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Post Mortem | The Girl From Wahoo

February 17, 2026·26 min·5-min readnarrativetrue crime
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Postmortem host Anne-Marie Green and 48 Hours correspondent Natalie Morales discuss the decades-long investigation into the 1969 murder of 17-year-old Mary Kay Hesse in Wahoo, Nebraska. After 55 years, Joseph Ambrose was finally charged and entered a no-contest plea to conspiracy to commit

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Natalie Morales

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Anne-Marie GreenNatalie MoralesMary Kay HeeseJoseph AmbroseWayne GreaserBob FrankTed GreenRichard RegisterJennifer Joachim

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Cold CasesCriminal JusticeForensicsInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismTrue Crime

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