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Dateline NBC

Deadly Devotion

Dateline NBC

NBC News

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

4.438K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this Dateline classic, a decorated army captain returns home safe and sound from Saudi Arabia. But a few months later -- tragedy strikes. Who would want to hurt this beloved commander? Andrea Canning reports. Originally aired on NBC on March 11, 2016.

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0:00.0

It almost made me sick.

0:03.0

I was on the floor, and then I kind of cut myself together.

0:08.0

I said, we have to go over there.

0:09.0

I have to go over there.

0:14.0

In the muscular military world, she was a commander who cared.

0:18.0

I was like, what are you doing?

0:20.0

And she says, I'm writing birthday cards to all my soldiers.

0:23.0

Her husband, a charming sergeant, and devoted dad.

0:27.0

He was just as loving and doting as Len was.

0:31.0

No one could believe it when this decorated officer was found dead in her own home.

0:36.0

An army commander being murdered was on her own.

0:40.0

The first suspect, as usual, the husband.

0:43.0

But this one had a rock solid alibi.

0:46.0

It would have been very difficult for him to have committed this murder.

0:51.0

Did this soldier have enemies off the battlefield?

0:54.0

Her brother-in-law had a grudge.

0:57.0

Rodney was going around calling her names, vulgar names.

1:01.0

Her husband had a girlfriend.

1:03.0

Rodger was sitting with a young lady, and they were cuddled up.

1:08.0

We found out that she was pregnant.

1:11.0

Who killed the commander?

1:12.0

In a place where loyalty is prized above all, one clue.

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