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>> im craig melvin. >> and im natalie morales >> and this is dateline. >> i felt like this was the on that i have been waiting for maybe it was too good to b true oh. did he love me or was this all a game >> a beautiful businesswoman falls for a dashing doctor but her daughters have doubts. >> i had lots of suspicions. >> she thinks his fingernail are dirty. this knit does not look to her like the hands of an actua doctor >> who was this guy? >> his nickname was "dirty john". >> this w...

i felt like this was the one that ive been waiting for. >> maybe it was too good to be true. did he love me or was this all a game? >> a beautiful businesswoman falls for a dashing doctor. but her daughters have doubts. >> i had lots of suspicions. >> she thinks his fingernails are dirty. this does not look to her like the hands of an actual doctor. >> who was this guy? >> his nickname was "dirty john". >> this woman knew him all too well. >> i started snooping and i found everything. ...

Love with a con man. and when her daughter spok with a detective who had bee investigating john meehan fo years -- >> i said, this guy is bad news you need to get your mothe away from him. >> debra bought a house near las vegas were john could live away from her family she split her time between there and orange county. but the daughters went int rescue mode. one thing they found especiall alarming was yet another polic report about dirty john. this one from just two years earlier and much close...

Debra Newell believes she has found Mr. Right, but her daughters sense theres something wrong with John Meehan; they start digging into his past and find out...

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It was basically calling little old women out of money for jobs that he didnt do, and also that he had away with the ladies. >> luken discovered darker secrets as well. john supplied the opioids that killed his own addicted brother. he was alone with his sick father, the old man died rather suddenly. john wasnt charged in those cases, but there were others, said luken, and as the years went on, he developed a certain criminal specialty. >> he would go on dating websites and would find women that...

>> reporter: luken discovered darker secrets as well. john supplied the opioids that killed his own addicted brother. he was alone with his sick father when the old man died rather suddenly. john wasnt charged in those cases, but there were others, said luken, and as the years went on, he developed a certain criminal specialty. >> he would go on dating websites and he would find women that usually had good financial backing. he always told people he was a doctor. >> reporter: he seemed like an i...

Welcome back. deborah understood the truth realizing her dream man was a con man. she filed for an anullment and went into hiding. john managed to track her down and this tragic love story was about to end. there was one more twist in store. for the conclusion of our story, heres keith morrison. >> august 20th, 2016. 5:00 p.m.. a 14-year-old was returning home from her junior lifeguard training when she heard a woman screaming. out of the parking lot of her newport beach apartment building. >> i...

>> he discovered darker secrets as well. john supplied the opioids that killed his own addicted brother. he was alone with his sick father and the old man died rather suddenly. john wasnt charged in those cases but there were others and as the years went on, developed a certain criminal specialty. >> he would go on dating websites and he would find women that usually had good financial backing. he always told people he was a doctor. >> he seemed like an ideal catch for a lot of these women. >> h...