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• Hedgepeth verdict, 2026-10-29
  Explains handwriting analysis on the note
  Brings in a forensic document examiner to explain how handwriting comparison works and why the Hedgepeth note is hard to analyze: block print on a paper bag, nine years between the note and the arrest. Stays inside the verdict's evidence, adding no new development.
• Alexander brothers sentencing, 2026-10-29
  Recaps the sentencing and victim statements
  Recaps the October 27 sentencing: the 30 years each, the prosecutors' life request, and the dozen victim impact statements, including one woman's line about carrying a quiet funeral for the person she might have become. Stays inside the sentencing-day coverage.
• Birchmore murder trial, 2026-10-29
  Reports Pickard's testimony on the relationship
  Covers the close of the prosecution's case: the man DNA identified as the baby's father, Jason Pickard, took the stand and described meeting Birchmore through social media in December 2019, hearing her account of the relationship with Farwell, and being afraid to report it himself.
• Hedgepeth verdict, 2026-10-29
  Reports the verdict and life sentence
  Courtroom report from the verdict and sentencing: the jury took about six hours over two days, the judge imposed life without parole, ordered lifetime sex-offender registration, and the defense gave notice of appeal. Faith's parents addressed the court and offered forgiveness.
• Hedgepeth trial, day nine, 2026-10-22
  Updates the Heinrich meme walkback and the rested defense
  Updates the trial's closing stretch: the state's final witness, Agent Justin Heinrich, walked back his handwriting comparison after learning the photo was an internet meme, and the defense rested Wednesday without calling witnesses.
• Murdaugh retrial hearing, 2026-10-22
  Reports the DNA ruling and the retrial dates
  Reports from the pre-retrial evidence hearing: the judge let the defense run its own DNA testing without automatically sharing results, and Harpootlian pressed for the original FaroScan data. Adds the next hearing date and the retrial date.
• O.J. accomplice claims, 2026-10-22
  Adds the brother's on-the-record retraction
  Recaps the unsealed Ippolito records with a field producer, then adds the brother's on-the-record retraction: Sam Ippolito texted NBC News that there was no way Joey was involved. Also notes the LAPD still calls the case open.
• Michelle Parker disappearance, 2026-10-22
  Walks through the arrest and the not-guilty plea
  Network correspondent walks through the arrest: the People's Court episode, the ring dispute, the 3 p.m. drop-off, the 2003 Marine discharge and the chief's account of reexamined statements and new digital forensics. Adds the not-guilty plea, defense attorney Rajan Joshi and the pending Arthur hearing.
• Birchmore murder trial, 2026-10-22
  Dispatches the week three texts and the pregnancy message
  Courtroom dispatch from week three: the jury heard the texts read aloud by an FBI agent and a prosecutor, and the defense pressed the adult-consensual framing and put a 2017 notebook entry into evidence. Adds the December 28, 2020 pregnancy text and the next witnesses.
• Hedgepeth trial, day two, 2026-10-15
  Reports from week two of the Hedgepeth trial
  Dateline's producer reports from week two in Durham: the state's Bacardi-bottle and handwritten-note theory, the defense's attack on the DNA and scene handling, and Rosario's cross-examination about a possible blood smudge on her finger. A retelling that stays inside the trial's second week.
• Birchmore murder trial, 2026-10-15
  Walks through the Birchmore opening statements
  Dateline's producer walks through opening statements in Boston: the prosecution's grooming timeline and the claim Farwell dropped his wife at a scheduled C-section before going to Birchmore's apartment, against a defense that says Birchmore took her own life. Adds the birth timing and the absence of a suicide note.
• Bhatt murder trial, 2026-10-08
  Opens the Bhatt trial with water spike evidence
  Opens the Bhatt trial: the July 31 water spike, the knives and cleaning supplies bought the day before, and the video of Naresh Bhatt dumping dark bags. The defense says there is no proof Mamta is dead. A jury was seated and openings began after taping.
• Cornell rape case reopened, 2026-10-08
  Adds campus response to reopened Cornell case
  Dateline's segment on the reopened Cornell case adds the campus response: a Monday march of close to 2,000 people, a student demand list including expulsion of the seven accused, and a faculty no-confidence resolution sponsored by Professor Ortiz that deliberately names no one.
• Cornell rape case reopened, 2026-10-01
  Adds the DA's 45-day timeline
  Adds the DA's timeline - grand jury within 45 days, Jane Doe expected to testify - plus the CBS-reported 2024 campus police transcript in which Doe said she was raped with '100 percent confidence,' a quote the DA says he never saw.
• Clancy retrial hearing, 2026-10-01
  Reports the judge's rulings on the motions
  Covers the September 29 status hearing: Reddington's Rule 25 motion, the double jeopardy motion and the call to investigate the holdout juror. Adds the judge's disposition - motions taken under advisement, next status conference November 2, trial date to be discussed.
• Delphi murders appeal, 2026-10-01
  Adds the defense's alternate suspect
  Recaps the Delphi case and the appeal hearing, then adds the defense's named alternate suspect: Brad Holder, whose Odinism ties and son's friendship with a victim the defense says the judge wrongly kept from the jury. His employer's punch card puts him at work at the time of the killings.
• Caleb Flynn murder trial, 2026-10-01
  Adds the sentencing date and no defense witnesses
  Recaps the trial through the lover's six hours on the stand - the church internship, the matching tattoos, the 107,000 GroupMe messages - and adds the sentencing date and the defense's decision to call no witnesses.
• Hedgepeth alternate-suspect ruling, 2026-09-24
  Reports the ruling excluding the alternate-suspect evidence
  Reports a Monday pretrial ruling in the Faith Hedgepeth case: the judge sided with the state and excluded defense evidence that roommate Karina Rosario should be considered an alternate suspect. The defense had played Rosario's police interviews and cited a note reading 'I'm not stupid, jealous.'
• Nolan Wells grand jury, 2026-09-24
  Recaps the no-true bill and the family's response
  Recaps the no-true bill and the family's response: the independent autopsy's undetermined cause and two bruises, the state's unreleased autopsy, Crump's press conference, and the mother's remarks. It stays inside the week's coverage, adding no new fact.
• Caleb Flynn murder trial, 2026-09-24
  Reports the trial's first days from court
  Dateline producer Justin Ratchford reports from the courthouse on the first days of the Caleb Flynn trial: the 911 call, the staged side-door break-in, the canine and FBI testimony, the 100,000 messages with a lover, and the defense's missing-weapon argument.