Round two of Karen Read's defense. Josh Mankiewicz on Dee Warner. Plus, a courtroom sketch artist.

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🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In Massachusetts, tension on the witness stand as Karen Read's defense team makes its case for a second time. Dateline correspondent Josh Mankiewicz shares updates on the case of Michigan grandmother Dee Ann Warner ahead of her husband's murder trial. And a courtroom sketch artist covering the Sean Combs trial on capturing what cameras can't. Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com

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0:00.0	Good morning. How you doing?
0:03.4	Good.
0:04.5	You're listening in to Dateline's morning meeting.
0:07.5	He just filed the charges end of day yesterday.
0:10.4	Our producers are swapping tips about breaking crime news.
0:14.2	That would be an amazing twist.
0:16.2	Yeah.
0:16.8	He was offering him $4,000 for this.
0:19.6	He only gives him $70 in the end.
0:22.0	I don't know what her story is going to be.
0:26.3	Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly.
0:29.0	I'm Andrea Canning.
0:30.1	It's June 5th, and here's what's on our docket.
0:33.6	In Michigan farm country, the body of Dee Warner, a beloved grandmother and businesswoman, was found sealed in a metal tank last year.
0:41.9	Now her husband is in court for her murder.
0:44.6	Josh Mancoitz has the latest.
0:46.7	The case is proceeding and it's going to go to trial, but there have been a few things that have happened since then.
0:52.4	In Dateline Roundup, a verdict in the trial of the first of three men charged in connection
0:57.6	to the murder of a Kentucky mother.
0:59.3	And a dramatic scene during jury selection at Lori Valo-Dabell's latest trial.
1:05.3	I did not plan on getting sick.
1:06.8	I'm incapable of going forward and doing a good job representing myself.
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