Death at the Spa

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🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

When a package bomb explodes at a day spa in Southern California, killing beloved esthetician Ildiko Krajnyak and injuring two clients, law enforcement discovers that the bomb was intended specifically for her. Who would want Ildiko dead? An investigation into her love life reveals several possibilities. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

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0:00.0	Tonight on Dateline.
0:02.0	Everybody get back.
0:04.0	It is an installation.
0:06.0	We have one confirmed fatality at this time.
0:10.0	I knew.
0:11.0	You knew she was gone.
0:12.0	Mm-hmm. I knew it was her. He's a cute little funny. She was just beautiful inside and out.
0:18.4	This is murder by bombing. Exactly. The husband was aware that Ildaco was cheating on him.
0:27.0	How many other guys were there? I could five or six. Elizabeth hated her.
0:32.0	She sent Ildto-co photos, which we won't show on television.
0:37.0	What's the most common motive in human history from her?
0:40.0	It's love.
0:41.0	If this is intentional, I would be a person of interest just naturally.
0:45.0	It was one of those moments where my hair stick on the back of my neck.
0:49.0	You thought that's the end?
0:51.0	No. If you watch J-line, there's always an end.
0:54.8	That wasn't it.
0:56.6	A bomb in a day spa, and a victim with a string of lovers means no shortage of suspects. I'm Lester Holt and this is Dateline. Here's Josh Manchowice with Death at the Spa. Aleso Viejo is a leafy green wedge of the suburban sprawl that makes up Southern California's
1:32.0	mythic Orange County.
1:34.0	It's just down the road from where the real housewives live their best lives.
1:40.0	Not a lot happens in Eliso Vieo, and around here, they like that.
1:46.0	I'm on one, what is your emergency?
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