NBC’s newsmagazine Dateline NBC is revisiting the unsettling murder of Mindy Morgenstern, a 22-year-old college student, in an episode titled “Who Killed Mindy Morgenstern?” The hour airs Friday, May 16, 2025, at 9:00 PM ET.
The case centers on Morgenstern, who was killed in her off-campus apartment, sending fear through her quiet North Dakota college town. Investigators initially looked at neighbors, friends, and boyfriends before the inquiry took an unexpected turn to identify the person responsible.
The episode will include interviews with Larry and Eunice Morgenstern, Jason and Rebecca Young, former North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation Agent Mark Sayler, and Prosecutor Jonathan Byers.
