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Thomas Perez Jr. reported his dad missing on Aug. 8, 2018, and it didn't take long for him to become a prime suspect in his dad's disappearance

Perez Jr. faced 17 hours of intense interrogation, during which police lied about his father dying and his dog having to be put down, court records show

In a shocking twist, his father was found alive in the midst of the interrogation

Thomas Perez Jr. was brutally interrogated by police officers for 17 hours before he falsely confessed to murdering his father, Thomas Perez Sr. Their story was told on the Dec. 5 episode of Dateline .

In August 2018, Perez Jr. called police about his father after he went for a walk with the dog and didn't return to their home in Fontana, Calif., per the Orange County Register . Police subs

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