	In Dateline Roundup, all the details from Alec Baldwin's explosive lawsuit against New Mexico prosecutors and investigators involved in the Rust trial.
1:03.3	And Lori Valo Debel, aka Mommy Doomsday, is back in court, this time defending herself.
1:10.2	These are serious charges and these are serious consequences
1:13.2	for these charges. Plus, a former medical examiner tells us how hard it really is to get a cause of
1:19.0	death from a body, especially a skeleton. It's the same when you have a dead body one day or
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