Emotional testimony from a killer. A murder defendant's unusual defense. And travel scam safety tips.

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4.4 • 38K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with Andrea Canning. A California jury hears chilling details about the murder of hairstylist Fabio Sementilli from the man who admits he helped kill him. In Kansas, the lead detective on a double murder case is called to the witness stand by the woman charged with the murders. She's representing herself. We've got the latest on the investigation into the death of Hollywood actor Gene Hackman. Plus, NBC News' Vicky Nguyen is back with tips on how to avoid travel scams. Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com

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0:00.0	Good morning.
0:02.4	It's morning here at 30 Rockefeller Center and time for the Dateline story meeting.
0:06.4	We got everybody.
0:07.5	So let's go ahead and jump in.
0:09.4	Producers are swapping tips about breaking crime news and cases playing out in courtrooms across the country.
0:15.0	The investigation into like the chain link and how they trace that to the lows store.
0:20.6	The toxicology reports will be most important.
0:23.3	That could take several weeks.
0:24.5	She is just saying, you've got to let me out.
0:28.2	Prosecutors saying it's not the four seasons.
0:32.0	Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly.
0:34.5	I'm Andrea Canning.
0:35.6	It's March 6th, and here's what's on our docket.
0:39.5	Fireworks in a Kansas courtroom, as Dana Chandler, the woman representing herself at her third trial
0:45.1	on charges she murdered her ex-husband and his girlfriend, calls the lead detective as a defense
0:50.5	witness. Were there my fingerprints in the house? Were. Were there any of my hair in the house?
0:56.3	No.
0:56.9	In Dateline Roundup, what we know about the investigation
0:59.7	into the mysterious death of Hollywood legend, Gene Hackman.
1:03.5	They're coming through hours of body camera footage
1:05.9	from the deputies who responded to the scene.
1:08.1	They may soon release some of that footage.
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