Hey everybody I'm

I'm Dennis Murphy and I'm your host today on Talking Dateline and I'm pleased to say that my colleague in Good

Bud Josh Macowitz is standing by to help us, Josh, how you today?

I'm good, hi Dennis.

You know, this story is called Stone Cold

and it couldn't be a more apt title.

This is just the most brutal murder of virtual assassination.

So here's a heads up.

There are no spoiler alerts ahead.

Josh and I assume that you've watched the episode.

So if you haven't, it's the episode right below this one on the Dateline Podcast feed.

Go there, listen to it, or stream it on Peacock and then come back here for a deep dive.

Josh is also going to be playing some extra interview clips that didn't make it into the show.

First to get everybody on the same page, here's a brief recap of Stone Cold.

A former US Marine named Nick Morellas is found shot to death in his Tucson, Arizona home.

Investigators learned pretty quickly that some of Nick's coworkers had steam coming out of their

ears because of his My Way or the highway style of management.

Rookie Detective Jennifer Garcia teams up with the victim's brother

to untangle a complicated web of relationships, both at work and in the bedroom.

They do eventually find their killer, a

coworker who settled his various grievances with Nick, armed with a 45 and a silicer.

And with that, let's start Dateline. Josh, when you first heard about this story, when you approach what caught your fancy?

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