The Mystery in Rock Hill

Dateline NBC

NBC News

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

4.4 • 38K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

In this Dateline classic, one thing is clear in a case of disputed evidence and contradictory testimony: 12-year-old Amanda Cope was brutally murdered, and she deserved justice. Her father confessed to her murder, but was he really a killer? Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on July 9, 2010.

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0:00.0	Why is he awake?
0:08.1	What time is it?
0:10.0	Machine must have malfunctioned.
0:11.4	No, there's the forest air from the CPAP, still hissing past his ear.
0:16.4	The breathing machine that keeps his sleepap near from killing him.
0:20.0	He looks at the clock 3 a.m.
0:22.1	Something's different off.
0:24.2	Is his wife home from work early?
0:26.2	No.
0:27.2	Is one of the kids up?
0:29.1	He pulls off the CPAP mask, rolls out of bed.
0:32.4	Now Billy when cop is wide awake, he looks around.
0:36.0	This is weird.
0:37.6	The home light was on and our porch light was on.
0:40.9	I came to the conclusion, well maybe Amanda left these things on, maybe she got up.
0:45.2	But Amanda's door is shut.
0:47.2	He peers into the third bedroom.
0:48.8	Amanda's two younger sisters, fast asleep.
0:51.5	He turns into the tiny living room, clicks on the computer.
0:54.2	It was a couple unanswered emails that I've not heard of.
0:57.8	I clicked on one and it was a porn site.
1:00.4	He stares, transfixed, then shame.
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