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Mark Sievers fights death sentence. Miami model accused of murder. Plus, John Wayne Gacy mini-series.

Dateline NBC

NBC News

True Crime, Culture, Social, Society & Culture, News

4.438K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A man convicted of hiring his best friend to murder his wife gets a new day in court. Model Courtney Clenney argues self-defense. And an inside look at the new TV drama, "Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy."

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good morning.

0:02.2

Good morning.

0:03.2

You're listening to Dateline's morning meeting.

0:05.8

They then put him under hypnosis.

0:07.6

That is also on video.

0:09.0

Our editorial team is catching up on breaking crime news.

0:12.4

If she was innocent, what would their motive be?

0:14.5

It's something to do with him being stabbed.

0:16.0

Maybe he stabbed himself.

0:17.5

It is in the hands of the jury.

0:26.7

Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly. I'm Blaine Alexander, filling in today for Andrea Canning.

0:34.2

It's October 16th, and here's what's on our docket. In Miami, the case of the model, who said she fatally stabbed her boyfriend in self-defense ramps up for trial.

0:38.5

Prosecutors say it was murder.

0:40.3

So when police walk in, they find Clennie just cradling her boyfriend, there's blood all around the room.

0:46.4

In Dateline Roundup, a medical examiner weighs in on the mysterious death of a Philadelphia teacher.

0:52.5

And Donna Adelson, the Florida grandmother convicted of plotting the murder of her former son-in-law, speaks out at her sentencing.

0:59.5

I had no knowledge that this horrible evil act was going to take place.

1:05.2

Plus, a riveting new drama series about the victims of John Wayne Gacy.

1:10.1

Andrea interviews the show's creator and cast.

1:16.6

But before all that, we're heading to Florida, where a man sentenced to death for murdering his wife, a doctor, tries to convince a judge,

1:28.6

he got a raw deal.

1:31.7

Ten years ago in Sunny Benita Springs, Florida, Dr. Teresa Severs was making a name for herself

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