Verdict in the roommate murder trial. Mom accused of murder by fire and van. And, actor Dennis Quaid.

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🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with Andrea Canning. A verdict in the trial of a North Dakota woman accused of stabbing her roommate to death with a pocket knife nearly 20 years ago. In Michigan a retrial begins for a woman accused of setting her husband on fire and then running him over with her van. The latest in the Karen Read and Bryan Kohberger cases. Plus, actor Dennis Quaid talks about his experience playing the Happy Face serial killer. Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com

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0:00.0	Hey, good morning.
0:02.4	Good morning.
0:03.1	It's the start of another workday for the Dateline team here at 30 Rockefeller Center.
0:07.7	This was supposed to be a great buzzer-beater game last night.
0:11.2	Hope your brackets are still intact.
0:13.2	Our producers are catching up on breaking crime news around the country.
0:17.0	Is there anything new?
0:17.8	The alternate suspect questioning is a strong case.
0:21.4	Prosecutor said bad blood, as Taylor Swift might say.
0:26.0	Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly. I'm Andrea Canning. It's March 27th, and here's what's on
0:31.7	our docket. In Western Michigan, a woman accused of murdering her husband is on trial for the second time.
0:39.2	Can a renowned arson investigator clear her name?
0:42.3	It'll come down to science, the science of fire.
0:45.3	Other stories we're watching this week.
0:47.4	New details in the prosecution's case against Brian Coburger.
0:51.4	The wife of a murdered California firefighter is arrested in Mexico. and it's not the first time she's been charged with murder. And the latest on Karen Reid's upcoming trial. Jury selection will start on Tuesday. More than 200 jurors have been summoned. Plus, we've got our first celebrity here on Dateline True Crime Weekly, Dateline fan, and actor Dennis Quaid.
1:14.1	He's got a new role as a serial killer.
1:17.1	He killed eight women in five years, and he would leave notes and sign them with happy face.
1:26.0	But before all that, we're heading to the North Dakota Prairie for the
1:29.4	latest chapter in a murder that stumped investigators for decades, until a surprising arrest
1:35.3	three years ago. On June 4th, 2007, Gordon Knutzen was worried that he hadn't heard from his
1:43.0	18-year-old daughter, Anita.
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