A Promise to Helene
Dateline NBC

A Promise to Helene

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 1, 202640 min

When 21-year-old college student Helene Pruszynski is found murdered, the case remains cold for nearly forty years until a new detective uses an innovative method to catch Helene’s killer. Josh Mankiewicz reports. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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I wanted to speak for them. I wanted to speak for Helene.

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I just grabbed my son and screamed and cried.

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I'm Lester Holt tonight on Dateline, a cold case mystery and a 40 year mission to solve it. What I focus on when I'm working a case, what drives me the most is the victims. I wanted to speak for them. I wanted to speak for Helene. I just turned on the news. A woman found murdered in Denver, Colorado.

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I just grabbed my son and screamed and cried. Was it somebody she worked with at the radio station? Could it be the boyfriend that she just broke up with in December? You're giving the detectives names of people.

0:38

Yes, we looked at everything. I was even like, where was Ted Bundy at that time? We have to look under every stone, every pebble. You're talking about hundreds of names here.

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