Tag: 48hrs

Episode Date: Sat, Jan 6, 2024 David Begnaud takes an in-depth look at the suspicious death of Megan Parra. Her death was ruled a suicide, but Steve Ducote was convinced there was foul play. Locations: Cottonport, Louisiana Notes:

Episode Date: Sat, Dec 16, 2023 In the early morning of Sept. 22, 2020, police officer Gregorio De La Cruz responded to a call at a home in Laredo, Texas. At the top of the stairs of the house, Joel Pellot, dressed in surgical scrubs, was performing CPR on his wife, Maria Muñoz. Paramedics and…

Episode Date: Sat, Dec 9, 2023 A woman who turned her assisted living business into a million-dollar company vanished – when her husband is charged with her murder, his unusual self defense raises concern. Locations: San Antonio, Texas Notes:

Episode Date: Sat, Dec 2, 2023 At 6:30 in the morning of April 25, 2010, Heidi Firkus called 911 after her husband, Nick Firkus, said an intruder was breaking into their home. She was shot and killed and Nick Firkus told investigators that his gun discharged when he struggled with the intruder. Locations: Saint Paul,…

Episode Date: Sat, Nov 25, 2023 Years before South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh was convicted for the murders of his wife and son, there was another mystery in Murdaugh country—the death of Stephen Smith, a 19-year-old gay man. After his body was found on a country road on July 8, 2015, the medical examiner…

Episode Date: Sat, Nov 18, 2023 On Dec. 14, 1991, 16-year-old honor student Sarah Yarborough was on her way to drill team practice at Federal Way High School outside Seattle. She never made it. She was found murdered just a hundred yards away from her car on the school’s campus. Locations: Seattle, Washington Notes:

Episode Date: Sat, Oct 28, 2023 Marlene Warren answered the door of her Florida home on May 26, 1990, to find a clown handing her balloons and flowers. In an instant, she was shot dead while her 21-year-old son looked on. Warren’s son, Joe Aherns, opens up about the horrific day. Locations: Palm Beach County,…

Episode Date: Sat, Oct 21, 2023 The murders of two young Phoenix, Ariz., women killed in 1992 and 1993 went unsolved for more than two decades. Investigators found the same DNA on both victims but had no match. Then, thanks to new technology, police had a person of interest, and tracked him in an unusual…

Episode Date: Sat, Oct 14, 2023 It was New Year’s Day 2021 when the San Diego Sheriff’s Department got a call from a man saying his friend, an area woman named Jade Janks, might have killed her stepfather, Tom Merriman. Contributor Tracy Smith reports on the case against Janks and shares clues never-before-seen on television…

Episode Date: Sat, Sep 30, 2023 Tim Bliefnick, a former contestant on the game show “Family Feud,” was arrested, charged and convicted for the February 2023 murder of his estranged wife, Becky Bliefnick. Included: Bliefnick talks with Erin Moriarty about the case. Locations: Quincy, Illinois Notes: