Yesterday word came that NBC had settled a civil lawsuit brought by the sister of Dallas prosecutor Louis William Conradt Jr., who killed himself when police and Dateline’s Chris Hansen, along with a camera crew, showed up at his home when he failed to show up for his fake date with a little boy in November 2006. But don’t go poking around Dateline’s website to brush up on the incident — NBC has all but scrubbed it clean of that entire Perverted Justice investigation.

The website does provide transcripts and videos from the 11 other "Predator" investigations that "Dateline" did around the country, beginning in 2004. The list of stings on the site includes a brief reference to the one in Murphy, noting that 25 men were snared there by "Dateline's" hidden cameras. But no other information is provided.

A blog posting about Conradt's suicide written by correspondent Chris Hansen is no longer available. Neither is a statement from NBC News called "Setting the Record Straight," in which the news division rebutted a September investigation by ABC's "20/20" into the controversial events.

Footage from the “Predator” sting in Murphy, which aired on “Dateline” in February 2007, still can be easily found online, however -- on YouTube.

Two likely scenarios: 1) The settlement agreement with Conradt’s sister included a clause that required NBC to pull all references of him (and, likely, never air his segment), but since the terms are confidential, it’s likely we’ll never know; or 2) NBC is doing everything in its power to avoid any further damage done from a program that was heralded ratings king and quickly became a public relations nightmare.

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