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Dateline NBC

The Devil in Disguise

Dateline NBC

NBC News

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

4.438K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In this Dateline classic, an ex-Navy man marries the love of his life. Five months later, his new bride finds him dead on their bedroom floor leaving family and authorities puzzled. Who would want him dead? Josh Mankiewicz reports. Originally aired on NBC on June 12, 2015.

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0:00.0

It was just such a shock.

0:07.0

She thought he was killed and she thought he was poisoned.

0:20.0

I just didn't know what to think.

0:23.0

He wanted to have kids.

0:25.0

He wanted to start a family.

0:27.0

Otherwise, healthy 41-year-old men usually do not drop dead.

0:31.0

Correct.

0:32.0

Something just aren't adding up.

0:34.0

You believe there's a possibility that your husband was poisoned.

0:39.0

Not even for a second did it ever in your mind that you would be in danger?

0:43.0

They come up and ask a lot of questions.

0:45.0

You're in the crosshairs.

0:46.0

I'm in crosshairs.

0:48.0

It is horrifying.

0:50.0

I'm in danger!

0:52.0

It's hard to even imagine that someone could be so evil.

0:56.0

In this world, we like to think that we can tell the difference between good and evil.

1:20.0

But sometimes evil puts on a mask and comes to life's party as its opposite.

1:26.0

A loved one, a friend, someone we think we can help.

1:31.0

And by the time we figure out that we're wrong, it's too late.

1:38.0

And so with that in mind, meet Frank Rodriguez, a guy who went looking for troubled souls.

1:45.0

He was very drawn towards people that were broken.

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