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EPISODE · Jan 25, 2023 · 34 MIN

Preacher’s Secrets: The Duplicity of Matt Baker | My Life of Crime

from 48 Hours · host CBS News

On the evening of April 7th, 2006, Matt Baker, a Baptist preacher from the small town of Hewitt, Texas, goes out to get gas and rent a movie for the night. When he returns home, he finds his wife, Kari Baker, dead in bed with a suicide note nearby. Local authorities rule it a suicide, but Linda Dulin, Kari's mother, and her family begin their own investigation. Matt maintains he had nothing to do with Kari's death, even as his story seems to unravel. 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty takes you inside the investigation into the death of Kari Baker on her podcast, My Life of Crime. Based on the 48 Hours episode, "Dirty Little Secrets”.

On the evening of April 7th, 2006, Matt Baker, a Baptist preacher from the small town of Hewitt, Texas, goes out to get gas and rent a movie for the night. When he returns home, he finds his wife, Kari Baker, dead in bed with a suicide note nearby. Local authorities rule it a suicide, but Linda Dulin, Kari's mother, and her family begin their own investigation. Matt maintains he had nothing to do with Kari's death, even as his story seems to unravel. 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty takes you inside the investigation into the death of Kari Baker on her podcast, My Life of Crime. Based on the 48 Hours episode, "Dirty Little Secrets”.

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