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Dateline NBC

In the Bedroom

Dateline NBC

NBC News

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

4.438K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this Dateline classic, Josh Mankiewicz reports on a case that seems like a straightforward crime of passion. A husband straying, a wife betrayed, and a body found in their bedroom. What happened to Adam Kostewicz? Originally aired on NBC on August 24, 2009.

Transcript

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They call it the world's largest cul-de-sac, a place with nice homes, good schools, friendly

0:13.4

neighbors.

0:14.8

Oatuki is an affluent oasis south of Phoenix, but geographically isolated from the rest

0:20.9

of the city.

0:22.8

Local newspaper reporter Doug Murphy.

0:25.1

Oatuki is really kind of a close-knit little neighborhood.

0:30.8

It's like a small town in a bigger city.

0:32.0

But do the neighbors behind their desert landscaping ever really know what's going on

0:37.0

behind the doors of those perfect little homes?

0:40.4

It's a story of suburban fashion, of desperate housewives, and of secrets that come with a terrible

0:47.4

price.

0:48.4

Oh my god, oh my god.

0:54.2

Her Polish immigrants Grace Pionka and Adam Kostewicz settling here represented their grasp

1:00.4

at last of the American dream.

1:03.8

With two suitcases and $250 to his name, Adam came to Detroit at the age of 20.

1:10.2

There he met Grace, who'd also left Poland behind, yearning for a better life for

1:15.4

herself and her three-year-old son, Victor.

1:19.4

Adam was seven years younger than Grace, but their quick friendship soon developed into a romance.

1:25.1

They spent nine years together before marrying in 1996.

1:29.4

The following year, this new family settled into a successful All-American life in the

1:35.2

Arizona foothills, with Adam helping to raise Grace's son as his own.

1:41.1

Grace sold real estate.

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