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🗓️ 28 October 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight on Dateline. |
| 0:02.0 | They claimed that I, this grandma, was the mastermind behind the murder. |
| 0:07.0 | Never in a million years would I have wanted Daddy to be harmed or killed. |
| 0:13.0 | A stunning new turn in a twisted family saga of murder and betrayal. |
| 0:19.0 | The 70-something-year-old woman who bakes banana bread and takes care of her grandchildren. |
| 0:23.6 | It's hard to embrace that she could commit such a heinous act. |
| 0:26.6 | Her son, Charlie, knew how to get it done. |
| 0:29.6 | He was Donna's right hand. |
| 0:31.6 | The daughter, Wendy, is at the center of this entire story. |
| 0:34.6 | I was not involved in any plot to kill Danny. The estranged son, |
| 0:39.5 | Rob Aetelson. Who is the leader in the family? Who tends to run a show? I think my mom. A very |
| 0:44.2 | powerful witness. He had direct evidence to offer. I am an innocent woman. She's just being a parent, |
| 0:50.4 | not a killer. She's a meddler, not a murderer. We have a jury, fine, the defendant. |
| 0:56.2 | Shock. It's such a traumatic moment. |
| 0:59.0 | A dad gunned down in his garage. A family turned toxic. |
| 1:03.9 | Ten years of twists come down to a shattering moment in court. |
| 1:08.7 | I'm Lester Holt, and this is State Live. |
| 1:19.5 | Here's Dennis Murphy with Deadly Mischief. |
| 1:25.4 | For 50 years, contestants have been spinning that wheel and trying to solve that puzzle. |
| 1:34.7 | It's a bit like trying to solve a crime. |
| 1:37.4 | Each clue revealed brings a bigger picture into focus. |
| 1:42.1 | And that brings us to a certain contestant in 1989. |
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