What happened to Haleigh Murphy? Preview Dateline: Missing In America Season 5

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1:27In our podcast's fifth season, we share six new unsolved mysteries. And we hope someone listening might have a clue that could help crack one of these cases. Could that someone be you? Here's Dateline, missing in America.

1:52On June 16, 2023, the forecast for Temple, Texas was hot and muggy. The high would hit 103 degrees. 22-year-old Haley Murphy started her day, as she often did, on the phone with her mom, Becky Mitchell. We talked probably 45 minutes while I got ready for work. She told me about her going to go to her ex-boyfriend's yacht party. Later that day, Haley asked her sister, Harley Murphy, to help her pack for that weekend getaway. She wanted you to pick out some outfits for her. Yeah. She had so many clothes. She was like, I have like 30 bathing suits and I need to just pick three. Can you help? Nothing about that day seemed unusual to Haley's family.

2:43They were close. Haley loved family. She was very protective of the people that she cared about. One person had a special place in Haley's heart, her two-year-old son, J.J. Brittany Ketchum is Haley's best friend. I had never seen, like, a light in her eyes the way I saw when she found out she was pregnant with J.J. No one in Haley's circle, old enough to remember that June day, knew they were making their final memories with Haley. She said bye to her son, and she said bye to me, and then she got in the car and we left. Some of those memories are excruciating. Are you feeling some guilt about this?

3:28Yeah. I feel a lot of guilt. It turns out Haley, devoted mother, daughter, sister, friend, had a dangerous secret, and her family believes it was deadly. That's a terrible story. Sounds like a movie. Not real life. Thanks for listening. Search for Dateline Missing in America to start listening to Season 5 and follow now. For ad-free listening, subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or at datelinepremium.com.

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