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5 min readIn the season premiere of Dateline’s 35th season, “The Family Plot,” a man named Matt Restelli was lured from California to Utah and shot seven times in his mother-in-law’s living room. The plot began crumbling almost instantly. The brother who fired the shots, Kevin, was taken into custody that same night, still holding the knife that had been placed in the victim’s wrong hand. He had taken off his shoes before entering the room—something home invaders generally don’t do. Blankets had been spread over the furniture to catch blood spatter. And Kevin was wearing a holster, which police noted you don’t typically walk around your own house with unless you’re planning to use the gun. The case was never really about who pulled the trigger. It was about who orchestrated the whole thing.
The matriarch and her grip on the family
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:07) **Meet the Real Josh Mankowitz** - Keith Morrison and Josh Mankowitz reunite in Boston to discuss the season 35 premiere, "The Family Plot."
- 2 (03:40) **The Initial Investigation and the Crumbling Plot** - The hosts dissect the absurdity of the staged home invasion and the family's failed cover-up.
- 3 (06:38) **Tracy's Character and Manipulative Power** - The hosts explore Tracy's long history of theft and manipulation, and her Svengali-like control over her children.
- 4 (08:55) **Terrylin's Journey from Denial to Acceptance** - The hosts focus on Terrylin, the sister who slowly realizes her mother's true nature.
- 5 (11:19) **Ad Break** - Promotional content for "Whalefall" and other sponsors.
- 6 (12:52) **The Parallel to the Adelson Case** - The hosts connect "The Family Plot" to the infamous Adelson murder case, highlighting the similar role of the matriarch.
- 7 (15:10) **The Inevitability of Murder** - The hosts discuss how family dislike for a spouse can escalate to extreme measures, though murder is a rare and extreme outcome.
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Show Notes
Keith Morrison joins Josh Mankiewicz to discuss his episode, “The Family Plot,” about the murder of Matt Restelli, who was lured from California to Utah and shot to death inside his mother-in-law’s home. Josh and Keith dig into the twisted details of the case, the mistakes that quickly unraveled the family’s story, and the powerful hold prosecutors said mastermind Tracey Grist had over her children. They also highlight the striking similarities to another Dateline case, one Tracey herself had been searching online before Matt’s murder. Plus, Josh plays a podcast-exclusive clip from Tracey’s police interview the night Matt was killed. And Josh and Keith answer your questions from social media and reflect on 35 seasons of Dateline.
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Listen to the full episode of “The Family Plot”: https://swap.fm/l/dl_thefamilyplot
Watch Josh Mankiewicz meet Josh Mankiewicz: https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/video/being-josh-mankiewicz-270551621647
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