Lost in Sin City

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🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Theresa Insana was smart, fashionable and full of faith. But life took a fatal turn when the girl who grew up in Niagara Falls moved to Las Vegas to pursue a career as a casino sales executive. Josh Mankiewicz reports in this Dateline classic. Originally aired on NBC on June 17, 2011.

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0:00.0	I just knew something horrible happened.
0:02.2	She was a small town girl with big time dreams,
0:05.8	and they were all coming true in Vegas,
0:09.0	a career at a casino, and a fiance.
0:14.7	Then she vanished.
0:16.4	I remember going to church every day and saying,
0:19.1	please let us find her.
0:20.9	Days later, police did murder, blood on her car,
0:26.1	a struggle at her house, and clues from a camisole.
0:30.6	What had happened?
0:32.4	We can't rest until it's solved.
0:34.6	Her friends will not quit.
0:36.4	Her parents will not stop.
0:38.6	I am a pain, and I am a nuisance, but I am a mother.
0:42.8	Can date lines own team of investigators help?
0:46.2	Nothing is missing from their house.
0:48.1	I'm Lester Holt, and this is Date Line.
0:52.7	Here's Josh Mankowitz with Lost in Sin City.
1:03.1	Las Vegas.
1:04.4	Every year, the bright lights draw millions.
1:07.8	Some go looking for the promise of an easy fortune,
1:11.2	or for those secrets that supposedly always stay there.
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