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A Date With Dateline

Unspeakable S.26 Ep.13 UPDATE: Interview with Lizz

A Date With Dateline

Kimberly and Katie - ADWDL

True Crime, Comedy, Tv & Film

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this very, very, very extra special episode of A Date with Dateline, Kimberly and Katie return with a an interview with Lizz from Dateline’s “Unspeakable” episode. Lizz elaborates and provides updates on the case against her mother, Sandra Melgar, who was wrongfully accused and convicted in Texas of a murder she did not commit. She also answers a slew of questions from K&K about her Dateline experience (including details proving how very much “enough” Dennis is in real life). Don’t miss this special update from this smart, brave woman who is affectionately known by Kimberly as “Fizz”. Enjoy and please be sure to tune into Bob Ruff’s TRUTH & JUSTICE Podcast for all the details and updates on this ongoing case. The Official Description from NBC: A couple’s anniversary celebration ends in murder, in what appears to be a home invasion. Yet, investigators think the suspect might be much closer to the victim. Will justice be delivered or denied? Dennis Murphy reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, this is Kimberly with a note about this episode.

0:05.1

We first saw Sandra Melgar's case on date line in January of 2018 and Liz Sandra's daughter

0:12.7

reached out to us and asked if she could come on the show and explain some of the questions

0:17.2

that we had about the case.

0:18.9

And she did so in this episode.

0:20.9

We have since become really good friends with her.

0:23.0

We support her 1,000% in her fight to get justice for her dad, Jamie, and for her mom, Sandra,

0:29.5

who is still in prison.

0:31.2

There have been some good developments.

0:33.5

Kathleen Selmer is representing Sandra and the Texas Innocence Project has just decided

0:38.0

to take on the case in December of 2022.

0:41.9

If you want to hear more about this case, we highly recommend listening to season 6 of Bob

0:47.0

Ruff's Truth and Justice podcast.

0:49.2

He goes into extreme detail on the autopsy, the police report, the evidence, the prosecution,

0:58.2

the police mistakes.

0:59.2

He has the prosecutor, Colleen Barnett on the show.

1:02.8

It's fascinating and he, after thousands of hours of research believes that she is innocent

1:09.6

as we do.

1:10.8

The family is offering a $100,000 reward for information and there are constant developments

1:17.9

but it's very, very slow going.

1:20.2

So we encourage all of you to write to Sandra in prison.

1:23.8

She loves, loves getting listeners letters.

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