Deadly Detour

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🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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When a prominent attorney claims to have accidentally shot his wealthy wife, the local prosecutor questions his story. Josh Mankiewicz reports. Blayne Alexander and Josh Mankiewicz go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’ Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/3NpdWFJ Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4KRuKCVfZXEqKHKHADR97d

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0:00.0	She was more than a high-powered business woman.
0:04.0	She touched a lot of people's lives.
0:07.0	No!
0:08.0	No!
0:09.0	I was devastated.
0:11.0	I can't really go back there.
0:17.0	He was rich.
0:19.0	She was richer. The lawyer and the tycoon.
0:22.6	Lavish didn't begin to describe it.
0:25.6	Dime was very flamboyant. She was the life of the party.
0:28.6	A good mix of wealth and power. They knew how to live life.
0:32.6	Then came that deadly night.
0:34.6	I hear a big explosion.
0:38.3	I just knew immediately that I had to get out of there.
0:40.8	A single gunshot, and she was gone.
0:43.5	I'm going to cry.
0:46.6	You said Tex was emotional and distraught.
0:49.2	Yes.
0:50.2	He's never been the same since.
0:52.3	What happened in that dark SUV
0:54.3	and what was hiding beneath the surface?
0:57.9	It was trying to cover up something.
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