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Dateline NBC

The Man Who Wasn't There

Dateline NBC

NBC News

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

4.438K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

In this Dateline classic, a family’s American dream turns into a nightmare when their mother is murdered in their home one night. The mystery goes unsolved for years until a new detective reopens the case, resulting in an undercover sting operation and unexpected twists and turns. Josh Mankiewicz reports. Originally aired on NBC on July 25, 2014.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the thing that most people would fear to be home, asleep in your bed, and have intruders come in and do the unthinkable.

0:21.0

I felt like a hand being placed on my mouth.

0:26.0

I started telling them, please don't kill me, please don't kill me.

0:32.0

An attack in the night.

0:34.0

How's that really freaking ass? What's going on? What's going on?

0:37.0

A mother murdered.

0:39.0

Look like two ghosts had just committed the ultimate crime.

0:43.0

He lived to tell police a harrowing story.

0:47.0

Was it true?

0:49.0

He's the only one who survived. He's practically unharmed.

0:52.0

They treat me like a suspect or a witness.

0:54.0

They are treating me like a suspect.

0:57.0

Now an undercover plan to solve the mystery.

1:01.0

You should step in out of the car right now.

1:03.0

Who was the real mastermind?

1:06.0

We all stopped breathing for about ten seconds.

1:08.0

I wanted to be wrong. I really wanted to be wrong.

1:12.0

The American Dream, so many of us wanted.

1:17.0

The loving family. The honest job.

1:21.0

The home you can afford.

1:23.0

The idea that you can start over here.

1:26.0

And in this new country, that better life will be yours.

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