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Wisconsin Teacher Disappears After Heated Fight with Boyfriend
This episode recounts the tragic 2016 murder of Wisconsin teacher Nicole VanderHeyden after she disappeared following a night out with her boyfriend, Doug Dietrie. Investigators initially targeted Dietrie due to a heated argument and suspicious text messages, but physical evidence eventually pointed elsewhere. Fitbit data and DNA analysis ultimately cleared the boyfriend, leading police to George Steven Burch, a man with a violent criminal past. Burch claimed he was framed by Dietrie during a coerced body disposal, but a jury rejected this narrative. He was found guilty of homicide and…
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