The Killing in Cobb County

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🗓️ 15 July 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this Dateline classic, a story of obsession boils over into a brutal crime. Right away, one woman said she knew what happened. Yet, it takes years to bring the alleged killer to trial with a verdict that was far from the end of this case. Andrea Canning reports. Originally aired on NBC on November 29, 2013.

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0:00.0	He's a monster.
0:01.6	He's evil.
0:02.8	He's pure evil.
0:04.6	He is that character in those horror movies.
0:09.6	He hid in the shadows, a killer in a mask.
0:13.4	He's clearly a brilliant individual,
0:15.6	a brilliantly scary individual.
0:17.6	His target, a doating young mom.
0:20.4	She was a gorgeous star by blonde
0:23.0	who loved her son more than anything in the whole world.
0:26.6	She was so scared.
0:29.6	He struck once, would he kill again?
0:32.6	And would she be next?
0:34.6	You're just so shattered and hurting so bad.
0:39.6	Imagine being hunted in your own home,
0:42.6	held a virtual prisoner, your children in danger,
0:45.6	from a man with a blueprint for murder.
0:48.6	I was terrified.
0:50.6	Tonight, she will face down evil and come forward
0:53.6	with a new revelation that will make your jaw drop.
0:57.6	What I did was wrong.
0:59.6	There are no words.
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