Sunday (April 1, 2022), an all-new “Dateline NBC” reports on the mysterious death of Norman “Lee” Radder
The April 1 “Dateline NBC” episode airs at 9PM ET/8PM CT. New details revealed in the case of former NYC police officer Valerie Cincinelli, who was accused of an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting her husband, Isaiah Carvalho. The two-hour special features exclusive TV interviews with those close to the case and Cincinelli, including her ex-boyfriend John DiRubba. You can watch previous episodes at NBC and Peacock. For more Dateline, check out the official podcast.
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In his first TV interview, DiRubba speaks out about going undercover in an FBI sting operation and recording conversations with Cincinelli to expose the alleged plan, which also included killing his own 14-year-old daughter. He denied that he did so out of revenge, telling Dateline correspondent Andrea Canning, “It was Valerie’s own words that put her in jail. It’s her own voice, what she wanted to do. She could have stopped this at any time.” He added, “If you’re a police officer that upholds the law, you should say, ‘John, what are you talking about? Are you crazy?’ That should have been the only thing that should have been on that tape. What would I gain out of killing my own daughter?” Last year, murder-for-hire charges against Cincinelli were dropped and she pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice.
During the two-hour special, Cincinelli’s attorney James Kousouros defends his client, telling Canning in an exclusive TV interview, “People don’t live a 34-year life as a decorated police officer, a college graduate, a good daughter, in every way shape or form, and then just all of a sudden wake up in the morning and flip a switch and become unhinged.” He added that Cincinelli was “clearly playing out this fantasy” during the taped conversations and that she “never believed” it would “come to fruition.”
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