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An All-New ‘20/20’ Features Ashley Benefield Telling Her Story in Exclusive Interview With Deborah Roberts

In 2016, the once aspiring ballerina Ashley Benefield met her husband Doug, a Navy veteran and businessman, in Palm Beach, Florida. The two began a whirlwind romance and married just 13 days after meeting for the first time. While the couple set out to revolutionize the dance world with the creation of the American National Ballet, their dreams quickly unraveled when adequate funding for the company failed to materialize. Over the next three years, the couple’s tumultuous relationship would also fall apart, and in September 2020, Ashley shot Doug in her Florida home. She claimed self-defense, alleging years of domestic abuse and invoked Florida’s controversial Stand Your Ground law. Doug’s family and friends, however, painted a different picture, accusing Ashley of manipulation and deception and refuting the claims of domestic abuse. The case would draw national attention with Ashley being called a “Black Swan”—some seeing her as a woman who concealed her true nature behind a facade o

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September 4, 2024

An All-New ‘20/20’ Features Interview With Karen Read, the Woman Charged With Second-Degree Murder at the Center of This Summer’s Most Talked-About Trial

It’s the case that has fixated the nation: Karen Read is the woman charged with second-degree murder in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, in a tragic and controversial case that has left families and a community demanding answers.  In an all-new “20/20,” ABC News chief national correspondent Matt Gutman interviews Read, who gives her full version of events that night. On the morning of Jan. 29, 2022, during a historic blizzard that pummeled Massachusetts, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe was found unresponsive outside in a pile of snow. “20/20” examines the night that O’Keefe and Read, a finance professional, spent the evening having drinks with friends before accepting an invitation to continue the night at a nearby home of a fellow Boston police officer. Read says she drove O’Keefe to the residence, dropping him off outside before leaving, but the homeowners and others at the residence for the afterparty said O’Keefe never entered the home. Authoritie

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August 27, 2024

‘20/20’ Uncovers How an Instagram Model’s Relationship With an Older Man Turned Deadly

Kelsey Turner seemed made for Las Vegas. An Instagram model with a Playboy past, her lavish lifestyle captivated her tens of thousands of social media followers. But behind the scenes, an unexpected figure was financing her life of luxury. Dr. Thomas Burchard, a 71-year-old child psychiatrist and well-respected community member, was doling out his life savings to support the flashy influencer. When Burchard was found dead in a car abandoned in the desert, the illusion of this Instagram-worthy lifestyle came quickly crashing down as investigators set their sights on Turner and her boyfriend, Jon Logan Kennison. ABC News contributor Chris Connelly has an interview with Diana Peña, a firsthand witness to the crime who provides a shocking turn-by-turn account of the fatal day, the cover-up and days spent on the run. The two-hour program also includes interviews with Detective Mitchell Dosch and Detective Ryan Jaeger from the Las Vegas Metro Police Department, who worked on the case, and f

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August 20, 2024

‘20/20’ Uncovers Information Reigniting a More Than Two-Decades-Old Unsolved Murder Case

In 1998, 12-year-old Anthony Harris confessed to murdering his 5-year-old neighbor Devan Duniver in a small town in Ohio. But even after a judge found him guilty, Harris and his lawyers maintained his innocence, saying that police coerced his confession using intimidating interrogation techniques on the child. After spending two years in juvenile detention, Harris won his appeal and later had his conviction overturned. ABC News’ John Quiñones sits down with Harris, more than 26 years later, to discuss the reason he confessed to a crime he did not commit, the psychological damage he experienced, and the search for Duniver in the woods behind her home where her body was found. With Duniver’s killer still at large, the program also features interviews with key trial witnesses and search party members who offer information about a suspicious mystery man they allegedly saw lurking at the search. It also reports on how, as a result of the “20/20” interviews, the district attorney asked auth

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August 15, 2024

After Spending More Than Three Decades in Prison for Her Involvement in Her Husband’s Murder, ‘20/20’ Interviews Pamela Smart and Shares a Shocking Admission Following Decades of Denial

Pamela and Gregg Smart appeared to be a loving couple with an idyllic life in the small, peaceful town of Derry, New Hampshire. But one year after getting married, Gregg was found dead in the home they shared. A two-hour “20/20” details the series of events that quickly connected the dots for authorities, allowing them to make several arrests, including charges against Pamela as an accomplice to first-degree murder and against others. Her trial was the first murder trial in U.S. history to be broadcast gavel-to-gavel on television, as she was sentenced to life in prison without parole. For three decades, Pamela maintained her innocence, but in a stunning recent turn of events while serving her sentence in prison, Pamela shares a shocking revelation regarding her involvement in her husband’s murder. ABC News’ Juju Chang revisits the case and shares the latest developments on “20/20,” Friday, Aug. 16 (9:01-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC, next day on Hulu. (Rebroadcast. OAD: 1/10/2020) ABC News

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August 6, 2024

20/20′ Features TV Interview With Man Behind Bars for Murder; Some Ask, Is He the Real Killer?

When a friend discovered Dennis and Norma Woodruff murdered in their home located in the Texas Bible Belt, authorities quickly suspected the couple’s son, Brandon Woodruff, who was the last person to see them alive. Authorities said Brandon lived a double life, and they recovered a weapon with one of the victim’s DNA that they say belonged to Brandon and could have been used during the crime. A jury soon convicted him, and he received life behind bars, but his family’s opinions remain divided on whether or not he committed the murders. As the Innocence Project of Texas helps Brandon try to clear his name, “20/20” reports on the key question posed by his supporters: Did he actually kill his parents? “20/20” features Brandon’s first TV interview since his 2009 conviction with ABC News anchor John Quiñones, in which he claims his innocence and discusses how he feels anti-gay bias influenced the investigation. The program also explores the evidence against Brandon and includes interviews

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July 30, 2024

‘20/20’ Reports on Anna Nicole Smith’s Rise to Fame, Life in the Limelight, and Tragic Death

Years after iconic model, actress and reality star Anna Nicole Smith’s death, “20/20” followed her then 14-year-old daughter, Dannielynn Birkhead, as she visited the most influential places in Anna Nicole’s life with her father, Larry Birkhead. On the journey, they traveled to Mexia, Texas, where Anna Nicole spent part of her childhood. They met her high school friend and saw the places she frequented before becoming famous. While in Los Angeles, they visited several sentimental locations, and Dannielynn saw some of Anna Nicole’s memorabilia from her life and career tucked away in a storage locker following her death. Featuring reporting by “20/20” co-anchor Deborah Roberts, the two-hour program takes a comprehensive look at Anna Nicole through interviews with those closest to her, as well as material from the ABC News archives. “20/20” also reports on the dichotomy between who Anna Nicole was in the spotlight and who she was in private as Vickie Lynn Smith, her rise to fame, life in

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July 23, 2024

‘20/20’ Reports on the Disappearance of Wife and Mother Susan Powell and the Stunning Twist Involving Her Two Sons That No One Saw Coming

Where is Susan Powell? That’s the question still haunting friends and family over a decade after the wife and mother vanished without a trace from her Utah home. “20/20” reports on the mysterious case, including developments in the search for Susan’s remains that her family hopes could bring answers, Susan’s secret will that may have been a clue to solving the mystery and the stunning, tragic twist that no one saw coming involving her two sons over two years after her disappearance. The two-hour program features interviews with Chuck Cox, Susan’s dad; Denise Cox, Susan’s sister; Kiirsi Hellewell, Susan’s best friend; Jennifer Graves, Susan’s sister-in-law; JoVanna Owings, Susan’s neighbor and the last person to see her before she disappeared; and Ellis Maxwell, the lead detective on the case. “20/20” also features details on the civil trial and interviews with her husband, Josh Powell, and his father, Steven Powell, following Susan’s disappearance, in which Steven makes alarming alleg

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July 17, 2024

‘20/20’ Reports on Serial Killer Who Targeted Women He Knew in Southern City and Gives Insight Into Killer’s Mind Through Overlooked Clues and Criminal Profiler’s Analysis

For two years, serial killer Henry Louis Wallace stalked the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, undetected, raping and murdering young Black women – almost all of whom he knew personally as neighbors, friends, or coworkers. Now, 25 years after his conviction as Wallace remains on death row, “20/20” reports on the details of the case, questions whether the women’s race played a factor in the rigor of police investigations and provides insight into the killer’s mind through overlooked clues and analysis by legendary criminal profiler and psychiatric nurse Ann Burgess. The program features footage of Burgess interviewing Wallace ahead of his trial and an interview with Tyrece Woods, who discusses life after surviving an attack by Wallace at just 10 months old. The program also includes interviews with family of many of the victims, including Dee Sumpter, mother of victim Shawna Hawk, who co-founded Mothers of Murdered Offspring in part as a way to put pressure on police to find the kille

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July 9, 2024

‘20/20’ Investigates the Mysterious Death of a Wife on an African Safari

Dr. Larry Rudolph and his wife, Bianca Rudolph, were avid big game hunters, often traveling the world to bring back trophies of exotic animals they had killed. In 2016, the pair headed to Zambia, where Bianca was hunting a leopard. Tragedy struck when Bianca died of a shotgun blast to the chest on the last day of the trip. Local authorities ruled the death accidental, and over the next few months Larry collected approximately $4.88 million dollars in life insurance. In the wake of Bianca’s death, several tips were called into the FBI, notifying agents that Larry had been carrying on an affair with an employee at his dental clinic, Lori Milliron, for more than 10 years. “20/20” takes an inside look at the investigation into Bianca’s death, featuring an interview with Brian Lovelace, a former bartender who says he overhead Larry tell his mistress that he killed his wife for her, and an interview with Julian Rudolph, the son of Larry and Bianca, who shares his thoughts on his mother’s de

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An All-New ‘20/20’ Features Ashley Benefield Telling Her Story in Exclusive Interview With Deborah Roberts

An All-New ‘20/20’ Features Interview With Karen Read, the Woman Charged With Second-Degree Murder at the Center of This Summer’s Most Talked-About Trial

‘20/20’ Uncovers How an Instagram Model’s Relationship With an Older Man Turned Deadly

‘20/20’ Uncovers Information Reigniting a More Than Two-Decades-Old Unsolved Murder Case

After Spending More Than Three Decades in Prison for Her Involvement in Her Husband’s Murder, ‘20/20’ Interviews Pamela Smart and Shares a Shocking Admission Following Decades of Denial

20/20′ Features TV Interview With Man Behind Bars for Murder; Some Ask, Is He the Real Killer?

‘20/20’ Reports on Anna Nicole Smith’s Rise to Fame, Life in the Limelight, and Tragic Death

‘20/20’ Reports on the Disappearance of Wife and Mother Susan Powell and the Stunning Twist Involving Her Two Sons That No One Saw Coming

‘20/20’ Reports on Serial Killer Who Targeted Women He Knew in Southern City and Gives Insight Into Killer’s Mind Through Overlooked Clues and Criminal Profiler’s Analysis

‘20/20’ Investigates the Mysterious Death of a Wife on an African Safari

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