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When Todd Sommer, a seemingly healthy 23-year-old Marine, passed away unexpectedly in San Diego in 2002, his death was classified as natural. It wasn’t long before his widow Cindy--who received a quarter million dollars in life insurance--began to lead an extravagant and hard-partying new lifestyle that included cosmetic surgery. That raised both eyebrows and investigators’ suspicions. Her high-profile arrest, trial and murder conviction was followed by a new investigation that turned everything upside down, raising serious questions about bias, science and justice…and leading to a dramatic and unexpected twist. Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz unravels the evidence, sits down with Cindy and key players in the story, and reveals the truth behind the sensational headlines.