The Pink Skirt Plot

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🗓️ 22 October 2019

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

The murder of a young businessman in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico marks the start of a 15-year-long hunt to find the killer. As his devoted father’s quest for justice uncovers secrets and spans continents, the FBI begins an international game of cat and mouse to catch those responsible for his son’s murder. Natalie Morales reports. Originally aired on NBC on October 18, 2019.

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0:00.0	I'm Lester Holt tonight on Dadeline, a mystery we followed for more than a decade.
0:07.0	A young man searched for success, his family searched to find his killer.
0:15.0	So this is where it happened?
0:17.0	Is it?
0:18.0	He was stabbed in the chest, left to die right here.
0:23.0	Abe said he felt like his son was targeted, right?
0:26.0	Correct.
0:27.0	I made a result. Whoever did this was going to pay for it.
0:31.0	When people are desperate, they do desperate things.
0:34.0	Very evil and conniving.
0:36.0	She used her sexuality in such a calculated way.
0:39.0	I'm not surprised by anything. It's just a crazy twist after a crazy twist.
0:43.0	It really was an internationally choreographed, good old-fashioned sting operation.
0:47.0	Do you think it was going to work?
0:49.0	Honestly, I gave it a 50-50 chance.
0:52.0	It wasn't about retribution.
0:55.0	It was about justice.
1:07.0	Here is Natalie Morales with the pink skirt plot.
1:16.0	It was a quiet fall night, close to midnight.
1:20.0	A young couple finished dinner and then walked the dimly lit, centuries-old cobblestone streets,
1:27.0	of old Sun Juan Puerto Rico, heading for their car.
1:33.0	Suddenly a man armed with a knife and a loose block from those cobblestone streets attacked.
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