(NBC News) — Friday on an all-new two-hour “Dateline,” a private investigator looking into a decade-old case about a mother of four who vanished uncovers clues that turn a town upside down.
Here is a preview of Keith Morrison’s report:
It was Oct. 29, two nights before Halloween, when they gathered in their costumes and masks. To hide their secrets? Perhaps?
Including a woman named Karen Swift — life of the party, usually.
JENNY GURIEN: She said she wasn’t having a good time.
After midnight, Karen got a call from her 9-year-old daughter Ashley.
ASHLEY SWIFT: I was at a friend’s house, and I wanted to come home.
David Swift stayed up to make sure they got home safely, but when he woke up the next morning, Karen was gone.
JANICE BROACH: It was a very strange missing persons case.
The mystery of what happened to Karen Swift was becoming bigger than anything this town had seen.
HEATHER COHEN: I came in and I stirred up the hornet’s nest.
JANICE BROACH: Stories started coming out about how she was hanging around with really wild crowds.
KEITH MORRISON: Strange bedfellows?
HEATHER COHEN: You could say that.
Oh boy.
Watch the all-new two-hour mystery, “Dateline: After the Halloween Party” airing Friday at 9 p.m. on NBC4.
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“Dateline NBC” is the longest-running series in NBC primetime history and is in its 33rd season. Dateline is anchored by Lester Holt and features correspondents Blayne Alexander, Andrea Canning, Josh Mankiewicz, Keith Morrison and Dennis Murphy.
The stories range from compelling mysteries to powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. When major news breaks, they go to the scene, putting the pieces together to bring the viewer the full picture. And in every story they tell, they help the real people who lived the events share their journeys with the viewer.