The First 48Season 13

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The case of a fatal shooting in Cleveland takes a strange turn when a witness comes forward claiming the victim was shot by his best friend.

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Hot Ride/Debt Collector

Aired on Mar 21, 2013

In Harris County, a young father is carjacked and murdered outside his home. To find the killers, the homicide team needs to find the victim’s car. And in Miami, a local musician is gunned down in the street and the hunt for answers leads close to home.

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After the First 48: Cold Light of Day

Aired on Mar 21, 2013

In Cleveland, Detectives Mike Smith and Walley Everett investigate the murder of a young woman who’s body is burned beyond recognition. A key witness comes forward who leads them to the suspect. But when the case moves to court, the key witness could become the prosecution’s main liability.

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After the First 48: Dumped

Aired on Mar 28, 2013

In Memphis, Tennessee a man’s body is found dumped in a field. Despite every effort, the case goes cold and the murderer remains a mystery. For six years the victim’s father investigates the murder on his own, trying to find out who killed his son. When an unexpected tip leads to the arrest of a close friend of the victim, the victim’s family worries that there is not enough evidence to put the murderer away for life. And the details of the brutal killing are finally revealed in court.

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The Girl Who Knew Too Much/The Guardian

Aired on May 02, 2013

In Dallas, an unidentified girl is found brutally shot in a field. Detectives Scott Sayers and Esteban Montenegro discover that she may have been killed for her silence. Then in Cleveland, a young father is shot in the head trying to break up a fight. Without any leads, Detectives Ignatius Sowa and Raymond Diaz must rely on an outraged community to help track down his killers.

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Uncommon Valor

Aired on Apr 18, 2013

In Dallas, when a good Samaritan is gunned down trying to protect his friends, detectives must unravel a tangled web of bad tips and lies in their hunt for the killer.

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Into the Graveyard

Aired on Apr 25, 2013

In Miami, a family is shattered when two teenage brothers are gunned down in their own backyard. Two surviving friends point Detective TC Cepero and his team in the direction of two desperate and dangerous gunmen on the run. But Cepero will need the community’s help to get the brazen killers off the street.

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The Cover Up/Bad Seed

Aired on May 09, 2013

In Cleveland, a man is shot dead in an empty courtyard. A mysterious 911 call leads Detectives Ignatius Sowa and Raymond Diaz on the hunt for an elusive killer. Then in Dallas, a 72-year-old grandmother is found beaten to death inside her home. Detective Tommy Raley discovers that his suspect may be someone she trusted.

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New Year's Terror/Deadly Friends

Aired on Jun 06, 2013

In Cleveland a man is gunned down defending his home on New Year’s Eve. With no eyewitnesses, Det. Melvin Smith must rely on DNA evidence to track down the killers. And in Broward County, Florida, when an elderly man is found dead in his apartment, Det. John Curcio’s hunt for the suspects leads to a surprising discovery.

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Bad Reputation/Deadly Party

Aired on Aug 15, 2013

In Cleveland, when a young mother of three is gunned down in front her home, a neighborhood is paralyzed with fear by a suspect who has a reputation for killing at the slightest provocation. Det. Lem Griffin launches a cross-country hunt to track down this callous suspect before he kills again. And in Broward County, FL, when a young man is shot at birthday party, Det. John Berrena tries to unravel the mystery of why a celebration turned deadly.

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After the First 48: Missing/Deadly Ride

Aired on Aug 22, 2013

In Harris County, Texas investigators are called to an abandoned SUV, its interior covered in blood. The vehicle’s owner, a 20-year-old single mother, is nowhere to be found. The Sheriff’s department believes she’s been murdered, and her boyfriend is the main suspect–but he’s not talking. Thirteen hundred miles away an SUV slams into a house, its driver shot dead behind the wheel. Detectives soon have an ID on his shooter, but he’s fled the state, and a manhunt is on.

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After the First 48: House of Rage (Follow-Up)

Aired on Aug 29, 2013

A mother of five young boys is found shot to death in her Cleveland, Ohio apartment. A witness emerges, guiding detectives to a critical piece of evidence–and ultimately, a suspect. Going into trial, prosecutors think their case is airtight, but when their key witness falters on the stand, the veteran defense team is poised and ready to dismantle the prosecution’s case.

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After the First 48: The Ring/House of Pain

Aired on Sep 05, 2013

In Birmingham Alabama a mother of a two-year-old boy is found stabbed to death in her own bedroom. Investigators have a mystery on their hands when they learn the killer opened the victim’s front door with a key and stole her diamond ring. In Cleveland Ohio, two 19 year-old men are shot and killed during a party at an abandoned house. All signs point to a good friend of the victims’ as the shooter but no one actually saw him pull the trigger. With no DNA or murder weapon found, the state needs to convince a jury the defendant is a cold-blooded killer.

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Last Stop: Paradise/Bad Blood

Aired on Sep 12, 2013

In Broward County, when a migrant worker is robbed and beaten to death, Dets. Valerian Perez and Kevin Forsberg must track down a vicious predator before he strikes again. Then, in Cleveland, a man is shot dead in broad daylight at a carwash, and Dets. Lem Griffin and Art Echols fear their case will go cold when none of the witnesses will talk.

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Deadly Morning

Aired on Oct 10, 2013

In Cleveland, a young mother walking alone to work is viscously murdered and dumped in an abandoned house. As the community reels in shock at the horrific crime, Detectives Nate Sowa and Ray Diaz make a surprising discovery about the killer.

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A Date with Death/Paid in Blood

Aired on Oct 24, 2013

In Cleveland, for Detectives Kathleen Carlin and Tim Entenok, friends are the key to solving the murder of a father shot in the back. And in Dallas, can a surprising lead help Detective Brian Tabor catch up to the killer of an elderly man stabbed to death in his home?

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After the First 48: Prince of Darkness/Last Words

Aired on Oct 31, 2013

In Harris County Texas, a young mother of three daughters is found in her trailer with her throat slashed. Investigators arrest her alleged killer with the help of a key witness, but the defense turns the tables when the case goes to trial. And in Birmingham, Alabama, a popular man is shot blocks from his home, but manages to name the shooter but investigators need the help of witnesses to put away the killer.

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Kiss of Death

Aired on Nov 14, 2013

In Rochester, a man from a neighboring suburb is found shot to death on a city street. The Major Crimes Unit tries to piece together the last hours of the victim’s life to discover what may have brought him there, and find that his wife may hold the key to solving the murder.

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After the First 48: Good Man Down

Aired on Nov 21, 2013

In Cleveland, Ohio, an aspiring police officer is gunned down during a vicious nightclub brawl, and it’s all caught on tape. Investigators pore over more than 80 hours of surveillance footage, hoping to identify the triggerman, but the video doesn’t show who fired the fatal shot. With so few witnesses willing to talk, the state needs to use the video to convince the jury of the events that led to this cold-blooded killing.

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Dead End Drive/The Fixer

Aired on Nov 29, 2013

Dallas Detective Dwayne Thompson hunts for a band of carjacking killers that are terrorizing a neighborhood. And in Cleveland, an argument among friends spins out of control when one of them makes a deadly decision.

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After the First 48: What Lies Beneath

Aired on Dec 06, 2013

One of the most bizarre The First 48 cases becomes a compelling After the First 48 special. When a body is discovered buried in a basement for six months in an Old Louisville home, the home’s owner and his boyfriend are charged with murder. Each claims the other is responsible for the gruesome crime. In two separate trials, the shocking details of their life together come out. And all of Louisville wonders: What really happened in that house?

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Game Over/Long Walk Home

Aired on Dec 13, 2013

Homicide detectives in a new city–New Orleans. First, a young man is executed, and detectives have nothing to go on, not even the victim’s name. But the key to finding his killer may be right in front of them. Then, while walking home from work, a beloved young woman is gunned down in the street, leaving a community devastated and detectives on a mission to find her killers.

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For a Quick Buck/Bloody Sunday

Aired on Dec 13, 2013

In Cleveland, a young father is executed in his home and his family is terrorized by masked gunmen. Detectives believe the victim’s friend holds the key to finding the killers, but he’s nowhere to be found. Then, in Dallas, an innocent teen is gunned down with an assault rifle, putting detectives on the hunt for a dangerous killer.

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Murder Rap

Aired on Dec 20, 2013

When a bullied teen is gunned down outside a public library, Cleveland Detectives are shocked to discover the motive behind this senseless attack.

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Jacked/Fallen Idol

Aired on Dec 20, 2013

In Dallas, a young father is ambushed at a gas station and Detective Steve David needs to track down the killers, before the trail goes cold. Then in Miami, a beloved local rapper is gunned down at his car wash and Detectives suspect it was an inside job.

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Teardrops/Almost Home

Aired on Dec 27, 2013

In Dallas, a man is shot dead by a car thief and Detectives race to find the stolen vehicle before the killer gets away. And, in Cleveland, Detectives hunt for a witness to ID the shooter of young man robbed and killed outside a party.

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After the First 48: A Simple Plan

Aired on Jan 03, 2014

In Harris county Texas, a 41-year-old woman is killed in her home by four masked men. Investigators have an idea of who did, but can they get enough evidence to prove it? Then, when one of the defendants faces a jury, the defense turns the table and puts the Harris County Sheriffs’ department on trial.

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After the First 48: Brutal Business

Aired on Jan 10, 2014

In the Dallas Neighborhood of Oak Cliff, two young men are shot in the head inside a drug house, their bodies, found burned in the trunk of a car. Investigators scramble to find eyewitnesses to the crime and the three suspects, but at trial, no one could say who pulled the trigger. It would be up to the prosecution to paint a gruesome, vivid picture of this brutal crime in the hopes of securing a capital murder conviction.

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Run and Gun/Lonesome Highway

Aired on Mar 07, 2014

In New Orleans, Detective Maggie Darling is on the hunt for the killers who gunned down a recent high school graduate. Then in Dallas, Detective Steve David races to identify a woman found shot and dumped on the side of the highway before the killer’s trail goes cold.

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After the First 48: Trail of Evidence

Aired on Mar 14, 2014

In Harris County Texas, a 38-year-old man is stabbed to death in his own home leaving behind two children and his wife. Investigators track down the suspect thanks to surveillance video and some good old fashion detective work. But when the defendant claims self defense, the state must put together a case that will convince the jury the dead man was in fact the victim and not a predator.

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After the First 48: Burned Alive

Aired on Mar 27, 2014

A Houston woman is beaten, set on fire, and left to die in an attack that police investigators suspect was committed by someone the victim knew.

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After the First 48: Into the Night

Aired on Apr 03, 2014

A mugging turns deadly for a man at a gas station; police detectives arrest two young men for the crime.

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The Graveyard Shift

Aired on Apr 17, 2014

In Cleveland, the murder of an innocent store clerk is caught on tape, and when Detectives discover the suspects’ violent history, they pull out all the stops to track down the gunmen before more blood is shed.

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Abandoned By The Bayou

Aired on Apr 24, 2014

In New Orleans, when a mother of five is found bound and executed in a vacant lot, Detectives Mike McCleery and Bob Bachelder race to piece together the final hours of her life to catch her vicious killer–before he strikes again.

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Million Dollar Question

Aired on May 01, 2014

A Cleveland man is shot multiple times and left to die in an alley; police detectives risk their lives to untangle the web of lies surrounding the investigation.

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Trust No One/Risky Business

Aired on May 08, 2014

In Cleveland, after a beloved neighbor is murdered in his own home, Detective Art Echols is on the hunt for a killer who may be closer than he thinks. Then in Dallas, after a robbery that left one man dead and another severely wounded, Detective Steve David needs to track down two killers before they strike again.

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After the First 48: Burning Rage

Aired on May 15, 2014

In Birmingham, AL, a woman, her son and her young niece are stabbed more than 75 times then set on fire inside their apartment. Investigators zero in on the victims’ relative. But at trial, the defense claims the suspect’s IQ is too low to qualify for the death penalty. It would be up to the prosecution to paint a gruesome, vivid picture of this brutal crime to secure a capital murder conviction and the ultimate punishment.

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After the First 48: Birthday Girl/Nightmare

Aired on May 22, 2014

In Cleveland, a 14-year-old girl was gunned down at her own birthday party when rival gangs opened fire. After interviewing eyewitnesses, detectives hunted down several suspects. But would the prosecutor be able to bring all of the defendants to justice? 1200 miles south, in Miami, a woman was shot over a dozen times during a drug deal gone wrong and lived to tell about it. When the woman identified the man who shot her and killed her boyfriend, Det. Manny Castillo hoped her story would be enough to convict a killer.

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Killer Connection/Bloody Birthday

Aired on May 29, 2014

In Dallas, a young father is shot dead outside a bar, and the killer is caught is caught on video. But can detectives find someone to ID him? Then, in Cleveland, a mother of six is gunned down on her birthday, leaving her family devastated and the homicide team desperate to figure out who pulled the trigger.

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