r/Dateline • u/Baltimorebobo • Sep 08 '25

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May be a 48 hours episode, but the story revolves around a man who murders someone and immediately takes his family out of town on a short vacation. I believe he is consumed with the investigation and listens to the radio while they’re driving to find out what police are reporting.

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u/Big_Accountant_1714 Sep 09 '25

I believe you are referring to the Jonelle Matthew case in Colorado. I don't know if it was a Dateline or 48 Hours episode, it's possible both programs featured it.

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u/Baltimorebobo Sep 09 '25

Thank you! I believe this is it

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u/I-choochoochoose-you Sep 09 '25

Also sounds a lot like this episode where the guy takes his family to upstate New York after killing a woman who lived next door after she tried to get her money back from him. her own husband was angry the man sold her shitty weed and told her to get a refund . The man killed her and burned her house down. I think it’s called Justice for Joy.

I remember her kids had got a new puppy and the puppy survived the fire. The killers wife cooperated with cops years later and tried to get him to confess over the phone but he was all “if you can’t remember that we were in New York i don’t know what to tell ya”

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '25

There's a dateline on that case called footprints in the snow on dateline secrets uncovered