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A new Dateline episode premieres Friday night on NBC about the 2016 murder of Kaylee Sawyer at Central Oregon Community College by a campus security guard.

Lara was arrested after a high-speed chase on I-5 near Corning, Calif., 36 hours after Sawyer’s death. According to police, his crime spree didn’t end after he  killed Sawyer. He was also charged with two counts of kidnapping and one count of attempted murder.

On Jan. 22, Lara changed his plea to guilty for the aggravated murder of Sawyer and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The Dateline episode will feature an exclusive interview with Aundrea Maes, a Salem woman kidnapped by Lara during his crime spree, and never-before-seen video.

Dateline NBC: “Into The Night”
Friday, April 27
9pm ET/8pm CT
NBC

This article appears in Apr 25 – May 2, 2018.

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Dateline NBC reports on murder of Kaylee Sawyer

by Keely Damara, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 27, 2018

<h1>Dateline NBC reports on murder of Kaylee Sawyer</h1> <p class="byline">by Keely Damara, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 27, 2018</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/jamie_and_crystal_sawyer.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/jamie_and_crystal_sawyer.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-36540" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Jamie and Crystal Sawyer</figcaption></figure> <p> A new Dateline episode premieres Friday night on NBC about the 2016 murder of Kaylee Sawyer at Central Oregon Community College by a campus security guard.</p> <p>Lara was arrested after a high-speed chase on I-5 near Corning, Calif., 36 hours after Sawyer’s death. According to police, his crime spree didn’t end after he&nbsp; killed Sawyer. He was also charged with two counts of kidnapping and one count of attempted murder.</p> <p>On Jan. 22, Lara changed his plea to guilty for the aggravated murder of Sawyer and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.</p> <p>The Dateline episode will feature an exclusive interview with Aundrea Maes, a Salem woman kidnapped by Lara during his crime spree, and never-before-seen video. </p> <div class="wp-block-group is-style-border fdn-in-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related</h3> </p></div> <h5 class="content_h5"><b>Dateline NBC: "Into The Night"<br /> Friday, April 27<br /> 9pm ET/8pm CT<br /> <a href="http://www.ktvz.com/tv-listings" target="_blank">NBC</a></b></h5> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> </div> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/culture/dateline-nbc-reports-on-murder-of-kaylee-sawyer-5799693/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=36528&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/culture/dateline-nbc-reports-on-murder-of-kaylee-sawyer-5799693/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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