Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Verdict in the roommate murder trial. Mom accused of murder by fire and van. And, actor Dennis Quaid.
Thu, 27 Mar 2025
A verdict in the trial of a North Dakota woman accused of stabbing her roommate to death with a pocket knife nearly 20 years ago. In Michigan a retrial begins for a woman accused of setting her husband on fire and then running him over with her van. The latest in the Karen Read and Bryan Kohberger cases. Plus, actor Dennis Quaid talks about his experience playing the Happy Face serial killer. Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com
Chapter 1: What happened in the North Dakota roommate murder trial?
At the trial last week, one of the detectives who responded to the crime scene talked about that.
Best of my recollection, my exact words were, I'm sorry to tell you that your roommate's deceased and she's been killed. I used the word she's been killed.
How did the defendant react to that?
She didn't. She was flat. Just no real reaction at all.
Was that reaction unusual compared to the other times that you've relayed the death of someone?
It was unusual, and I remember thinking, what's going on here?
Right away, she tells police that her iPod is missing.
She just kind of fixated on that. All of a sudden, she was animated. And she was animated about this listening device, and I thought, this is what excites you here? This is what you're concerned about?
So that stuck out to investigators at the time, and they also discovered there was tension in this roommate relationship?
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Chapter 2: Who was Anita Knutson and what happened to her?
This isn't Yolanda's first run-in with the law, is it?
That's correct. In 2003, Yolanda Morody pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter of her husband and was released from custody nearly a decade later.
Thanks for the update on that. We also have an update on the Karen Reed case. The Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her police officer boyfriend, John O'Keefe, in 2022, something she vehemently denies. What is the news in Karen Reed land this week, Veronica?
Well, it looks like she might finally be heading to trial. The judge-confirmed jury selection will start on Tuesday. More than 200 jurors have been summoned, so it could take a while, but we'll be there watching.
All right. Thank you so much, Veronica, for all these updates. Of course. Thank you. For our final story this week, I am joined by a famous actor who's been a household name for decades. You might know him from his role as an astronaut in The Right Stuff or a loving father in The Parent Trap or his most recent film role as a TV producer in The Substance.
Now he is tackling something in our wheelhouse, a completely new genre playing serial killer Keith Jesperson in the series Happy Face. He is also a friend of mine, and he likes to watch Dateline with his wonderful wife, Laura. So we invited him on the show to talk true crime. Dennis, thank you for making time to come on the podcast.
Thank you. We don't just like, we are stressed. We've seen every episode.
I love it. Well, as you may remember, my favorite role of yours was in The Rookie, where you play the older baseball pitcher.
Right.
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