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The Mystery in Effingham County
Publicly, they were a prominent family, highly respected. Privately, a jury would hear something else in a case -- that pit father against son, husband against wife, brother against brother. And at the heart of it all was a terrible family secret. Dennis Murphy reports in this Dateline classic. Originally aired on NBC on April 1, 2011.