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Talking Dateline: Justice for Nikki

2024/7/24
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Nikki VanderHeyden, a 31-year-old mother, was found murdered in a field after a night out in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Initial suspicion fell on her boyfriend, Doug Deitry, but technology played a key role in uncovering the truth.
  • Nikki VanderHeyden was a 31-year-old mother.
  • She went missing after a night out with friends and her boyfriend.
  • Her body was found in a field.
  • Initial suspicion fell on her boyfriend.

Shownotes Transcript

Dennis Murphy talks with Andrea Canning about her episode, “Justice for Nikki.” In 2016, the body of 31-year-old mother Nikki VanderHeyden was found in a field days after she didn’t return home from a night out with friends. Detectives quickly closed in on someone close to her. Dennis and Andrea discuss the clues that made an innocent man look guilty and how technology helped lead investigators to the real killer. Andrea tells Dennis what made her jailhouse interview with Nikki’s murderer so memorable and shares a clip from her interview with another family heavily invested in Nikki’s case. Plus, Dennis and Andrea answer viewer and listener questions from social media.

Listen to the full episode “Justice for Nikki” here: https://link.chtbl.com/dl_justicefornikki)