The Letter Season 2: Ripple Effect
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The Letter Season 2: Ripple Effect
On a winter morning in 1982, two young fathers were found shot to death in a van parked outside an upscale Utah restaurant. The killer soon confessed, but his story about what happened - and why he chose violence - would create more pain, conflict, and questions for the families left in the wake of...
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