Kouri Richins' ex-lover gets emotional. Twist in Microsoft employee's murder case. Plus, Josh Mankiewicz.

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🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Mom-of-three Kouri Richins stands trial in Utah for the alleged murder of her husband. Prosecutors call her ex-lover to testify and he weeps on the stand. In Florida, the man who confessed to gunning down Microsoft employee Jared Bridegan takes back his confession and guilty plea, potentially upending the case. In Dateline Round Up, a verdict in Dale Warner's trial for murdering his wife, plus new filings in the case of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann. And Josh Mankiewicz gives a sneak peek of his new podcast, "Trace of Suspicion." Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com Start listening to "Trace of Suspicion" here: https://www.nbcnews.com/traceofsuspicion

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone.
0:02.5	You're listening to the Dateline morning meeting.
0:06.2	Detectives, they start having questions.
0:07.9	They're suspicious.
0:08.7	Our producers are catching up on breaking crime news.
0:12.2	There's some question whether the girlfriend, you know, will she flip?
0:15.8	It was just a lot of hazmat people in a nice neighborhood.
0:19.6	Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly.
0:22.4	I'm Lester Holt.
0:23.5	It's March 12th, and here's what's on our docket.
0:27.4	Three years after the ex-wife of a Microsoft employee is arrested for allegedly plotting his murder,
0:34.2	the prosecution's star witness surprises everybody. He doesn't want to testify dealing a potential blow to the prosecution's star witness surprises everybody.
0:38.5	He doesn't want to testify dealing a potential blow to the prosecution in this case.
0:43.1	In Dateline Roundup, we've got a verdict in the murder trial of Michigan farmer Dale Warner,
0:48.4	and the latest on a new filing in the case of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer, Rex Heurman.
0:54.5	According to this latest filing, investigators discovered that
0:57.2	Heerman contacted sex workers over some 500 times.
1:01.2	Plus, Josh Mankowitz will be here to tell us about his latest podcast series, Trace of Suspicion.
1:07.8	The question that I want people to think about at the end is, what constitutes justice?
1:13.2	Before all that, we're headed to a Utah courtroom where emotions are running high at the trial
1:18.5	of Corey Richens, the author of a children's book on grief who has been accused of plotting to murder
1:24.8	her husband.
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