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The Black Candle Confession

Episode Summary

During a childhood sleepover, nine-year-old Jessi Becker glimpses a woman sobbing and lighting black candles and the image is seared deep in her memory. Decades later she reveals what she saw, reigniting an investigation into the unsolved murder of local bartender Corey Wieneke. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on January 17, 2020.

Episode Notes

During a childhood sleepover, nine-year-old Jessi Becker glimpses a woman sobbing and lighting black candles and the image is seared deep in her memory. Decades later she reveals what she saw, reigniting an investigation into the unsolved murder of local bartender Corey Wieneke. Keith Morrison reports. Originally aired on NBC on January 17, 2020.