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The Secret Life of the Homecoming Queen

4/1/20261 hr 25 min

A football player and homecoming queen fall in love, but when the husband is found stabbed to death, authorities begin to investigate a trail of evidence. Dennis Murphy reports.

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Clips

The Email Interpreted Two Ways
Bombshell: No Consummation Claim
Mirror Confession After Murder
Phone Call: "The Nightmare Never Ends"
Prayer Confession Disgusts Michelle
Crossing The Line In A Parking Deck
Why She Shared Thad’s Schedule
Chilling Line Before The Stabbing

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

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  2. Michelle Reynolds· Soundbite0:57

    [piano music] A lot of people called us Ken and Barbie. I just fell, you know, head over heels for him.

  3. Dennis Murphy1:04

    Sweethearts in high school. Cheaters in marriage.

  4. Trish Benefield· Soundbite1:08

    One had cheated, the other one had cheated.

  5. Michelle Reynolds· Soundbite1:10

    Somebody is showing me attention.

  6. Speaker 4· Soundbite1:12

    I wanted what I wanted.

  7. Scotty Harper· Soundbite1:13

    Which was?

  8. Speaker 4· Soundbite1:13

    Michelle.

  9. Speaker 6· Soundbite1:14

    Lots of stab wounds. It was a bad crime scene.

  10. Michelle Reynolds· Soundbite1:17

    I just fell on the floor crying.

  11. Trish Benefield· Soundbite1:19

    She wasn't shedding a tear.

  12. Dennis Murphy1:21

    Was she a devastated widow, or was she in on it?

  13. Trish Benefield· Soundbite1:25

    She's been referred to as a puppet master.

  14. Dennis Murphy1:28

    Her lover said one thing.

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