Lester Holt

He asked me for a ride to take him back home to Lafayette Place to be at their job.

You got a report of zero evidence showing that Mr. Lee's body was in that box truck, right?

One of the things that bothered me worse than anything was to watch Timothy get up and arrogantly tell his folks, come on, let's go.

The arrogance of it.

You know, but I had to go through a lot of prayer behind that.

Yes.

Yes, it did.

Yes, it did.

Well, it was like the dream.

I mean, I've always dreamed up.

That's all for this edition of Dateline.

And don't forget to check out our Talking Dateline podcast, in which we'll go behind the scenes of tonight's episode.

Available Wednesday in the Dateline feed, wherever you get your podcasts.

We're off for the next three weeks as NBC brings you coverage of the Winter Olympic Games in Milan Cortina.

So we'll see you back here February 27th at 9, 8 Central Time.

I'm Lester Holt.

For all of us at NBC News, good night.

You're listening to the Dateline Story Meeting.

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Winter storms closed courthouses around the country earlier this week, but our producers still have plenty to talk about.