Husband testifies about affair with au pair. Alleged killer of UGA student on trial. Plus, no body murders.

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🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In Virginia, Brendan Banfield, the man accused of murdering his wife and a complete stranger, says the prosecution's theory is "absolutely crazy." In Georgia, law student Tara Baker's murder went unsolved for two decades, until the family teamed up with a podcaster to try and solve her murder. Her alleged killer is now heading to trial. Updates in the case of Utah mom, Kouri Richins, and the trial of the New Jersey businessman accused of a quadruple murder. Plus, what clues to look for when investigating a murder without a body Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com

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0:00.0	Hey, Jim, who's there? Anybody?
0:03.6	You're listening to the Dateline story meeting.
0:06.4	Yeah, we've got a lot of people here.
0:07.7	Winter storms close courthouses around the country earlier this week, but our producers
0:12.4	still have plenty to talk about.
0:14.6	The family was in full force at this hearing.
0:17.3	They get the police to reopen the case.
0:20.6	There might be more here.
0:22.9	Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly. I'm Lester Holt. It's January 29th, and here's what's on
0:29.2	our docket. In Athens, Georgia, after a law student was murdered 25 years ago, her grieving
0:35.9	family teamed up with a podcaster to try and solve her murder.
0:40.5	This week, her alleged killer finally heads to trial.
0:44.2	He does have a long rap sheet, including assault and multiple probation offenses.
0:49.1	In Dateline Roundup, the Crystal Rogers case is back in the news and allegations of witness intimidation in the
0:56.0	case of Utah mom and murder suspect Corey Richens.
0:59.8	She alleges the prosecution threatened not just a witness, but the witness's dog as well.
1:05.5	Plus, how to solve a murder when there's no body? We talked to a veteran cold case detective.
1:12.2	We're not giving them a pass just because they've been better at disposing of a body.
1:16.5	But before all that, we're heading back to Northern Virginia and the trial of the former
1:20.5	IRS agent accused of masterminding a double murder so he could run off with the family
1:26.3	opair.
1:29.1	Over the past two and a half weeks, a jury in Fairfax County has heard dueling accounts of what
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