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What They Did for Love (19x19)

Air date: Feb 25, 2006

Toni Dykstra and Carlo Ventre met in sunny southern California in 1994 and fell in love. Soon after, a daughter was born — but Carlo and Toni's relationship soured, leading to an international custody battle and charges of kidnapping. Some four years later, Toni ended up dead in Carlo's Rome apartment. He said it was an accident; her family says it was murder. Would Carlo be charged in the killing? And what would happen to the couple's young daughter? Correspondent Bill Lagattuta reports on the investigation and heated legal battle that continues to this day.