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How quickly do they get to the brother and wife?

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They can find no skeletons in his closet.

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It's December 18th and here's what's on our docket.

In Massachusetts, the closing chapter in the trial of Brian Walsh, the Art Swindler,

accused of murdering and dismembering his wife. We've got a verdict.

We saw the defense team walk in with no word. Walsh came in with a bailiff, shackled.

In Dateline Roundup, the defense team in the Sandra Birchmore case makes a surprising request,

and Karen Reed's SUV is back in the news. The car was in disrepair, including a missing radio, and the infamous broken tail light.

Plus, Keith Morrison will be here to talk about his latest podcast, something about Carrie.

They had had a kind of a little flirtation. It had a sort of a quasi-date, and then all hell broke loose.

But first, we head to California for the latest on a double murder that has left Hollywood reeling.

Actor-director Rob Reiner was the genius behind some of Hollywood's most beloved films from This Is Spinal Tap to When Harry Met Sally.

It was on the set of When Harry Met Sally where he met his wife, photographer Michelle Singer Reiner.

They raised three children at their home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles,

and that's where police found Rob and Michelle dead on Sunday afternoon.

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