Lester Holt reports on the 2018 investigation into the reported disappearance of Tom Perez Sr. in Fontana, California.
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Is there going to be a new episode of Dateline this week (December 5, 2025)? Explained
A new Dateline NBC episode, The Ruse, airs December 5, 2025. It examines a 2018 Fontana case involving a coerced false confession. Airs on NBC; streams on Peacock.
Dateline NBC returned with a new episode, The Ruse, on December 5, 2025. The story goes back to a 2018 case that still makes people pause and ask what actually happened.
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Thomas Perez Sr. case on Dateline - A detailed case overview
Dateline’s The Ruse exposes the true story of Thomas Perez Jr.’s coerced false confession after his father vanished in 2018. Learn what happened and where to watch.
Garcia's 2018 murder at the hands of Jose Figueroa in a case taking center stage in Dateline: Secrets Uncovered.
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