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Who was Dr. Frank 'Buddy' McCutcheon?
Dateline NBC will re-examine the brutal murder case of Frank “Buddy” McCutcheon, which took place in July 2016. The episode, titled “The Day the Music Die,” reveals shocking details about the gruesome crime and how an innocent man was murdered. It also sheds light on how authorities investigated the case and caught the killer. The episode airs on the network on Friday, August 16, 2024 at 9:00 p.m. EST.
On July 16, 2016, authorities discovered the dead body of popular plastic surgeon Frank “Buddy” McCutcheon in his Arden, North Carolina home. According to the Citizen-Times, Frank’s wife Brenda McCutcheon called 911 and told the dispatcher about her husband’s death.
During the conversation, Brenda said that someone had entered the house and shot her husband. Police then arrived on the scene and found his body in the TV room on the second floor of their home. Investigators also said that Frank had a gunshot wound to his head and that they found the back door unlocked.
