48 Hours

Rage:Are people angrier these days, stressed by the fast pace of modern life?48 Hourstakes a close look at rage, from hostile encounters with strangers, to acrimony with loved ones.

Atif Rafay and Sebastian Burns, two brilliant best friends who once wrote a screenplay about two boys wrongfully accused of murder, are now caught up in a real-life murder mystery. They are accused of murdering Rafay's family, from the upper middle-class community of Bellevue, Wash., near Seattle. The brutal murders took place in July 1994. Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports on this 10-year mystery that led investigators to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and involved secret videotaped operations by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

In July 1957 two young police officers on a routine traffic stop in El Segundo, Calif., a Los Angeles suburb, were gunned down and murdered by a man who the police did not know had just committed robbery and rape at a nearby lover's lane. The gunman fled, triggering one of the largest manhunts in California's history. It would take detectives and modern science close to half a century to bring this case to a startling conclusion.

Jennifer Blagg and her six-year-old daughter, Amy, suddenly disappear in Nov. 2001 and their close-knit community of Grand Junction, Colo., doesn't know what to think. Michael Blagg, husband and father, comes home from work to find a bloody bed and an empty jewel box, but no Jennifer and Amy. And, although the Blaggs' marriage seems to be perfect, authorities find out otherwise. Many suspicions and allegations surround Blagg, but only a few facts point to his possible involvement in their disappearance and/or murder.

Fourteen-year-old Michael Crowe of Escondido, Calif. confessed to murdering his 12-year-old sister, Stephanie, in her bedroom in January 1998. But was he telling the truth or was it another man, a drifter named Richard Tuite, who stabbed Stephanie while she slept? 48 HOURS

Deborah Gardner, a beautiful young American Peace Corps volunteer from Tacoma, Wash., was murdered while on assignment in the South Pacific island nation of Tonga. Dennis Priven, a 24-year-old fellow Peace Corps worker from Brooklyn, N.Y., who friends say was obsessed with Gardner, was charged with her murder by Tongan police. But in a bizarre turn of events, Priven avoided going to prison for Gardner's murder and received a clean record from the Peace Corps. Many today are left wondering if justice was served and if the Peace Corps was trying to protect the murderer.

Amber Frey's father, Ron, tells contributor Maureen Maher, "A part of Scott was great in her mind. For that five-week window, that was the greatest thing that ever happened in [Amber's] life."

Cherry Hammock of Crawford County, Ga. says she killed her husband, Jay, in self-defense in September 2001, but prosecutors say it was murder.

Maria Cruz, a successful, 35-year-old New York City financial analyst, disappeared on the afternoon of April 13, 2003. For 10 months, police were unable to find Cruz, but the trail of evidence finally pointed to a man named Dean Faiello, who posed as a doctor and is believed to have treated Cruz for a mouth infection the day she went missing. In February 2004, acting on a tip from Faiello's former lover, Greg Bach, authorities found Cruz's body stuffed in a suitcase and buried in the cement in the garage of Faiello's former home in Newark, N. J. Just one month later -- 11 months after Maria Cruz was reported missing -- Dean Faiello was under arrest for Cruz's murder in Costa Rica.

It happened in the summer of 2002 during a wild July 4th weekend of partying in the wealthy community of Newport Beach, Calif. When it was over, three teenage boys would be accused of rape and face the prospect of spending life in prison. The critical evidence was a videotape the defendants made themselves. Correspondent Bill Lagattuta has the first network television interviews with the three defendants -- Greg Haidl, Keith Spann and Kyle Nachreiner -- and the alleged victim, "Jane Doe,"

48 HOURS MYSTERY has new clues in Los Angeles' most famous unsolved murder, the 57-year-old Black Dahlia case. The brutal murder of Elizabeth Short, a young, beautiful, struggling actress whose body was discovered in a vacant lot in January 1947, has baffled the Los Angeles Police Department for decades.

In August 1993, 13-year-old Eric Smith made national headlines as a red-haired, freckle-faced killer. Smith's looks and age were so completely at odds with the horrific crime -- he was convicted of murdering four-year-old Derrick Robie -- that he nearly got away it. Until now, Smith has never explained why he killed Robie. Police investigators and veteran prosecutors found it difficult to comprehend that this child could kill another child in such a brutal way. CBS News' Dan Rather reported on this story 11 years ago and revisits it as Smith becomes eligible for parole and speaks out for the first times about the crime.

New evidence that investigators hope will lead to a break in the almost eight-year-old unsolved murder case of JonBenet Ramsey is reported by correspondent Erin Moriarty for 48 HOURS MYSTERY.

When Marlene and Steve Aisenberg awoke in their home outside Tampa, Fla., on a November morning in 1997, their five-month-old daughter, Sabrina, was missing from her crib. Immediately, the Aisenbergs reported their child missing and the police began to search for the baby. But soon, the investigation began to focus on themselves as authorities became convinced that the parents knew much more about their baby's disappearance than they were saying.

48 HOURS has obtained never-before-seen videotape shot by the terrorists who took 1,200 people hostage on Sept. 1, 2004 for three days at a school in Beslan, Russia. Roughly half of the hostages are believed to have been children. Correspondent Peter Van Sant speaks to the hostage negotiator, Ruslan Aushev, who is seen in the new video negotiating with the terrorists' leader. The footage also captures the dramatic moment when the terrorists let mothers leave captivity with their babies, some of whom were forced to leave their older children behind.

Joe Jackson, father of superstar Michael Jackson, believes racism is a motivational factor in the case against his son. 48 HOURS MYSTERY has obtained the rights to an exclusive interview with Jackson's parents, Joe and Katherine Jackson, on the eve of their son's trial. Jackson's parents weigh in on the accusations against their son.

Texas multimillionaire Herb Vest is searching for who killed his father almost 60 years ago. Twenty-five-year-old Harold "Buddy" Vest was found hanging in his cabinet shop in June 1946 in the small town of Gainesville, Texas, and although the police ruled his death a suicide at the time, Herb always thought there was more to it. Now, he has launched his own investigation - hiring a team of experts to search for the truth. Vest receives a mysterious letter that claims that someone who was on the Gainesville police force was responsible for Buddy's death. Will Vest find his father's supposed killer?

Frieda Hanimov was a woman in desperate fear of losing custody of her kids because she believed the judge ruling on her case was corrupt. Panicked and pregnant, she told authorities of her suspicions and agreed to go undercover. Wearing a wire, she went alone into a warehouse to try to prove that New York State Supreme Court Judge Gerald Garson was corrupt.

CBS News' 48 HOURS investigates the shadowy underworld of human sex slaves and rescues a young woman. Correspondent Peter Van Sant infiltrates the billion dollar business of human trafficking to reveal how easy it is in the 21st century to purchase a human being -- not for an hour, but forever -- and bring her to the United States. 48 HOURS MYSTERY.

John Maloney, a Green Bay, Wis. police officer, was convicted of murdering his estranged wife, Sandy, in 1999, though he has always maintained his innocence. But after Maloney's conviction, the story took an unexpected turn when the prosecutor in his case, Joe Paulus, pled guilty to accepting bribes to fix more than 20 cases. This question now is, did Maloney get a fair trial, and, if not, should he get a new one?

Nancy Seaman, a suburban Detroit elementary school teacher, killed her husband, Bob, with a hatchet in May 2004. Nancy says she killed him in self-defense and that she had been abused for more than 30 years. At Nancy's murder trial, the couple's youngest son testified on behalf of his mother, while the other son says his mother was never abused and that she simply 'snapped.' k.

Chris Pittman shot his grandparents, Joe and Joy Pittman, at close range and then set their house on fire. According to family members, Chris, a well-mannered and shy 12-year-old, who lived with his grandparents, loved them more than anything. So, why would Chris kill them? Is the anti-depressant, Zoloft, which he was prescribed shortly before the murders, really to blame, as his lawyers claim?

Dr. O.C. Smith, a popular medical examiner in Memphis, Tenn., was apparently attacked on June 1, 2002, as he was leaving work. He was found wrapped head-to-toe in barbed wire with a bomb strapped to his neck. Dr. Smith survived, but he lives in fear that his assailant is waiting to attack again. Who wants to harm the city's medical examiner?

American journalist Paul Klebnikov was shot nine times on July 9, 2004 in a contract killing as he left Forbes magazine's Moscow headquarters. Klebnikov, as editor-in-chief, wanted to expose the corruption in Russia's new economy, where the rich and powerful often operate beyond the law. As Klebnikov searched for the truth, did the secrets he uncovered cost him his life?

Professor Thomas Murray of Kansas State University is a very smart man, but is he smart enough to get away with the murder of his ex-wife?

When Fred Jablin, a beloved Richmond University professor and devoted father, goes out to retrieve the morning newspaper on Oct. 30, 2004 and is gunned down in his driveway, his ex-wife, Piper Rountree, is the prime suspect. But, before investigators in Richmond, Va. can make their case, they must deal with a trail of confusing clues and an unusual relationship between Rountree and her sister, Tina Rountree.

A man wanted for murder pretends to be a New York Times reporter.

It's never happened in 48 HOURS MYSTERY history -- and maybe not ever -- but a serial killer's presumed victim shows up at the killer's trial .

In the early morning hours of March 21, 2003, Ramona "Mona" Krotine left an office party just outside Cleveland, Ohio and was never seen alive again. Nearly 24 hours later, she was found in the trunk of her car, beaten and shot to death. At first, police suspected a botched robbery because Mona was carrying the cash receipts from working at a concession earlier that day. But then, Mona's husband, Jeffrey, started behaving suspiciously, according to police, and the focus of the investigation shifted from a carjacking and robbery to a domestic murder.

For nearly 17 years, sisters Kim and Beth Jones of Snohomish, Wash., have been trying to prove that their father, Jerry Jones, Jr., is innocent of charges that he stabbed their mother, Lee, to death. 48 HOURS has followed this story since 1999 when Jones was released from prison after an appeals court overturned his murder conviction. But that release was only the beginning of an extraordinary legal drama that would include two more trials. At his third trial, for which Jones will represent himself, will the jury find him guilty, or will they set him free?

A successful real estate agent, David Nixon of Grapevine, Texas, lived what friends say was a life on the edge. According to his live-in girlfriend, Tracy Frame, he spent money extravagantly, gambled, hired prostitutes and owed the IRS and others large sums of money. In April 2002, his brutally murdered body was discovered in a storm drain in a nearby town. He had been shot in the heart and his remains burned beyond recognition. So, who wanted Nixon dead?

Jim and Vickie Barton seemed to be living out their dreams just outside Springboro, Ohio. The couple owned and lived on a horse farm. Jim was a lieutenant with the Springboro police department, with aspirations of becoming police chief, and Vickie was a head nurse at the local hospital. In April 1995, however, Jim came home from work and found Vickie had been shot to death. Vickie was well-liked by everyone, so who wanted her dead? For three years there were virtually no leads in the case and no arrests, but then in 1998 came a stunning confession from an unlikely source.

When a prominent doctor's wife is murdered, is it a crime of passion or a murder for hire? Correspondent is Erin Moriarty.

It's a real-life Halloween shocker in idyllic Napa, Calif. when two young women are brutally murdered in 2004. Just hours after the last trick-or-treater left their home, former beauty queen Leslie Mazzara and her roommate, Adriane Insogna, were found stabbed to death in their upstairs bedrooms. A third roommate, sleeping downstairs, was not harmed and was the only witness. Who wanted these young women dead? After almost a year of heavy investigating, one clue turns this case inside out and leads to an unlikely suspect who was overlooked by investigators.

Jane Mixer had it all. One of a handful of female students at the University of Michigan Law School in 1969, she was also in love. She had just agreed to get married and had arranged a ride home to tell her parents the happy news. But she never made it home. Her body was found in a small, rural cemetery just miles from her dorm. Mixer had been shot twice in the head and strangled. Thirty-six years later, the police believe they have finally solved the case. But do they have the right man?

Correspondent Maureen Maher journeys to the Holy Land to investigate one of the most powerful and controversial stories ever -- the birth of Jesus. 48 HOURS searches for archaeological proof of the Biblical accounts, decodes the messages hidden in the scriptures and examines starkly different versions of Christmas, including some that never made it into the New Testament. The questions about what really happened, Maher explains, are explored with curiosity and respect.

On the night of May 1, 2003, a teenage girl's body is found in a trash bag left behind a restaurant in peaceful Castro Valley, Calif. The gruesome discovery became one detective's obsession and touched the entire community, which came to call the young girl "Castro Valley's Jane Doe." When no one claimed Jane, the chances of tracking down her killer were very slim. But can modern-day forensic reconstruction help solve this mystery and bring a killer to justice?

When Shannon Melendi, an ambitious 19-year-old sophomore at Emory University in Atlanta, disappeared in March 1994, authorities believed she had run away. Police even thought it might be a college prank. Nearly two weeks later, a mysterious phone call changed the course of the investigation.

Once the golden child of his Ft. Myers, Fla. high school, David Bieber -- with his good looks, athletic abilities and nice car -- developed a love for bodybuilding and, with it, an appetite for steroids. A combination of steroids and a love triangle involving Bieber would lead to murder and ultimately turn Bieber into a wanted man on two continents.

Ashley Howes loves kids and she was excited about her first real babysitting job. But what happened that led the 13-year-old to be charged with second-degree murder for the death of 19-month-old Freya Garden?

Kent Heitholt, the popular sports editor of The Daily Tribune in Columbia, Mo., was found bludgeoned and strangled near his car on Halloween night 2001. Two years later, police received the tip they longed for in the notorious unsolved case: 19-year-old Charles "Chuck" Erickson was overheard admitting that he and his friend committed the crime. A close friend says Erickson told him he had a dream about the crime and his involvement. Did they really do it, or did Erickson just have a bad dream?

In 1994, 25-year-old Toni Dykstra of Los Angeles thought she had met Prince Charming in Carlo Ventre, a successful 46-year-old Italian who treated Toni and her young daughters as though they were his family. But, after Toni gave birth to their child, Santina, the relationship soured. Despite a court custody order, Carlo fled to Italy with Santina in January 1998. Even though Carlo had threatened her life, Toni went to Italy to get her baby. An Italian court ordered the baby returned to the U.S., but the day before she was to return home, Toni ended up dead in Carlo's apartment. Carlo claims he acted in self-defense when Toni attacked him, but did he kill her to keep his daughter?

By all appearances, Bob and Doris Angleton led a charmed life with their beautiful 12-year-old twin daughters in one of Houston's most affluent neighborhoods. Bob was a multi-millionaire and Doris a beloved, doting mother. But on an April evening in 1997, Bob and his daughters came home from a softball game and discovered Doris dead on the kitchen floor: shot 12 times in the head and chest. Police would soon learn that this was a family full of secrets -- illegal gambling, love affairs, incriminating tapes and a violent feud between brothers.

Gerold Dompig, deputy chief of police in Aruba and the man leading the investigation into the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, says he feels strongly that Holloway was not murdered, but probably died from complications involving alcohol and, possibly, drugs as well. D

Ever since honeymooner George Smith vanished under mysterious circumstances from the cruise ship Brilliance of the Seas, suspicion has been focused on four young men seen with Smith in the hours before he disappeared. Now, the father of one of those men -- Dr. Jerry Askin, father of Josh Askin, a college student from California -- is breaking his silence on the case in an exclusive interview with 48 HOURS MYSTERY. Dr. Askin was an eyewitness as his son and the others were interrogated by Turkish authorities. He shares details of his family's strange and frightening ordeal in an interview on 48 HOURS MYSTERY.

When Louisiana Tech University professor Stephanie Pepper Sims vanished in early January 2003, what did her husband David and her lover, Wayne Guidry, Jr., know about her disappearance?

A young dancer dreams of fame on Broadway. She becomes front page news when she's murdered. Correspondent is Erin Moriarty.

Randy Hardison was on the road to country music stardom, writing hit songs for big names such as Lee Ann Womack, Garth Brooks and Darryl Worley. But, as Hardison's star was rising, he was found lying in a pool of blood outside his Nashville apartment on June 1, 2002. Hardison had been assaulted and his skull had been fractured; three days later, he died. Who wanted to hurt or even kill Hardison?

Twenty-five-year-old Army Specialist Richard Davis survived the war in Iraq, only to vanish the day after he returned to the U.S. The Army listed Davis as absent without leave -- or AWOL -- but his father refused to believe it.

Carl "Charlie" Brandt was a mild-mannered man who lived what seemed to be a normal life in Big Pine Key, Fla. He was devoted to his wife of 17 years, Teri, and close to her family. So, when Hurricane Ivan threatened the Florida Keys in September 2004, the Brandts headed to the Orlando home of Teri's niece, Michelle Jones, a successful television executive at the Golf Channel. But, a few days after the Brandt's arrival, police made a horrific discovery at Michelle's home: Teri, stabbed repeatedly, was dead; Michelle was also dead and brutally dismembered; and Charlie had hanged himself in the garage.

On October 13, 2002, 18-year-old Jim Morel was entrusted with a horrific secret -- one that could send his best friends to prison for life. He shares his story of murder, morality and betrayal with correspondent Susan Spencer on 48 HOURS MYSTERY.

For years after his wife's murder in 1987, millionaire Jim Sullivan lived the good life. He was a social climber, romanced gorgeous women worldwide, and lived a life of luxury. Though authorities suspected Sullivan was involved in his wife's death, it seemed he was untouchable and that no one would be held accountable for the point-blank shooting of Lita Sullivan. That is, until 11 years later, in 1998, when a young woman came forward with shocking new information that would link Jim Sullivan to the crime.

On July 5, 2003, 37-year-old Sandra Rozzo of Pinnellas Park, Fla. was shot eight times at point-blank range while she sat defenseless in her car. According to police, Timothy "Tracy" Humphrey's name was the first to come up as a possible suspect. Humphrey proclaimed his innocence, but evidence would lead investigators to discover a twisted plot involving seduction, manipulation and murder on 48 HOURS MYSTERY.

Why would a 28-year-old man, described as sweet, kind and gentle, take a knife to his mother one morning in 2003 and stab her over 70 times? Jeremy Perkins, who had been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, came to believe that his mother, Elli, was evil and out to get him. Experts say the brutal murder might never have occurred had he received proper treatment to control his psychotic delusions. But Jeremy's parents were devout Scientologists -- a religion that strongly opposes psychiatric treatment. Did Elli Perkins' faith contribute to her death?

When Peter Porco, a popular 52-year-old lawyer from a sleepy American town, didn't show up for work on a Monday morning in November 2004, a court officer went to his upscale home to investigate. What the officer found was a bloodbath in the kitchen, the bathroom, and the family room. At the foot of the stairs was Porco's bludgeoned body -- the victim of a brutal murder.

An actress on CSI Miami crosses paths with a real life serial killer.

Two wealthy brothers -- two separate murders - one family's tragedy.

Perry March had the perfect life -- a successful lawyer living in the lap of luxury in sunny Mexico with his second wife, in a peaceful home, complete with a swimming pool where the kids liked to do cannonballs. March had only one problem - a determined cold case unit that wanted to know what happened to Janet March, Perry's first wife, who was reported missing in the summer of 1996, in their hometown of Nashville.

A golden boy becomes a killer -- a brain defect may be the reason.

Sabrina Gonsalves and John Riggins were both 18 years old in the summer of 1980, about to start college and in love. On Dec. 20 of that same year, the couple was brutally murdered, both with their throats cut, on a foggy night in their hometown of Davis, Calif., on their way to Gonsalves' sister's birthday party. Now, more than 25 years later, the birthday gift the couple had with them may help identify the killer.

Jennifer and Bart Corbin had a seemingly perfect life. Bart's successful dental practice afforded the couple a beautiful home in the Atlanta suburbs where they raised their two little boys. But one December morning in 2004, seven-year-old Dalton Corbin woke up to a living nightmare. He ran to his neighbor's house in his pajamas and told them his mother was dead. Correspondent Peter Van Sant examines how a suburban mom suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head and investigates her husband, a man who may have had something deadly to hide from his apparent charmed past. Van Sant also speaks exclusively to Jennifer's online lover - a person concealing a double identity.

Jarrod Davidson and Kelee Jones were college sweethearts. Within a year of meeting in chemistry class, they were moving in together, having a first baby, and planning a wedding. But the seemingly happy relationship ended in a bitter divorce and a nasty custody battle over the couple's daughter. On a July night in 2004, Jarrod was shot to death outside his Santa Barbara, Calif. apartment complex. Correspondent Maureen Maher follows the story as sheriff's deputies unravel a plot so bizarre that it puts three members of one family in prison - all in connection with a single murder.

Christie Wilson was a beautiful 27-year-old woman beloved by her family and friends. One October night in 2005, she spent six hours in a California casino gambling at the blackjack tables with a man she'd just met. Wilson left the casino that night with him and was never seen again. But the casino itself is outfitted with 700 cameras capturing movements of gamblers everywhere. Correspondent Erin Moriarty follows the story and examines the never publicly seen before videotape that may identify a killer.

Christa Worthington was a powerhouse in her fashion reporter career, even at the age of 26 when she landed an interview with industry icon Yves Saint Laurent. She later decided to slow down the pace of her life and settled on Cape Cod, where she happily became a single mom. So how did Worthington wind up stabbed to death in her kitchen on the all-American Cape while her two-year-old was in the house?

On December 10, 1996, fire raged through a home in an upscale Atlanta neighborhood. When firefighters extinguished the blaze, they found the body of 41-year-old David Coffin. Coffin's friends and family were grief-stricken, but their pain only deepened when authorities revealed that he was likely killed before the fire started. Correspondent Maureen Maher reports on the peculiar events surrounding Coffin's murder.

Newlyweds Heather and John Grossman were driving to lunch 10 years ago on a sunny Florida day when bullets suddenly pierced their vehicle. John survived the shooting but a bullet ripped a fist-sized hole in Heather's neck, severing her spinal cord leaving her a quadriplegic. Investigators found the shooter, Roger Runyon, who detailed how he used a long rifle to fire at the Grossmans. But investigators also uncovered three other men who allegedly conspired with Runyon. Yet investigators soon realized that the case against the group was missing one big piece -- the puppet master -- the person investigators believed to be responsible for planning the crime.

An aspiring Broadway dancer is murdered -- did her secrets contribute to her death?

The video diary, as well as interviews with McGuire and others associated with this bizarre case.

New Orleans was once known as a city with good beignets and great jazz, but since Hurricane Katrina, the Crescent City is gaining notoriety for its murder rate - the highest in the nation. Last year, 162 people were murdered in New Orleans. Police made arrests in a third of those cases, but as of today, there has been just one conviction. The New Orleans Police Department remains woefully understaffed and overwhelmed by the violence. "We're operating with nothing and trying to combat an escalating problem," police lieutenant Mike Glasser tells correspondent Erin Moriarty on 48 HOURS MYSTERY: "Storm of Murder."

The Whitakers were an all-American, God-loving family living in a tightly knit community outside of Houston, Texas, but their apparent happiness quickly turned into torment the day that the entire family of four was gunned down in its own home. Tricia Whitaker, a retired elementary school teacher, and her 19-year-old son, Kevin, died from their injuries. The investigation into their murders reveals an intricate plot and a ruthless conspiracy involving young men whom most people would never suspect of being part of anything so evil. Incredibly, one of those young men, the mastermind of the murders, turned out to be Bart Whitaker, the eldest son - who had himself been shot as part of the bizarre plot. Such a revelation would shatter any family and challenge even the most faithful. Kent Whitaker, the father, on the other hand, is a man of unshakeable religious faith and he has decided to defend the life of his attacker, the last living member of his family. "The first night in the hospital, I forgave everyone who was involved in this," remembers Whitaker as he reflects on the murder of his late wife and son. "It is a gift from God that allows me to do this. I think he gave me that gift so that when I found out that it was my son, that it would be a legitimate forgiveness." Whitaker hopes he can persuade the Texas jury to forgive his only living son, but first his son must convince that same jury that he is no longer a threat to anyone - inside or out of prison.

"I never in a million years thought it could have been Madeleine..It was just complete shock and complete horror that I might have seen Madeleine being abducted," says Jane Tanner in her first public interview.

A young marine drops dead -- NCIS says it's murder.

A seemingly perfect marriage goes up in smoke.

A college girl caught up in a gruesome murder case.

What turned a sweet, soft spoken wife and teacher into a killer?.

A couple's life is changed forever when their baby disappears from her crib.

A plastic surgeon's risky affair with a patient turns deadly.

Newlyweds are murdered. Now, 20 years later were the convicted men guilty?.

A Wall Street trader lives a secret life as a serial bank robber.

A letter written by a suspicious young mother helps solve her own murder.

Did a Hollywood actress' secret love diary lead to her murder?.

A reverend's wife is found dead. Was it suicide or was he playing God?.

Did a husband's obsession with his wife lead to his death?.

A mother disappears leaving behind a mystery that would take her daughter 30 years to solve.

Trapped inside a world of glamour, fitness and fury, a Vegas dancer.

New developments in the case of an American college girl facing murder charges in Italy.

A former child actor-turned cold-blooded killer commits a crime that horrifies even the toughest of cops. 

CBS News' 48 HOURS MYSTERY reveals that accused "Craigslist Killer" Philip Markoff posted profiles of himself on several adult alternative-lifestyle Web sites, expressing his interest in bondage, sadomasochism, homosexuality and in particular, his desire to be dominated.

A mother and her seven year old daughter are taken hostage, strapped with dynamite and forced to rob a bank.

Ted was the son of legendary gambling impresario Benny Binion, who founded the famous Horseshoe Casino. Ted was Sin City royalty, a charismatic and brilliant casino operator, but whose millions in gaming profits fed a darker side. The easy cash also allowed him to indulge his addiction to "chasing the dragon," smoking heroin. Paranoid about his wealth, he was known to have hid at least $7 million in a buried vault among other places and it is believed that millions have never been recovered.

David Swain speaks for the first time since he was charged with murder.

It's hard to say what's most horrifying about Jeff Wright's death - the fact that his wife Susan did it, that she stabbed him 193 times, or her claim that it was self-defense. During the sometimes theatrical 2004 trial, prosecutors went so far as to bring the couple's bed into court in order to paint Susan Wright, a former exotic dancer, as a cold-blooded killer who lured her husband to bed, tied him up, then brutally murdered him and dumped the body in a hole that he himself had dug for a home improvement project. Richard Schlesinger reports.

, "The Killing Game," as its season premiere on the CBS Television Network. Featuring Dow's exclusive interviews with Alcala's ex-girlfriend, girls Alcala had approached, investigators, and victims' family members, the season premiere will be presented by Harold's nephew, Jay Dow, a correspondent for WCBS in New York and a contributor for CBS News.

An LAPD cover-up keeps an innocent man in prison for 26 years.

Since the sudden death of his wife Kari in April 2006, Matt Baker has gone from grieving husband to a murder suspect maintaining his innocence to convicted killer. And it was his lover, Vanessa Bulls, who revealed the dark secrets that helped put him behind bars. With exclusive interviews, police videos and depositions.

A predator kills two girls and admits he would kill again.

The firsthand account of a young woman who came face-to-face with an infamous serial killer who earned his nickname by choosing victims along the railroad tracks. After being raped, beaten and stabbed, Holly Dunn somehow found the will to survive. Holly would learn that her attacker was responsible for a multi-state killing spree, often murdering people as they slept in their beds. The race was on to find him before he killed again. As his lone survivor, Holly sought justice for all of The Railroad Killer's victims, and dedicated her life to helping victims of sex crimes.

For 20-year-old Holly Dunn, Labor Day weekend 1997, marked the start of her junior year at the University of Kentucky - a semester that was full of possibilities. She belonged to a popular sorority and had recently started dating a young man named Chris Maier. On a late August night, the couple had left a party to take a midnight stroll under the stars to watch the passing trains, but as they were returning from their walk near the railroad tracks, a dark figure holding a sharp object suddenly emerged.

A young mother vanishes. Did one man's deception lead to murder?.

A beautiful girl who could charm anyone into doing anything..even murder?.

Two murders and the trail that leads from the Playboy Mansion to Wall Street.

When 15-year-old Shea McDonough went to sleep on July 29, 2007, little did she know that by morning's light she and her brave family would be regarded as heroes who would ultimately save lives and clear the name of an innocent man suspected of murder. Shea and her family recount their harrowing story of survival.

An investigation into the life of Col. Russell Williams, a Canadian Air Force commander who is suspected of murdering two women and sexually assaulting two others.

Correspondent Erin Moriarty reports on Gatti, the ultimate blood-and-guts warrior, who won three world titles, including welterweight champion. A multi-millionaire known for his legendary trilogy of fights with Mickey Ward, Gatti's professional fights were nothing compared to the shadows he faced outside the ring. Two years after retiring, did Gatti kill himself, or was it murder?.

Correspondent Peter Van Sant has covered this dramatic case through the years from Perugia, Italy, and has now followed Amanda and her family to Seattle. His report reveals details of the cruel manipulation and sexual intimidation Amanda endured while behind bars, in her own words, from a letter that she wrote. She said a high-ranking prison administrator ordered her into his office alone, at night, to talk about sex. Amanda eventually came to believe that the administrator's real motive was to intimidate her and provoke her to say something that would support the prosecution's theory that she really was a sex-crazed killer.

Multi-millionaire entrepreneur Bill McLaughlin was living the good life in Newport Beach, California, when he was shot dead in his home. This Saturday, 48 HOURS MYSTERY explores the deadly love triangle that may have led to the death of McLaughlin, a murder that rocked this wealthy and glamorous community more than 15 years ago. The broadcast will investigate the story behind McLaughlin's death, including the suspected roles played by his fiancée Nanette Johnston, and former NFL linebacker Eric Naposki, who speaks to 48 HOURS MYSTERY in his first on-camera interview. McLaughlin was a devoted father and family man, who, following a 1990 divorce, began seeing and ultimately became engaged to a much younger Nanette Johnston who was later discovered to have a habit of seeking out wealthy men to date. Following McLaughlin's death, Nanette was questioned by police, but she had an alibi. However, the would-be Orange County housewife had a shocking secret that would soon be revealed: her relationship with former NFL linebacker Eric Naposki, who had his own plans of marrying Nanette. But police never had enough to bring this case to justice. Now, finally, a family and a community will get the answers to who killed Bill McLaughlin.

Troy Roberts reports on the case of Pvt. John Needham, a decorated soldier who was Medivac-ed from Iraq and later diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Investigators say John beat his 19-year-old girlfriend to death with his bare hands - and while John took responsibility for Jacque's death, he remembers little of the crime, recognizing only that something inside him snapped. 48 HOURS MYSTERY explores the murder of Jacque Villagomez, as well as whether John's TBI and PTSD might have played a role in her death.

"For anyone who really believes, as you're supposed to believe in America, that you're innocent until you're proven guilty, please, take a look at the evidence, or in this case the absolute complete lack of evidence, and don't rush to judgment," he asks. "This is not CSI or Law and Order' or any of those shows where at the end we have a satisfying resolution. I doubt that there will ever be a satisfying resolution for this because the evidence is gone. Even if I do manage to get off, I don't know if Monica's killers will ever really be caught.".

Jamie, a graduate of the University of Michigan, moved to Phoenix and got a high-paying job in medical sales. When she joined a local university alumni group, Jamie fell for a handsome young member named Bryan Stewart. The couple dated for a year and lived together for two. Then Jamie went missing. While searching for her, detectives found evidence that Bryan had been lying to Jamie, and police, about who he is. Bryan is actually Rick Wayne Valentini. Ten years ago he changed his identity illegally, and moved from Michigan to Phoenix to "start over." But the life he left behind led detectives to suspect that Bryan is more than just a con man. In his only interview, the man who insists he is Bryan Stewart talks with 48 HOURS MYSTERY correspondent Erin Moriarty about changing his name, his relationship with Jamie and his claim that he helped her disappear. The broadcast also features exclusive interviews with Jamie's family and friends, Bryan's aunt and daughter, and lead investigators in the case.

The family of Sherri Rae Rasmussen, who was murdered in 1986, is calling for a probe into the Los Angeles Police Department's original investigation.

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2009, Randone summoned police because Tang wasn't breathing. He maintained she overdosed on the drug GHB, which they both took before going to bed. However, police didn't buy the story.

"The day we found Mackenzie and we saw how brutally she had been murdered, we knew we were in for one tough investigation," Detective John Kruse tells Peter Van Sant.

48 HOURS investigates Patterson's murder and follows the task force of FBI, U.S. Marshals and New Jersey Department of Corrections officers on the most intense manhunt of their careers. It's a story that spans five decades, involves a stunning airplane hijacking, covers three continents and touches multiple generations of one family shattered by the brutal murder.

"What does a mother do when she's seen her daughter in a pool of blood,"

David Ditto repeatedly told police that night that Karina's injuries were because of the fall, nothing else. "I heard the cat screech at the top of the stairs and I heard a horrible falling down the stairs," he tells 48 HOURS Correspondent Maureen Maher.. "And I jumped up and ran over, and found Karina laying at the foot of the stairs. She wasn't moving - wasn't talking.".

Troy Roberts and the 48 HOURS team report on the murder of Novack. The broadcast includes the first interview with Rebecca Bliss, who carried on an 18-month affair with Novack while he was married to Narcy Novack.

"Somebody broke into our house last night.. I don't know who it was, but they killed everybody here except my sister, my brother and me," Matthew says in in the 911 call. "I hear a couple of gunshots going through and some glass breaking and my grandma screaming that she's dying.".

Erin Moriarty and the 48 HOURS team go inside the investigation of what authorities say was the oldest cold case ever to be prosecuted in United States history.

Troy Roberts and the 48 HOURS team report on the murder of a Florida father in a story that pits family members against each other and reveals a woman who has been harboring secret about what happened.

Richard Schlesinger and 48 HOURS investigate the death of Angel Downs, a beautiful real estate agent who was found face up in front of her home dead from a shot to the head.

CBS News' 48 HOURS reports on a Miami murder for money case hatched by a gang of bumbling bodybuilders so unusual that Hollywood decided to make a movie about.

Richard Schlesinger and 48 HOURS investigate the disappearance of the wife of a celebrated top chef and what ultimately drove him to dive off a California cliff.

For six months, 48 HOURS Correspondent Maureen Maher and CBS News Correspondent Armen Keteyian have been investigating what's driving the murder rate in Chicago and claiming the lives of young people like Pendleton. Maher and Keteyian's reporting reveals a deadly link between street violence and drug trafficking in the city and in the suburbs.

A key witness in the murder case against Arizona stockbroker Steven DeMocker speaks out on network television for the first time.

A heartbroken mother launches a one-woman psychological warfare campaign to taunt her daughter's alleged killer - but can she get him to crack? Peter Van Sant investigates.

Identical twin brothers are suspected of committing a murder after studying a crime show on TV.

After 25 years, has the Alachua County Sheriff's Office solved one of Florida's biggest mysteries - what happened to Tiffany Sessions? Tracy Smith and 48 HOURS investigate the disappearance of the college student and the search for Sessions.

Now facing a third murder trial for Michele's death, Harris sits for his first-ever television interview and talks with 48 HOURS' Erin Moriarty in "The Trials of Cal Harris".

Is Olympic star Oscar Pistorius a cold-blooded killer, or was the shooting death of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the middle of the night an accident? With the sprinter's fate resting in the hands of a South African court, 48 HOURS examines the emotional drama at the heart of the case.

Did a Wall Street millionaire shoot himself, or was he murdered in his 50,000-square-foot home in Costa Rica? Susan Spencer and 48 HOURS head to the rainforest to investigate what happened to John Bender.

Richard Schlesinger and 48 HOURS investigate the case of the gun that shot twice and the woman allegedly pulling the trigger.

The family of 15-year-old John McCabe work tirelessly to find out how and why he was murdered in 1969.

Correspondent Maureen Maher and 48 HOURS investigate the death of Brada and how attending meetings that would change her life ultimately led to the end of her life.

Richard Schlesinger and 48 HOURS investigate the death of Rachel Winkler, a married mother of three, found stabbed in her home after her husband, Todd Winkler, called a friend to say she was dead.

Doan, then just 10 years old, played dead before making a chilling call to 911, telling the operator, "There was a shoot-out in my house and I don't know who's dead. And I'm scared half to death." She survived the vicious attack that destroyed her family and recounts that night and her recovery in 48 HOURS: LIVE TO TELL: "Sole Survivor.

A California couple is shot dead, a daughter's body found burned in a wheelbarrow - after seven years investigators think they have solved the case, but a courtroom bombshell changes everything.

Maureen Maher and 48 HOURS investigate the fatal heroin overdose of a Google executive and the young woman charged with killing him.

Troy Roberts and 48 HOURS investigate the twisted relationship between millionaire health supplement distributor and a wannabe rock 'n roller, Dino Guglielmelli, his model wife, Monica Olsen, and the presumed hit man who came into the picture, Richard Fuhrmann.

Tracy Smith and 48 HOURS investigate the disappearance of Warner and the unusual path Castellano took to tell his story.

Troy Roberts and 48 HOURS investigate the events leading to the death of University of New Hampshire sophomore Lizzi Marriott. It's a case that explores the sinister side of BDSM - bondage and sadomasochism. It exposes a man who fantasized about murder and looks at the teenager who got caught up in his world for just one night.

Troy Roberts and 48 HOURS investigate the death of Bethany Deaton. The story behind Deaton's death includes a fundamental Christian religious group some likened to a cult, a dream marriage to the group's leader that quickly turned into a nightmare, and the quest by a family to find out exactly why their daughter was gone.

Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate the case against Melissa Calusinski, who was charged and convicted of killing a 16-month-old boy in her care at a suburban Chicago child care center in 2009.

Maureen Maher and 48 HOURS investigate the murder of Aspen socialite and ski resort heiress Nancy Pfister and the quest to find her killer.

Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS have new details in the investigation of the murder of Berman and the unsolved disappearance of Kathie Durst.

Harold Henthorn has lost two wives in unusual accidents. Does Henthorn have horrible luck, or is there something more going on behind the deaths?

Local police investigated, and four days after Ashley Fallis died, the coroner ruled it a suicide. 48 HOURS and Erin Moriarty initiated its own investigation using high-tech forensic animation that may explain what happened.

Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate the case against Curry for the murder of his Orange County, California, wife.

Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the death of Robert Cline and the case against Anita Smithey.

Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the death of Kelly Brennan and Trott's unusual dream-turned-nightmare.

Susan Spencer and 48 HOURS investigate the death of von Schwedler in 2011, her son's efforts to prove Wall killed her, and the court case against Johnny Wall.

Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the murder of Janet Walsh and the search for her killer.

Susan Spencer and 48 HOURS investigate the tragic disappearance of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham and the tireless police work that linked her alleged killer to other cases.

Susan Spencer and 48 HOURS investigate the tragic disappearance of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham and the tireless police work that linked her alleged killer to other cases.

When a doctor is charged with killing his wife, their daughter's 9-1-1 call becomes important to the case.

Family members believe a young man's fascination with the a notorious Menendez brothers murder case led him to allegedly shoot his parents.

A beautiful mom is murdered while her West Point grad husband was at work. Was someone stalking women in Las Vegas? Peter Van Sant investigates.

A bounty hunter searches for a young army combat medic who went missing after a night out at a local bar.

A woman stands a second trial for killing her husband, claiming it was an accident after the two of them re-enacted a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

Terrorist attacks on Paris

Police in Denver think Kurt Sonnenfeld murdered his wife, Nancy, but he insists that she committed suicide.

A woman seeks closure by speaking with her sister and brother-in-law's killer more than 20 years after their deaths.

Dorothy Lee Barnett on how she fled the United States with her daughter, eluding the FBI for two decades.

Is Mechele Linehan a conniving ex-stripper who should be in jail for murder, or was she unfairly targeted by police because of a past life?

Eighteen years after a California woman was kidnapped, assaulted and left for dead, DNA evidence leads to the arrest of an actor and his high school friend.

A Texas town on edge -- someone was killing prosecutors. Was it a gang hit or could the killer be one of their own? Richard Schlesinger investigates.

What happens when a former hard-charging prosecutor is prosecuted in his old courtroom? "48 Hours"' Maureen Maher investigates.

Yancy Noll, a well-liked Seattle wine steward, left work one evening in 2012 and headed home. Ten minutes later, he was dead. Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the death of Noll and the trail that would lead police to an unlikely suspect in "A Student of Murder".

A couple's mountain hike turns deadly. The girlfriend had a haunting premonition -- did she predict her own murder? "48 Hours'" Peter Van Sant investigates.

A popular football coach is serving life for killing his pregnant wife -- was evidence hidden that could set him free? "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger investigates.

An elite FBI agent shoots his estranged wife after he says she came after him with a knife -- was it self-defense or murder? "48 Hours" correspondent Susan Spencer investigates

Three friends, all with big futures ahead of them, headed to a tiny studio apartment near Washington D.C. after a night of barhopping. Sometime afterwards, one of them was butchered with a knife. The two survivors then told police they don't know what happened.

A successful young attorney is gunned down in his own home. The shooter? His on-again, off-again girlfriend, a beautiful, young graduate student. She says it was self-defense. Police say it was something else.At the time of his death, Poston was a 29-year-old self-employed lawyer with a promising future ahead of him. Hubers, too, was "very, very, bright," according to Highland Heights, Kentucky Police Chief Bill Birkenhauer."When he walked into a room, he immediately demanded attention," says Poston's friend, Allie Wagner. "And he got it. He was a very good-looking guy and he had a very big heart."What is certain is Hubers shot Poston. She admitted she shot him the moment she dialed 9-1-1. But what led to the shooting, however, is where the story takes unexpected turns. After the incident, Hubers was taken to police headquarters. There, she told police she wanted a lawyer but then, unexpectedly, she began talking on and off for more than two-and-half-hours with a police camera rolling. Hubers also danced, sang and snapped her fingers humming, "I did it! Yes, I did it." Portions of the video will be broadcast by 48 HOURS.

A successful young attorney is gunned down in his own home. The shooter? His on-again, off-again girlfriend, a beautiful, young graduate student. She says it was self-defense. Police say it was something else.

Richard Schlesinger and 48 HOURS investigate the unsolved case of the two murders, the incredible similarities in the two killings and the new technology that would lead police to investigate one of their own.

A young wife shot dead -- her soldier husband pulled the trigger. Was it an accident or murder?

Olympic hero Dave Laut shot six times -- his wife pulled the trigger. Was it murder or self-defense? In her first TV interview, Jane Laut tells Erin Moriarty she's been hiding a secret.

What are the rules in the war on terror for America's spymasters? Will the next president bring back waterboarding as an "enhanced interrogation technique?" The broadcast network premiere of 48 HOURS PRESENTS: "The Spymasters – CIA in the Crosshairs" raises those questions and more as it takes viewers inside the inner workings of the CIA through the eyes of all 12 living directors of the agency. The directors talk openly about tough calls they've had to make, the controversies they have faced and what it takes to be a master spy.

After nine years and four trials, has the search for what happened to Michele Harris and the case against her estranged husband Cal Harris come to a close? Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS report the latest in the case in an updated edition of "Cal Harris: The Final Verdict".

Coverage of the aftermath of the police shootings in Dallas that left five law enforcement officers dead and several injured.

A New York dentist denies killing his lover's husband -- who was also his best friend.

Killer App tells the story of two families whose daughters got involved in online relationships that became a matter of life or death. It's a story that will resonate with millennials, teenagers and parents, who, thanks to so-called "parent proof" platforms, often don't know what their kids are doing on their phones, laptops, tablets or computers until something goes terribly wrong.

When an elderly millionaire is found dead in a freezer, her decades-younger companion is brought up on murder charges; the movie inspired by the story, ``Bernie.''

A young woman is murdered, police thought her killer was on the run ... or was he? Correspondent Tracy Smith investigates.

Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate a Texas-sized case of love, infidelity, rage and possibly murder.

The case of Shelley Mook, a young mother and Tennessee school teacher who mysteriously vanished after visiting her ex-husband, is examined.

48 HOURS goes inside the missing persons investigation and the stunning revelations her alleged captor, Todd Kohlhepp, 45 year old real estate broker, made to police in "Buried Truth."

Authorities in Colorado race to catch a serial rapist before he attacks again.

When a 17-year-old girl breaks up with her abusive boyfriend, he snaps and breaks into her bedroom to attack her.

48 Hours takes viewers inside international basketball star-turned-tech entrepreneur, Sebastien Bellin's, remarkable eight-month journey of recovery after being nearly killed in the March terrorist attacks in Brussels, in a special Live to Tell: The Long Road Home.

Jacob Nolan, a young man who claims his psychiatrist manipulated him into trying to kill her ex-lover, speaks out.

A day care worker says she loved kids, yet she's in prison for killing one. If she didn't do it, why did she confess? "48 Hours"' Erin Moriarty has the latest in the Melissa Calusinski case.

A stepfather sits in prison for killing his wife. Her daughters vow to keep him there. Does he deserve parole? Correspondent Tracy Smith investigates.

Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS take viewers deep inside the investigation into a hard-to-close murder case, and those investigators ask for help from the audience in "Solve This Case: Who Killed Kay Wenal?"

It's a case that raises questions about the investigation process, about the technology used decades ago, and about how two men can be convicted of a crime when the initial DNA evidence excluded them. Moreover, it's a case that looks at how a new way to examine DNA evidence has the potential to change the outcome in thousands of cases nationwide.

Who killed a Las Vegas mob boss's daughter? Could the answers be in an unprecedented interview with millionaire Robert Durst? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.

The investigation into the murder of a beloved Florida doctor reveals his dark, secret past.

A Florida doctor is brutally murdered. Her husband has an airtight alibi, but police travel 1,100 miles for a suspect that looks exactly like him. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.

Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate multiple terrifying cases of stalking and the efforts driven by Pauley Perrette, star of CBS' NCIS, to change laws that she says are outdated or ineffective.

Singer Christina Grimmie was killed by a stalker and Ivanka Trump has been stalked, too; now, an "NCIS" star is trying to change stalking laws. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.

A woman spends almost two decades searching for the man who kidnapped her from her bedroom and left her for dead when she was 8 years old.

Maureen Maher and 48 HOURS investigate the death of Cory and interview Curtis about the murder case against him.

A popular football coach convicted of murder gets a chance at freedom -- can evidence withheld from his trial prove him innocent? "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger investigates.

A brutal murder - police have DNA evidence, but can't match a killer - so how did a public DNA database lead police to suspect a filmmaker of murder? Anne-Marie Green investigates.

Comedian Patton Oswalt opens up in his first television interview about his late wife's quest to find the elusive criminal who terrorized Californians by committing 50 rapes and a dozen murders.

The investigation into a cult that originated in Australia and ended up in New York reveals allegations of stolen children, drug use, abuse and a leader who claimed to be the second coming of Christ.

The investigation into two double murders committed five years apart leads police to a famous hospital and an unlikely suspect.

In 1976, a gunman dressed in black murders two people and wounds two more in the Texas mansion belonging to one of the victims.

Did fashion icon Gianni Versace know his killer? A "48 Hours" investigation into the killing spree that ended his life in Miami 20 years ago. Richard Schlesinger reports.

In her first television interview, Lynn Roy opens up about the death of her son, Conrad Roy III, and the groundbreaking case against Michelle Carter, who prosecutors say caused Roy to kill himself in text messages.

The rescue of a woman found chained in a storage container leads investigators to discover the other crimes of the serial killer who held her captive.

48 HOURS kicks off its 30th anniversary season with a Saturday night double feature of all new back-to-back editions, Sept. 30, on the CBS Television Network. At 10:00 PM, Erin Moriarty investigates the case against Raynella Leath, a Tennessee woman with two dead husbands -who both died under strange circumstances - and the stunning outcome, in the season premiere of 48 HOURS, "The Widow on Solway Road." Leading into the season premiere, CBS News Special Correspondent James Brown tackles the impact of the O.J Simpson murder trial and how it reverberates throughout the country today, in "O.J. Simpson: Endgame".

48 HOURS kicks off its 30th anniversary season with a Saturday night double feature of all new back-to-back editions, Sept. 30, on the CBS Television Network. At 10:00 PM, Erin Moriarty investigates the case against Raynella Leath, a Tennessee woman with two dead husbands -who both died under strange circumstances - and the stunning outcome, in the season premiere of 48 HOURS, "The Widow on Solway Road." Leading into the season premiere, CBS News Special Correspondent James Brown tackles the impact of the O.J Simpson murder trial and how it reverberates throughout the country today, in "O.J. Simpson: Endgame".

A daughter hears her father's last words – he was a former NYPD officer and bodyguard to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt – can she help put her dad's killer in prison? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.

Moataz Azzeh, a decorated former U.S. army soldier who pretended to take on a hit job for two Houston area doctors in a murder-for-hire plot, speaks out about the shocking case for the first time ever.

Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the search for a fugitive, the man who hunted her down and a daughter's desperate search for answers to her mother's disappearance.

48 HOURS gained unprecedented access inside the command center in Baytown, Texas, a suburb of Houston, as investigators searched for a beautiful young mother reported missing just before Hurricane Harvey hit.

Did being on camera for a true-crime television show influence the way an Atlanta detective investigated an alleged rape and murder? Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate what impact that TV show may have had into the search for clues in the death of a Marietta, Ga. man and the murder case against the woman who shot him dead.

A father dreams his daughter has been killed, then later she disappears. What does her boyfriend know and could the dad's nightmare have been real? "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.

A woman accused of killing her husband in 2007 flees to her homeland, Brazil, where Brazilian law prevents its citizens from being extradited.

Accused of murder, a young woman's life hangs in the balance. "48 Hours" goes behind the scenes with her lawyer and a forensic animator -- can they save her? CBS News correspondent Tracy Smith investigates.

In his first interview ever, a retired Texas United Parcel Service driver reveals to 48 Hours that he unwittingly delivered large boxes of military grade guns and ammunition to Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh in the months and weeks before the siege that would capture the attention of the world in 1993. Now, as the 25th anniversary of the standoff nears, Peter Van Sant and 48 Hours investigate the cult and what led to a deadly 51-day siege in Secrets of Waco.

As California's wine country begins to rebuild after wildfires that tore through it last fall, Tracy Smith and 48 HOURS investigate the unlikely showdown between Tawfilis and Dahl that gripped the region three years ago.

Best-selling author James Patterson investigates the life and death of convicted murderer and former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.

Nearly 60 years after Irene Garza disappeared after going to confession on Easter weekend, the priest accused of murdering her goes on trial - but is it too late? Richard Schlesinger and 48 HOURS report on the case against Father John Feit, the last man believed to have seen Garza alive.

Nearly four decades after the unexplained drowning death of Hollywood star Natalie Wood, Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators speak for the first time and tell 48 HOURS that her then-husband, actor Robert Wagner, is now a person of interest. Investigators want to speak with Wagner about the circumstances surrounding her death that night in 1981, they say in interviews for 48 HOURS.

A photographer who was on "The Dating Game" became one of the nation's deadliest serial killers -- eight years after "48 Hours"' first report, new victims emerge.

She was 19 with an allegedly abusive boyfriend – did he make her an unwitting accomplice to murder? CBS News' Jim Axelrod investigates.

A famed Los Angeles hairstylist is killed in his backyard - was it a robbery gone wrong by thugs called the knock-knock burglars or a twisted plot no one could believe?

An Oregon man accused of pushing his fiancée off a steep cliff during a hike nine years ago tells Peter Van Sant what may have happened that fateful day, in an unusual interview for 48 HOURS:

A suspect in a murder swears he didn't do it – can his Fitbit prove he's innocent? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.

Alyssa Beck was a 15-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., runaway looking for a way out of her family home. She ran right into the hands of a violent sex trafficking group. Beck reveals her fight for survival and the horrors she faced.

Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate Marsha's disappearance and the murder case against her husband in "Missing Marsha". It's a case 48 HOURS has been working on for five years, and it raises questions about the challenges prosecutors often face when someone vanishes without a trace. It also includes a stunning ending that nobody - including prosecutors - saw coming.

Richard Schlesinger and 48 HOURS investigate the disappearance of Etan Patz and the case against Pedro Hernandez, the man charged in 2012 with killing him.

Two witnesses who watched as a woman was gunned down in her Florida home by a mysterious clown speak out for the first time on network television.

A wealthy labor lawyer shoots his high profile wife from the backseat of a car -- was it an accident or just plain murder? "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.

Did she really try to kill herself, or did her husband want her dead? Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate that fateful night, Mead's road to recovery and the police search into what happened.

Who wanted Wright dead, and how does a beloved basketball player's life end that way? CBS News special correspondent James Brown and 48 HOURS investigate the life and death of Wright and the hunt to find out what happened that night.

Jim Axelrod and 48 HOURS investigate the murder of Jennifer Harris and the search for clues to what happened to her. One of the coldest investigations in Fannin County, Texas, with only a couple of initial suspects and no arrests, the case has hung over the town of Bonham since she was killed.

"48 Hours" explores the alarming world of murder-for-hire on the mysterious dark web and exposes an international criminal organization in a hunt for a self-described murder mastermind simply named Yura.

A wealthy Hollywood producer is accused of the brutal murder of his girlfriend. Was he following the plot of his frightening novel? Correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.

A family man targeted for death lives to climb out of his own "grave." Who wanted him dead? "48 Hours" goes inside the sting that took down a hit man-for-hire scheme. Correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.

Richard Schlesinger and 48 HOURS go deep into the swamps of Florida for the strange case of a missing duck hunter, who is said to have been eaten by alligators nearly two decades ago, and the investigation that led police elsewhere.

The parents of Blaze Bernstein, a brilliant Ivy League student allegedly murdered because he was gay and Jewish, talk with 48 HOURS in their first primetime interview about the loss of their son, the neo-Nazi hate group that may have fueled anger in his alleged killer, and what they're doing to move forward. Tracy Smith sits down with Bernstein's parents.

When a man goes missing, his friends turn to social media to track his final hours. What they learn is horrific. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates.

More than four years after radio legend Casey Kasem died, his wife, Jean Kasem, reveals for the first time her version of her husband's final days; levels allegations of murder in a lawsuit; and discusses a heated family feud.

48 HOURS brings viewers a story of dedicated parents and their struggle to restore their son's reputation after he was shot dead by a police officer.

48 HOURS and Jim Axelrod reveal new information about the more-than-two-decade search for what happened to Iowa television anchor Jodi Huisentruit,

A Texas man targeted by a hitman who killed two members of his family fights for the life of the person who ordered the murders - his son - in an updated encore of 48 HOURS: "Sugar Land: Life or Death".

48 Hours goes inside the Closs case, the extraordinary stories of other children found, and the the heartache of families with children still missing.

Can a driven detective and cutting-edge technology solve a nearly three-decade-old double murder? 48 HOURS and correspondent Richard Schlesinger go inside the investigation into the murders of two beloved grandmothers.

Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate the controversial murder case against California death row inmate Kevin Cooper and explore whether new DNA technology can spare his life.

Nearly 20 years ago a death row inmate wrote to "48 Hours" that he was framed for the murder of four people. Was evidence planted? New DNA tests could answer that question.

For the first time, some of the hostages reveal the chilling hours they spent fearing for their lives while being held inside a Los Angeles grocery store in 48 HOURS: "Live to Tell: Standoff at Trader Joe's."

Could a new California law free a teenage killer convicted as an adult for the brutal double homicide of an elderly couple? Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate the murders, the case against Daniel Marsh, and the new law.

A 48 HOURS investigation into the mysterious circumstances surrounding a young mother and her daughter found dead along railroad tracks in South Carolina has helped lead police to reopen the case. Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the 2008 death of Kadie Major and her 10-month-old daughter River Lynn and the search for what happened.

The prime suspect in the murder of an American teacher while living in Seoul, South Korea, in 1988 speaks publicly about the case for the first time in 30 years.

Maureen Maher and 48 HOURS investigate the deaths of Kathy Blair and Billie and Sidney Shelton and the search for answers.

Could a teenager be brainwashed by one parent to help murder the other parent -- and then make it look like a suicide? "48 Hours"' Erin Moriarty investigates.

Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the death of a decorated Marine colonel in Iraq and his wife's decade-long quest to get it labeled a homicide.

Texas judge Julie Kocurek was shot multiple times, by an unknown man, in front of her teenage son, in the driveway of their home. She survived and shares her emotional story and her work to stop others from being targeted.

In her first American television interview, the sister of an Irish businessman who was murdered in Winston-Salem, N.C., speaks out to defend his honor.

Without question, the death by suicide of 16-year-old Utah teen Jchandra Brown on May 5, 2017 was a tragedy. But was how it happened a crime? David Begnaud and 48 Hours investigate the death of Brown and the search to find out what really happened to her in "A Death in Payson Canyon".

Enrico Forti, a former windsurfing champion and Italian television producer who had contracts with ESPN, sits in a Florida prison serving out a life sentence for a murder he says he didn't commit. Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS meet Forti and follow the trail of evidence all the way to Europe to investigate.

Tracy Smith and 48 HOURS take viewers deep inside the investigation into the search for a multimillionaire real estate investor accused of killing his wife and staging a kidnapping plot, in "#FindPeterChadwick" to be broadcast Saturday, May 11 (10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate the murder of DelTondo and the search for her killer in "What Happened to Rachael?" to be broadcast Saturday, May 18 (10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

America's #1 Saturday night true-crime series, kicks off its new season with a special two-hour investigation of Michael Gargiulo, the serial killer known as "The Hollywood Ripper".

The parents of former high school cheerleader Brooke Skylar Richardson, who was tried for the death of her newborn child, speak to 48 HOURS in their first televised interview.

Correspondent Nikki Battiste and 48 HOURS take viewers inside the investigation to find out what happened to Berreth and piece together the twisted love triangle that prosecutors say led to the death of the 29-year-old mother.

Abducted by masked gunmen and buried alive in a truck trailer underground, 26 innocent school children spent 28 hours held hostage in the dark before they made a harrowing escape. This week, as their convicted captor faced a parole board, some of the survivors of that 1976 kidnapping share their emotional, heart-wrenching stories and their journey.

Solving the murder of Heather Bogle: After a young mother is found murdered in the trunk of her car, a detective doggedly pursues the wrong suspects. It would take a dedicated sheriff to find a real suspect. Were there other victims?

The wife of a NYC businessman is suspected of murdering him with help from her brother -- why would she want him dead and why did it take more than two decades to crack the case?Correspondent Richard Schlesinger and 48 HOURS go inside the riveting real-life murder mystery behind the death of Pilmar and the search for answers.

A young woman vanished after a night out in Milwaukee in October 2013. Did a meeting set up on a dating app lead to the disappearance or was it someone she knew? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

A brutal murder and police have DNA evidence — could a discarded cigarette lead investigators to a possible killer and close a case two decades later? CBS News correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports.

A woman repeatedly threatened to kill her ex. She enlisted her father to help make good on her promise. Why couldn't anyone stop her? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

An inside look at the startling evidence that helped convict against Colorado man Patrick Frazee for the murder of his fianceé. CBS News correspondent Nikki Battiste reports.

How a bakery worker's secret plan to recover DNA from a discarded Coke can helped investigators solve the cold case of a college student murdered over Thanksgiving weekend. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

A California police officer shot dead in his home -- his ex-wife admits she pulled the trigger. Did a photo posted on social media lead to the officer's death? 48 Hours' correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

Chacey Poynter, a Texas woman convicted in the 2016 murder of her husband, University Park Fire Department Captain Robert Poynter, tells her story for the first time about what happened the night he died, in an interview with Peter Van Sant.

Jessi Toronjo was just 9 years old when she returned from a sleepover at a friend's house to find out her mother, stepfather and two sisters were murdered. More than three decades later, Toronjo shares her emotional story of the search for her family's killer and putting her life back together.

Linda Stermer, a Michigan woman accused of setting a fire to her family home and murdering her husband, speaks out for the first time.

A young woman claims she was attacked by an ex-boyfriend who carved the word boy into her arm. But the crime scene tells a different story. CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas reports.

Did a Florida man hire a look-a-like to kill his wife? A GPS leads police right to the hitman's door. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. 

Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS go inside the investigation of what happened leading up to Harwick's death, and talk with those who were closest to her in the final weeks of her life.

A teenager learns she's the target of a hit ordered on the dark web. "48 Hours"' Peter Van Sant goes on a global manhunt to find Yura, the shadowy figure behind murder-for-hire sites.

48 HOURS will give viewers a rare look inside a murder case where virtually everything, from the first moments of the investigation through the verdict, are captured on camera.

48 HOURS and correspondent Jim Axelrod explore the best and worst of the human experience in an unusual take on the true-crime genre.

A man on death row says his blood was planted at the crime scene. Will an empty vial help his case? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate a double homicide that captured the nation in 1892, and take a fresh look at a very cold case that turns up surprising results.

Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the attack, the police investigation and the case against Mike Reuschel in "Reuschel vs. Reuschel." 

Three women who were attacked by the notorious serial killer Ted Bundy reveal their terrifying stories of that night, their healing and hope in 48 HOURS. 

Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS take a deep look into the case in "Crosley Green's Hard Time" to be broadcast Saturday, April 18 (10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. It's a case that Moriarty has been covering for two decades and involves serious questions about whether Green was convicted on what his attorneys have referred to in court documents as a racial hoax.

In her first report for 48 HOURS, CBS News contributor Maria Elena Salinas investigates the death of the student and the search for her killer.

Maureen Maher and 48 HOURS investigate the strange case of the missing teenager, the police investigation years later, and a woman in Arizona who claimed to be her.

Correspondent Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS get the first look at never-before-released evidence from the FBI's effort to identify victims of a notorious serial killer.

In their first network television interview, the sister and mother of Lori Vallow Daybell defend the Idaho mother and speak out to CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti about the disappearance of her children.

A California man shot dead in his home — his ex-wife admits she pulled the trigger. Did a photo posted on social media lead to the man's death? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

A woman tells first responders that she shot her boyfriend accidentally and police claim she confessed to murder at the station in a recorded interview, but the tape is impossible to hear due to a feedback hum.

The investigation into the murder of a successful Orlando businesswoman found dead in her bathtub reveals an out-of-control home renovation — and her husband's apparent secret life.

Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS provide the first in-depth look into the death of a beloved college cheerleader and the case against her boyfriend Mark Howerton.

Correspondent Jim Axelrod and 48 HOURS investigate the strange death of Amy Mullis and the case against her husband Todd Mullis.

CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti and 48 HOURS take viewers inside the investigation into the heartbreaking national search for two missing children.

A mother fights for the truth behind her son's killing – captured on video. Ahmaud Arbery was jogging when he was chased and shot. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports.

Jennifer Kesse was a successful young woman with a good job and a loving boyfriend when she simply vanished from her Orlando, Fla., condominium. It's been more than 14 years since she was last seen. Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the disappearance of the 24-year-old, raise new theories and go inside her parents' search for answers.

Now, for the first time, the "other woman" in that love triangle speaks to 48 HOURS.

Jamie Yuccas and 48 HOURS investigate what happened that night and take viewers inside the unrelenting efforts by police to solve the case.

Opponents feared boxer Christy Martin in the ring. However, it was at home where Martin fought her biggest battle - the one for her life. Now, Martin is speaking out for other victims of domestic abuse.

To some, Nicole ("Nikki") Addimando is a young mother who shot her abusive partner in self-defense when she feared he would take her life. To others, she is a murderer who took the life of Chris Grover, a father and popular gymnastics coach in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Now, 48 HOURS and correspondent Jericka Duncan investigate their relationship and the night Grover died in "The Case Against Nicole Addimando."

Jonathan Vigliotti and 48 HOURS report on the podcast, the investigation and try to get answers from the prime suspect.

Megan Waterman was one of the first victims of the Long Island serial killer found by police. In December of 2010, four women - aged 22 to 27, similar in height, weight, hair and eye color - were found dead along a stretch of Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach on Long Island, N.Y. They became known as the "Gilgo Four." Now, a decade after Megan Waterman's body was found, her teenage daughter talks for the first time on television with 48 HOURS correspondent Erin Moriarty.

Tara Grinstead was a teacher and former beauty queen when she disappeared in October 2005. But nearly 12 years would pass before investigators finally learned what happened - and now recent revelations indicate local law enforcement and state investigators may have been able to solve the case soon after she vanished. Correspondent Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the young woman's disappearance and the quest for answers.

Correspondent Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the death of a young Mississippi man and new information uncovered by 48 HOURS that gives his family hope in their search for justice.

After a chance encounter at a bar a college student is murdered. Was it because she resembled the killer's ex? CBS News chief investigative and senior national correspondent Jim Axelrod reports in an all-new "48 Hours" airing Saturday, January 16 at 10/9c on CBS.

A young mother was found murdered in an Alabama river in 1990. Nearly 30 years later, the man long suspected as her killer was arrested. But just before trial, a confession turned the case upside down. Now, in her first television interview, the woman who changed the case speaks to 48 HOURS.

Debbie Boyd spent an agonizing 15 years wondering where convicted killer Mario Garcia hid the body of her murdered daughter Christie Wilson. Through sheer will and wit, and the help of two determined investigators, she finally got her answer. Correspondent Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS explore Boyd's journey on "The Search for Christie Wilson".

Michelle Troconis has been dubbed "the other woman" in a headline-making story about a Connecticut mother of five, Jennifer Dulos, who vanished and is believed to have been killed by her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos. He was charged with murder, but died by suicide weeks after his arrest leaving Troconis the focus of the investigation, as she faces multiple charges in Jennifer Dulos' presumed murder. Now, in their first interview, Troconis' family members defend her in 48 HOURS: "What Does The Other Woman Know? 

A judge's son is gunned down by a man delivering a package. 2,800 miles away, an eerily similar crime — this time the target is a lawyer. Who is behind the killings? CBS News correspondent Tracy Smith reports for "48 Hours".

Thirteen years after a child is abducted, investigators have a credible suspect. Is the puzzle of what happened to her complete? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.

College student Aniah Blanchard had a deep fear of being kidnapped. When she disappears, UFC fighter Walt Harris battles for justice for his stepdaughter. CBS News special correspondent James Brown reports for "48 Hours."

Could an item found in the medicine cabinets of millions of Americans have played a role in the death of a well-liked millionaire? Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the death of businessman Steve Clayton and the case against his wife Lana Clayton.

Correspondent Richard Schlesinger and 48 HOURS investigate the disappearance of Jonelle and how more than three decades later, one-time Idaho gubernatorial candidate Steven Dana Pankey became a person of interest in the case in "The Kidnapping of Jonelle Matthews".

Correspondent Maureen Maher and 48 HOURS investigate the night West died and her life. The broadcast also features the first television interview with Lauren Kwei, a paramedic in New York City who made headlines when a newspaper exposed her for posting nude images on OnlyFans.

Correspondent Erin Moriarty, who has covered the case for two decades, talks with Green about the case, his freedom and his future. 48 HOURS was there when Green was released and Moriarty visits with him and his family as they mark his return to life outside prison.

Correspondent Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the disappearance of Ray Green and the case against Dani Green.

He was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife. The "other woman" recorded his calls for the prosecution. With his death sentence now overturned there's a renewed push to clear him. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

Correspondent Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate what happened to Gretchen Anthony.

A sister stands by the brother accused of murdering their parents. She insists that he's innocent and there's more to the story. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

In 2010 eccentric millionaire Forrest Fenn launched a treasure hunt when he announced that he had hidden a chest worth an estimated $1 million in the Rocky Mountains. Now, 48 HOURS reveals new details, rarely seen photos and exclusive interviews in the sometimes-deadly search for the treasure.

Has a forensic document expert unmasked the anonymous author of the infamous Circleville letters? For nearly two decades, an anonymous letter writer terrorized the small town of Circleville, Ohio, by sending threatening letters that exposed alleged secrets about neighbors and friends. Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate the true crime mystery behind the letters and interview experts about the documents.

The Daybell children claim their father was framed for the murders of JJ and Tylee.

A former ballerina shoots her husband. Did she kill to save herself or was it out of spite? "48 Hours" contributor Jim Axelrod reports.Axelrod and 48 HOURS report on the case through interviews with Robb, Doug Benefield's family and attorney, students of the failed ballet studio in Charleston, S.C., and more. 

Bianca Devins, 17, was a popular social media figure who was murdered by a friend in Utica, N.Y. The killer posted images of her lifeless body online, which went viral. Making matters worse, the images were sent to Devins' family. In her first national television interview, Kim Devins opens up about the loss of her daughter and the attacks on her family.

"48 Hours" goes inside the disappearance of Gabby Petito and the hunt for Brian Laundrie. CBS News national correspondent Jericka Duncan reports.

48 HOURS and Van Sant spent three days with Hartin in Belize reporting on the death of Henry Jemmott and the media frenzy that has surrounded the case.

For nearly 45 years, the murder of 11-year-old Linda O'Keefe haunted the Newport Beach Police Department in California. Her image hung among the faces of other unsolved cases, reminding each new generation of officers of the work they still had to do. Could new technology and social media turn the tide? Correspondent Tracy Smith and 48 HOURS investigate the cold case and how an innovative Twitter campaign helped in the quest to find Linda O'Keefe's killer.

Club owners open up for the first time after deadly fire kills 100. "48 Hours" contributor Jim Axelrod reports.

New details in the tangled web of five suspicious South Carolina deaths thought to be linked to one prominent family — the Murdaughs.

A 15-year-old girl beaten to death with a golf club in a wealthy Connecticut neighborhood. Does her diary hold clues to the killer? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

A young Florida couple was planning a wedding and their life together when the future groom was shot and killed at his front door. Patrick De La Cerda was expecting a delivery of the engagement ring for his fiancée, Jessica Devnani. Instead, say investigators, when he went to the door on Feb. 27, 2018, he was met with a hail of bullets. Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS report on the shooting and the unexpected twists in the investigation in "The Ring: The Murder of Patrick De La Cerda." 

When Chelsea Rustad uploaded her DNA to a public database hoping to find other branches of her family tree, she never expected that process would prompt a visit from police investigators. The police were at her Washington state home with devastating news - someone in her family may have committed a double murder. 48 HOURS and correspondent Erin Moriarty immerse viewers in the case of a killer who eluded police for 31 years, then was identified in just two hours by genetic genealogist CeCe Moore.

When Ahmaud Arbery was chased by three white men and shot in the street, his mother laid him to rest promising to get him justice. The promise is fulfilled when the men are found guilty. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports.

After a young girl is adopted from Russia, her American parents come to believe she is capable of murder and return her. Years later, "48 Hours" contributor Troy Roberts learns her surprising story.

Nearly three years after Rachael DelTondo was murdered outside of her family home in Pennsylvania, a search is still underway for the person who killed her and why. Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate the murder and seeks answers.

Nikki Kuhnhausen disappeared after connecting with a man in a Snapchat rendezvous. Her murder inspired a new law and started a nationwide movement. 48 HOURS and Jamie Yuccas investigate the groundbreaking case and the impact it continues to have on LGBTQI communities.

A new look into the disappearance of Carole Baskin's husband. Famed lawyer investigates "meat grinder" theory. "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports.

A former candidate for governor is accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl. Does his decades-long fascination with the case mean he's a true-crime junkie or a murderer? "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports.

Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate the disappearance of Suzanne Morphew, the case against her husband Barry Morphew, and incredible twists the story takes in "The Suzanne Morphew Case: Nothing Is What It Seems." 

Todd Kendhammer says his wife was killed in an accident -- a pipe flew off a truck and crashed into their car. Authorities say the scene was staged. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

The brutal murders of four teenage girls has haunted Austin, Texas, for 30 years. Could new information lead to a killer? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty has reported on the case from the beginning and has the latest on the search for answers.

Drew Carey opens up about the violent death of his onetime fiancée, Hollywood therapist Amie Harwick. Why Valentine's Day will never be the same for CBS' "The Price is Right" host. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

A young mother disappears. Investigators say her husband contacted spellcasters to put a hex on his wife so she wouldn't leave him. "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti reports.

Her ex-fiancé — an officer with a badge — nearly killed her. She says police failed to protect her, so she got her own badge. "CBS Saturday Morning" co-host Michelle Miller reports for "48 Hours."

A college student's troubling text messages lead investigators to her killer. "CBS Saturday Morning" co-host Michelle Miller reports for "48 Hours."

A star snake breeder is murdered. Turns out the human closest to him was more cold-blooded than any snake. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

The parents of Derrick Robie, who was murdered in 1993 at the age of four, have spoken out following the release of their son's killer from prison after 28 years.In an interview with CBS News' 48 Hours, Doreen and Dale Robie recalled their painful journey in the three decades since their son's murder in the village of Savona, New York. The little boy was killed by Eric Smith, then 13 years old, who was dubbed the "freckle-faced killer" in the media at the time. 

A tech exec and cannabis entrepreneur's kidnapping is caught on surveillance video. "48 Hours" contributor Tracy Smith reports.

An airline manager is shot dead while walking his dog. Who was the puppet master plotting his murder? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

An American woman dies by gunshot on a safari trip. Was it murder or an accident? "48 Hours" contributor Debora Patta reports.

Inside the mind of murderer Mark Twitchell. Newly revealed letters from the man police say wanted to be like fictional serial killer Dexter. "48 Hours" contributor Troy Roberts reports.

A journalist finds herself in a game of cat and mouse with a skilled former attorney dogged by mayhem and suspicions of murder. Why do bad things happen to the men in Catherine Shelton's life? Follow "48 Hours" contributor Jenna Jackson's quest for answers.

Controversial Texas attorney Catherine Shelton, now disbarred, talks about her checkered past and the mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of various men in her life.

Twin sisters say they were attacked by a Black man. Are they telling the truth or hiding a family secret? "48 Hours" contributor David Begnaud reports.

Inside the groundbreaking case of a crime of the digital age — a young woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter because she used text messages to encourage a friend to take his own life. "48 Hours"' Erin Moriarty reports.

A "48 Hours" report helps trip up a wanted fugitive who spent more than four-and-a-half years on the run for allegedly killing his wife and staging a kidnapping. Correspondent Tracy Smith reports.

Earlier this year, 58-year-old former Olympic equestrian Michael Barisone stood trial in a Morristown, New Jersey, courtroom for the attempted murder of his own riding student, Lauren Kanarek. Barisone's legal team of Ed Bilinkas and Christopher Deininger would gamble on an unusual defense. They claimed that at the time of the shooting Barisone was insane, and not legally responsible for his actions. Insanity pleas are uncommon and rarely successful. Barisone's defense would be that Lauren Kanarek had driven him over the edge, in large part by her use of social media.Michael Barisone speaks out in his first television interview since the end of his trial.

A young woman vanishes. The prime suspect has a criminal past — he murdered his parents when he was a child. Did he kill again? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

Megan Hargan was suspected of killing her mother and sister. Her defense had an unusual theory: her sister was the one who pulled the trigger – with her toe. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

A respected professor dies in a hot tub. Two friends are at the scene. Only one survives to tell the tale.

Schanda Handley details how she survived an abduction and later found video linking her estranged husband Michael Handley to the crime.

When his parents disappear, Chandler Halderson's social media helps investigators unravel the case. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

How a DNA "detective," an undercover cop and a cast-off cigarette butt helped catch a killer. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

In 1982 the bodies of Annette Schnee and Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer were found outside a luxe ski town. A man rescued from a snowdrift the night of the murders turned out to be their killer. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports

Michael Politte was just 14 years old when he was charged in 1998 with murdering his mother, Rita Politte, who died after being hit in the head and set on fire in her Missouri home. More than three years after the crime, he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder, though he maintained he was innocent. He spent nearly 20 years in prison before a new law passed in Missouri that made him eligible for parole. Now 38 and out on parole, Michael Politte claims he knows who is responsible for killing his mother and talks with 48 HOURS correspondent Erin Moriarty.

On Sept. 4, 1981, Jeff and Tim Slaten were awakened by Lakeland, Fla., police and told that their mother, Linda Slaten, had been murdered. Jeff was 15 and Tim was 12. Investigators collected a rape kit and lifted a palm print from the windowsill where the killer had entered. They questioned a slew of suspects, but no one was charged. The case went cold. Prior to and after Linda Slaten's murder, Tim Slaten's football coach, Joe Mills, would regularly drive Slaten to and from football practice. Coach Joe became a role model for Slaten, who proudly hung up his football team photo in his room where Coach Joe stood right behind him. But nearly 40 years later, advances in DNA technology and a carefully stored rape kit revealed Linda Slaten's likely killer: Coach Joe. 48 HOURS and contributor Jim Axelrod report on how detectives and a DNA genealogist finally were able to catch Joe Mills.

On Oct. 10, 2019, Joseph Elledge, then 23, reported his wife, Mengqi Ji, missing. Elledge told Columbia, Mo., police that he believed his wife may have left him and their 1-year-old daughter for another man with whom he said she had an online relationship. But when police searched the couple's apartment, they found a muddy pair of Elledge's boots - evidence that would become important months later, after Ji's remains were found buried under a juniper tree. Elledge's boots were found to have several juniper tree needles stuck to the soles. 48 HOURS correspondent Peter Van Sant reports on how DNA from those needles was linked to the tree directly above Ji's shallow grave, providing prosecutors with the evidence they needed to help convict Elledge of her murder.

Four college students are found stabbed to death in their home. Police say the suspect had studied the criminal mind. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. 

A cosplay actor finds herself in the spotlight when she's accused of murdering her boyfriend. Can she convince a jury it was self-defense? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

More than two decades after 48 HOURS correspondent Erin Moriarty began reporting on the case of a missing 12-year-old girl from Friendswood, Texas, there is finally a conclusion. What no one knew when Laura Smither first went missing in 1997 was that she had been the victim of a serial killer. William Reece would go on to murder three young women that same year before he was eventually identified by DNA. Moriarty, who has been on the trail since 1997, has the latest in "The Daughters Who Disappeared".

Police officer Seth Perrault reports his wife, Amanda, had taken her own life -- just days after she made allegations of abuse against him.

A mother is forced to rob a bank after she and her daughter are threatened with dynamite, but in court she is falsely accused of masterminding the plot.  

The 1982 murder of Cathy Krauseneck and the case against her husband, Jim, who says he found her dead in their bed with an ax in her head.

The double life of once prominent lawyer Alex Murdaugh and his stunning fall from grace.  

Á woman claims self-defense in the stabbing death of her fiancé; her daughter -- who witnessed the crime scene at 11 years old -- tells her story.

A kidnapping survivor discusses her ordeal and her fight to keep her kidnappers behind bars; narrated by David Begnaud.

When a young woman is found dead in her car, her husband claims she took her own life, but there are two bullet wounds in her head.

Three days after a Washington woman's disappearance, surveillance footage of a mysterious man in a fedora leaving her car is discovered.

When two women are dumped outside hospitals by masked men after a night out, authorities question whether they are good samaritans or if they were involved in the women's death.

After a man manipulates his children into thinking he wants to get back together with their mother, he holds her captive and attempts to kill her.

A man gets his life back after spending 28 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. "48 Hours" investigates and is there as Johnson is freed in time to walk his daughter down the aisle. Correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

Diana Duve was 26 when she vanished one night in 2014 in Vero Beach, Fla. She was last seen alive leaving a bar with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Michael Jones. To witnesses, the couple seemed to be having a good time, though they told police that at one point it looked like Duve was upset. She never returned home. Her mother knew something was wrong when her daughter didn't call her, something she did every day. Contributor Michelle Miller and 48 HOURS report on what happened that night.

A jury in Idaho found Lori Vallow Daybell guilty on all charges, including the murders of her two children and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of her husband's first wife. "48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti takes you inside the case that gripped the nation.

Donna Ongsiako was home alone in her Colts Neck, N.J., home after midnight when she heard a noise downstairs near the door. She thought that she forgot to let the cat back in. When she opened the door, her life changed forever. There was a young man with a knife, who pushed his way in and began to repeatedly stab her. Ongsiako talks with contributor Jim Axelrod about her inspirational story of survival and her efforts to help other victims of random violence.

Viktoria Nasyrova is accused of using cheesecake as a murder weapon. Her motive was to steal the identity of Olga, who looks a lot like her. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.

Chilling new details about alleged killer Rex Heuermann.

New information about the case against Bryan Kohberger for the Nov. 13, 2022, deaths of four University of Idaho students.

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. Now, in his first TV interview after a jury found him guilty. Becky Bliefnick was found dead in her Quincy, Ill., home. She was shot multiple times. The case generated media attention when it was revealed that nearly two years before the couple separated, Tim Bliefnick appeared on "Family Feud." During the show, host Steve Harvey said to Bliefnick, "All right, Tim, we talked to 100 married people. What's the biggest mistake you made at your wedding?

A crime scene investigator is gunned down in broad daylight. The harrowing scene is captured on surveillance video. Who pulled the trigger? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.

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. In a story only on 48 HOURS.

Angela Brosso, 21, and Melanie Bernas, 17, were separately killed while riding their bikes along the Phoenix Canal.These murders became widely known as the Phoenix Canal Murders," says Briana Whitney, the true-crime reporter for CBS affiliate KPHO-TV in Phoenix.Investigators got a break 21 years after the murders when, thanks to DNA and genetic genealogy, they zeroed in on 42-year-old Bryan Patrick Miller, a divorced father raising his teenage daughter. Investigators soon found out that Miller had an alter ego. He was a local celebrity known for participating in parades and festivals as the "Zombie Hunter," a zombie-slaying comic book hero armed with a larger-than-life Gatling gun.Detectives just needed a sample of Miller's DNA to make the case or eliminate him as a suspect. That quest took them to a local Chili's.

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.The clown then calmly walked back to their car and drove away. 

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, Wash. She never made it. She was found murdered just a hundred yards away from her car on the school's campus. Correspondent Natalie Morales speaks to key people who were involved in bringing Yarborough's killer to justice, including the first television interviews with Sarah's family and friends, and a woman who had been attacked by the same man years earlier.

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 ruled it a hit and run. For years, his mother Sandy Smith wanted a second opinion. Now, 48 HOURS reports on a new investigation into the case. Early on, rumors that the Murdaughs were somehow involved in Smith's death spread through town. The Murdaugh name comes up dozens of times in the case file. The investigation seemingly went nowhere, and no suspects were named in Smith's death. In late 2016, the case went cold. It was reignited in June 2021 after the murders of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh. During that investigation, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) announced it had uncovered a new lead in Smith's death and would be taking over the case. But it has not said what that evidence is.

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. 

Millionaire business owner Andreen McDonald was known for her strict workout regimen. On the morning of March 1, 2019, when she didn't show up for work, her employees called the gym, which was her usual first stop in her morning routine. They found out she never showed up there either, which raised red flags. What happened to the businesswoman, wife and mother?

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 police jumped in to help, but at 3:58 AM, less than three hours after Joel Pellot had called 9-1-1, 31-year-old Maria Muñoz was declared dead inside their home. Was Maria's death a suicide, an accident or a murder? Authorities turned to her journals for help.

On June 28, 2014, in the small town of Cottonport, La., 29-year-old Megan Parra was discovered in her home by her parents, Missy and Steve Ducote, with a gunshot wound to her head. Parra's husband, Dustin Parra, showed up minutes later and tried to save her. It was too late. She was taken off life support the next day. Her death was ruled a suicide, but Steve Ducote was convinced there was foul play.

On March 2, 2018, intruders entered the home of wealthy jewelers Ted and Corey Shaughnessy in Austin, Texas. A gunfight left 55-year-old Ted Shaughnessy dead. Investigators at first wondered if it was a random attack, a robbery gone wrong or a targeted assassination.

Cayley Mandadi was a 19-year-old sophomore at Trinity University when she arrived at a hospital in Texas on Oct. 29, 2017. She was nearly naked, bruised and not breathing. Her sometime boyfriend Mark Howerton told doctors they'd taken ecstasy at a music festival and she passed out after consensual sex in his car. She died at the hospital. Mandadi's mother and stepfather believed something far more sinister had happened and set out to prove it.

Before Kaitlin Armstrong was found guilty of killing professional gravel cyclist Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson, she was on the run in Costa Rica from the murder charge.But when investigators went to look for her, she was nowhere to be found. The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force got the job of tracking her down. They suspected Armstrong had flown to Costa Rica on May 18, 2022. There, she tried to hide her identity by using other names, Beth and Ari, and she cut and dyed her hair."48 Hours" contributor Jonathan Vigliotti has the first interview with members of the task force in "Capturing Moriah Wilson's Killer."

When Ray Wright, 55, suddenly lost contact with his family, they knew something was wrong. Two days later, his brother confronted an intruder in Ray Wright's home. What happened to Wright was a mystery. Then, 16 days after Ray Wright vanished, a high-speed chase gave police clues to what happened.

It's been almost four years since prominent L.A. therapist Amie Harwick was murdered on Feb. 15, 2020. For the first time, the man who tried to save her opens up about what happened. 

Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was a local legend–renowned for his reporting on infamous mobsters, crooked politicians and murderers. But in September 2022, it was the reporter making headlines. German was ambushed and stabbed to death by an unknown assailant outside his home.

In the early morning hours of March 4, 2022, Kouri Richins says she found her husband, Eric Richins, unresponsive in their bed. First responders tried to save him, but it was too late for the father of three. Weeks later, police said Richins' death was caused by an overdose of fentanyl. The grieving widow from Utah was arrested and charged with murder shortly after she wrote a children's book to help their kids cope with grief.

Lyle and Erik Menendez have already spent nearly 34 years behind bars for gunning down their parents in 1989. Now they're awaiting a judge's decision on whether new evidence can support their claim that they killed in self-defense and should have been convicted of manslaughter instead of murder. Lyle Menendez gives his side of the story.

Well-known beauty executive Fabio Sementilli was sitting by his swimming pool when he was brutally stabbed to death. His body was discovered by his then 16-year-old daughter Isabella on Jan. 23, 2017. Prosecutors say his wife, Monica Sementilli, was secretly having an affair with racquetball instructor Robert Baker. Baker defends Monica Sementilli. 

Lamar Johnson was 21 in 1995 when he was charged with the murder of a friend, Markus Boyd. Johnson said he was several miles away with his girlfriend and daughter, but he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison primarily based on the testimony of Greg Elking, who picked Johnson out of a police lineup. Nearly three decades later, Johnson's conviction was vacated after Elking recanted his identification of Johnson. Now, Johnson tells the story of his fight to prove his innocence and Elking explains why he lied at Johnson's trial.

James Craig was a well-known dentist, who with his wife Angela Craig, was raising six children in Aurora, Colo. But on March 6, 2023, Angela Craig reported feeling sick and her husband took her to the hospital. Doctors could not determine why Angela was so sick. Two hectic weeks later, after being put on life support, Angela Craig was dead. Her autopsy revealed she had been poisoned and police claim the evidence pointed to her husband. 

In 2001, a California mother and wife, Jane Dorotik, was convicted of murdering her husband but always maintained her innocence. From prison, Dorotik spent years filing motions asking for new testing of evidence, which was eventually done. Dorotik and her legal team say they discovered serious problems with some of that evidence. 

On May 24, 2019, Jennifer Farber Dulos dropped off her five children at school, drove to her Connecticut home, and was never seen again. Dulos' estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, was charged with her murder, but after he died by suicide the focus turned to his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis. On March 1, 2024, Troconis was found guilty of conspiring with Fotis Dulos to murder Jennifer Dulos and covering it up. 

When a 26-year-old mother of two, Madeline "Maddi" Kingsbury, from Winona, Minn., went missing, her distraught sister headed to TikTok and pleaded with the public to help find her. For 68 days, Megan Kingsbury documented her sister's disappearance.

In October 2023, Jessy Kurczewski went on trial for the intentional homicide of Lynn Hernan, along with two counts of felony theft for stealing from Hernan. Five years earlier, Kurczewski called the police and told them she found Hernan dead, sitting in her recliner, in the living room of her Pewaukee, Wis., condo. Kurczewski told investigators she had been helping take care of her friend, who had been struggling with health problems. Almost three years later, she was charged with poisoning that friend with eye drops. 

In the early morning hours of Halloween 2019 in Hays, Kansas, Colby Trickle called 911 and said he woke up to his ears ringing and saw his wife, Kristen Trickle, bleeding next to him in the bed. Responding officers found Kristen Trickle, 26, clinging to life. What happened was a mystery.

On May 8, 2018, detective Brian Fanion dialed 911. When Massachusetts State Police detectives Brendan O'Toole and Mike Blanchette arrived at the scene, they found 51-year-old Amy Fanion dead on the dining room floor. According to Brian Fanion, the couple had been arguing about his retirement plans, and at some point, Amy Fanion picked up his service weapon and shot herself. Investigators did not believe his story.

Nicki Myers Bates was just 7 years old in 2006 when her mother vanished and the man her mom lived with told police he watched her die. That man, William Greer, went on the run, evading authorities for years. Nearly two decades later, Bates is still desperately trying to find her mother's remains.

On Nov. 13, 2016, Dr. Eric Scott Sills, a renowned California fertility doctor, called 911 and reported finding his wife and business partner unresponsive at the bottom of the stairs. An initial investigation revealed some evidence that was consistent with an accidental fall. But other evidence pointed to something more sinister. What role, if any, did the family dogs play? 

Help solve a murder case: a former model brutally killed in her Georgia home. Someone out there knows something ... is it you? "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty investigates

Correspondent Tracy Smith and 48 HOURS report on the murder of Blaze Bernstein, an Ivy League student allegedly murdered because he was gay and Jewish, and the trial of former high school classmate Sam Woodward.

Correspondent Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS take viewers inside law enforcement's 30-year game of cat and mouse with a convicted child serial killer to get him to reveal where he left the body of a girl he murdered.

When sheriff's deputies were called to the northern Idaho home of distraught former state trooper Dan Howard, something didn't seem right. Howard told investigators he found his wife dead in their bathtub, with a gunshot wound to her head. 

Sarah Harris was a bright, young Maryland woman who dreamed of a career in medicine. On the morning of Jan. 26, 2022, she was found unresponsive on the floor of the home she shared with her boyfriend, Dr. James Ryan. Ryan told police it was an overdose, but Harris' family believed he was responsible.

Police have searched for 23-year-old missing mom Jermain Charlo since she vanished in June 2018 from Missoula, Mont. Now, six years after she disappeared, 48 HOURS will feature never-before-seen images of the missing woman.

In April 2018, in the Florida Gulf Coast town of Eastpoint, a killer had struck. Aileen Seiden's beaten body was found dumped near a highway. The next day, a bloody motel room was discovered nearby. The back-to-back scenes prompted investigators to see if the two were connected.

Police were called to the Minnesota apartment of 32-year-old nurse Alex Pennig in December 2022. Her friend, Matthew Ecker, told first responders that Pennig had shot herself in the head. Officers arrived to find Pennig lying on her back in the bathroom. However, officers noted unusual findings, including the position Alex was found in. The gun was found with her left hand on it, but Alex was right-handed. So, was it a tragic, self-inflicted act, or something more sinister?

The 2021 incident in Farmersville, Ill., began like any other date night. Smith and Reeves met online and decided to go on their first date the night before Thanksgiving. But their evening together ended in horror, when an intruder entered Smith's home sometime after 1:00 AM. Reeves was shot and killed, while Smith, who was shot in the head, barely survived.

48 HOURS delves into the gripping case that haunted the Beaumont, Texas, police department for over 25 years.In 1995, Edwards was found murdered in her home – an act that sent shockwaves through the community. The crime scene was harrowing. Texas Ranger Brandon Bess called it "unusual," describing how they found her over the bathtub and handcuffed behind her back.The investigation went cold for years, leaving friends and family without answers. However, recent advances in forensic science and tireless work by investigators revealed a startling twist: Edwards had been a bridesmaid at the killer's wedding.

Burkett was in the middle of a bitter custody dispute with Andrew Beard, the father of her 1-year-old daughter. On the day of the murder, Burkett's mother, Teresa Collard, is heard on police body cam video recalling something Burkett said about Beard, "… She even said, ‘I think he's the kind of person that's gonna try to kill me,' and he did. And he did. Oh my God." The all-new episode explores how the investigation quickly zeroed in on Beard. Carrollton Police detective Jeremy Chevallier recalls that the case took a clear direction from the start. "Within an hour of getting to the crime scene, we knew that we had needed to look for Andrew Beard," he says. But as it turned out, Beard was only the beginning of this complex story. Over the course of the investigation, detectives uncovered a twisted plot involving Beard's new fiancée, Holly Elkins. Police came to conclude she was the mastermind.

On Thanksgiving Eve in 2020, a horrifying scene unfolded in Mt. Morris, Ill. The home of 27-year-old Melissa Lamesch was engulfed in flames. Inside, firefighters discovered Lamesch's lifeless body on the kitchen floor. Initially, it was not clear if the fire killed her, and the investigation would uncover secrets.

A woman was attacked in her home by a masked intruder disguising his voice to sound like Batman. Her ex-husband came to her aid, but was he a hero?

Nearly 28 years after the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, the case remains unsolved; Erin Moriarty dives into the case she's covered since 1999, uncovering fresh perspectives and exploring new clues.

On Oct. 31, 2020, in the small town of Hemphill, Texas, Darci Bass received devastating news: her daughter Livye Lewis had been shot in her car on the side of a road. Nearby, investigators found Lewis' ex-boyfriend Matthew Edgar bloodied and disoriented. From a hospital bed, Edgar insisted he had no recollection of what had happened. Captured in sheriff's office bodycam footage, he appears confused, saying, "I have no clue why I'm here."

Spivey, best known to viewers as the bailiff on "Justice for All with Judge Christina Perez," was charged with killing his wife in 2019. Spivey told the 911 operator he accidentally shot his wife during a fight over a gun.

Melissa Calusinski has been behind bars since 2009 when, at the age of 22, she was arrested for murdering 16-month-old Benjamin Kingan at a suburban Chicago daycare center where she worked. She has long maintained her innocence. 

A bright future was shattered when newly engaged Kevin Jiang, 26, a Yale graduate student and former Army National Guardsman, was gunned down in New Haven, Conn. What appeared to be a road rage incident soon unraveled into a story of obsession and premeditation.

For three years, Dee Warner, a Michigan mother and businesswoman, was missing and presumed dead. Her family was convinced she was murdered, but they knew that without a body or physical evidence, it would be difficult to prove.

For years, the death of 15-year-old Danni Houchins had been shrouded in mystery. Investigators initially said it could have been a tragic accident, but her family always suspected something more sinister. 48 HOURS and correspondent Peter Van Sant report on the case in "It's About Danni,"

The brutal murder of 17-year-old Justine Vanderschoot in 2003 devastated the community of Auburn, Calif. Twenty-two years later, Vanderschoot's family continues to fight to keep her killers behind bars after a change in state law provided a loophole that could set one of them free. 

Investigators suspected that oil on the road had come from the vehicle that struck McClendon. Following the oil trail, the sheriff's deputies were led to the home where Ackerman lived. Ackerman had spent the day with his three children, but investigators quickly noticed red flags, including his Ford pickup, which was leaking oil in the driveway. Its front grille was broken, and a palm print was visible on the hood.

The body of 22-year-old Cati Blauvelt was discovered in an abandoned farmhouse in Simpsonville, S.C., on Oct. 26, 2016. Almost immediately, her friends had one suspect in mind, John Blauvelt, Cati Blauvelt's estranged husband and a once-respected army recruiter. Their brief marriage had ended in turmoil, with Cati Blauvelt filing a domestic violence report against him. As police investigated, another name entered the picture, 17-year-old Hannah Thompson, who had moved in with John Blauvelt as his marriage unraveled. With no hard evidence to hold him, authorities were powerless to stop what happened next. Declared armed and dangerous, John Blauvelt vanished into the night, taking Thompson with him … and then the manhunt began.

When Angela Prichard was terrorized by her husband, she turned to the police for help. Prichard called repeatedly as he stalked, harassed and threatened her. But none of this stopped him from murdering her. 

A Los Angeles man, David Pearce, is awaiting sentencing after he was found guilty last month of murdering two young women and sexually assaulting seven others. 48 HOURS and correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti have been investigating this case for more than three years. He speaks exclusively with one survivor who is now bravely sharing her story.

For most of his life, Reggie Reed has wrestled with the question of who murdered his mother decades ago. A fresh look at the evidence ultimately implicated Reed's father Reginald Reed Sr., the man who raised him after his mother's tragic death. 

After Aaron Friar and his 15-year-old daughter Ellie vanished from their Medford, Ore., home, police arrived to discover a horrific scene. An 11-year-old witness proves critical to the investigation and points detectives toward multiple suspects. Natalie Morales reports on how Ellie's forbidden teen relationship may have led to a murder.

This week on 48 HOURS, correspondent Peter Van Sant sits down for an exclusive interview with Melody Farris, a woman convicted of killing her husband on their Georgia farm. The only thing more shocking than the crime is who Farris says is the real killer… her son. However, Scott Farris denies any involvement in his father's death.

The case of a college student, Catina Salarno, who was murdered by her high school sweetheart who lived across the street. As Salarno's family seeks justice, they embark on a decades-long battle to keep her killer, Steven Burns, behind bars.

At just 18 years old, C.C. Opanowski survived a vicious attack by her ex-boyfriend, Shawn Doyle, a man she once trusted and loved. Doyle pleaded guilty to menacing in the second degree and was sentenced to three years' probation. Opanowski tried to put the traumatic incident behind her until she learned years later that Doyle murdered Lori Leonard, a mother of two young boys. Now, for the first time, Opanowski shares her powerful story with 48 HOURS, speaking out about the attack, her long road to healing and the strength it took to face her attacker in court. Correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports on a case that spans nearly three decades in "Facing a Monster."

In June 1993, 35-year-old Jeanie Childs was found murdered in her apartment. Amongst the clues, there was a particularly unique one: bloody bare footprints. Investigators knew they had to belong to the killer because Childs had been found with her socks on. With no DNA match and no fingerprints to go on, the case went cold for decades. Years later, when the case was re-opened, investigators say those footprints helped them convict her killer.

In the season finale of 48 HOURS, a woman suspects her mother of a double murder. Years later, courtroom drama and new testimony reignite the case. 

Mike Sisco and his girlfriend Karen Harkness were gunned down in her Topeka, Kansas, home in 2002. Authorities believed it was a crime of passion. Sisco's daughter set out to help prove it was her mother, Dana Chandler, who was responsible.

48 HOURS launches its 38th season with the case of 17-year-old Benjamin Elliott, who stabbed his twin sister - a crime with no known motive. His defense team says he was sleepwalking when he killed her.

A wife calls 911 to report her husband missing. Police then discover his lifeless body in his car, parked inside a corporate parking garage. The first clues to solving the mystery come from the very cameras the killer tried to cover up. Security footage shows a masked man in a yellow hard hat carrying a can of blue spray paint, attempting to conceal his crime. 

After her husband is found with a fatal injury at the foot of the stairs, a woman is accused of murder and fights to clear her name. Alison Davis says she woke up to find her husband, Kevin, critically injured, and she insists he fell down the stairs. But police say an autopsy revealed inconsistencies that led them to a different conclusion. Alison Davis always maintained her innocence and was in the fight of her life to defend herself. 

A young woman mourns her uncle's murder and questions whether the convicted killer was the only one involved.

A gifted artist is murdered in her home; decades later, her killer reveals what drove him. Her toddler is left at the crime scene to fend for herself.

The murders of a beloved doctor, his wife and their young daughter leave their Santa Barbara, Calif., community reeling; a manhunt leads to the arrest of a suspect who prosecutors say is a conman.

When a young mother goes missing, trained tracker and detective Dakota Black launches an investigation that locates the murdered woman.

A stalker sends menacing messages to a young mother before she is murdered. The investigation reveals a sinister setup. In this week's 48 HOURS, correspondent Peter Van Sant reports on how law enforcement unraveled the case, including why a person of interest believes the spirit of the victim gave him "the urge" to buy a sweatshirt that ultimately helped clear his name.

Molly Bish was just 16 years old when she went missing on June 27, 2000. She vanished after being dropped off at her lifeguarding job. What followed became the largest search in Massachusetts history. Her remains were eventually discovered, but her killer has never been identified. Decades later, Bish's sister turns to social media, sharing her family's story and urging the public to help generate new leads. 48 HOURS correspondent Erin Moriarty reports on the renewed push for answers.

This week's 48 HOURS centers on SURVIVOR contestant Joe Hunter, whose emotional tribute to his late sister Joanna became one of the most talked-about moments of season 48. Joanna's death was officially ruled a suicide, but Joe says she was murdered and has made it his mission to uncover the truth. 48 HOURS correspondent Natalie Morales has the story on what happened to Hunter's sister in this episode, "Joe Hunter's Mission."

Did a high school softball coach recruit one of her former players to kill? "48 Hours" correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports

When a gravely ill young woman is rushed to the hospital, doctors make a shocking discovery: she has an "astronomical" amount of lead in her body. What begins as a medical mystery quickly becomes a criminal investigation. Hannah Pettey, a young mother from Alabama, suffered debilitating pain and lost more than 45 pounds in the months prior as her health rapidly declined. Investigators focus on the two people she trusted the most as the police work to uncover who was poisoning Hannah, and why. 48 HOURS correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports on the case in "The Gaslighting of Hannah Pettey," which includes Green's multiple interviews with survivor Hannah Pettey and an exclusive interview with the prime suspect in the case, Hannah's husband, Brian Mann.

A Pennsylvania man claims a freak accident while handling his gun caused the death of his wife, Melissa Rocuba. Bruno Rocuba was not arrested or charged with any crime. Years later, investigators uncover disturbing new evidence that challenges Bruno Rocuba's story, including surveillance audio capturing his wife's final moments. The recording raises haunting questions about what really happened in that bedroom and whether Melissa Rocuba's death was truly an accident. 48 HOURS correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports on the case in "Melissa Rocuba's Final Moments."

When Debe Atrops was murdered, her daughter, Rhianna Stephens, was just 8 months old. More than 30 years later, a cold case team from Washington County took a fresh look at the case by talking to witnesses and running new tests on old evidence. The team thought they had enough to prosecute Debe's estranged husband at the time of her murder, Bob Atrops, who is also Stephens' father. Stephens is convinced they have the wrong man – after losing her mother, she fears losing her father too. 

The investigation into Katlyn's death, which was initially reported as a medical emergency after her 4-year-old daughter found her unresponsive. Evidence soon revealed she had been strangled with phone charging cables in what prosecutors called a "cold-blooded and calculated" attack following a recent breakup.

On Dec. 23, 2023, police were called to a Texas home where two teenagers had been shot. Eighteen-year-old Ethan Riley died from his injuries, while 19-year-old Ben Bliek survived. Their friend, 17-year-old Connor Hilton, was arrested and later confessed to the shooting. Hilton and his parents sat down for an exclusive interview with 48 HOURS. He claims the shooting was triggered by a reaction to a popular prescription acne medication, saying it caused him to experience homicidal thoughts. Prosecutors, however, reject that explanation and say the evidence points elsewhere. 

In 1969, 17-year-old Mary Kay Hesse was stabbed to death in Wahoo, Neb. – a crime that haunted the community for decades. 48 HOURS first began reporting on the case in 1999, capturing interviews and material that, until now, had never aired. For more than 50 years, the murder remained unsolved. But advances in investigative techniques and renewed focus by law enforcement helped piece together long-overlooked evidence, ultimately leading to an arrest. 48 HOURS correspondent Natalie Morales reports on how the murder of Mary Kay Hesse was finally brought back into focus in "The Girl from Wahoo."

When a college student in Milwaukee vanishes after a first date, investigators race to retrace her final movements. Using data from an app on her phone, law enforcement begins to piece together where she went – and whom she was with. As the investigation focuses on a man named Maxwell Anderson, chilling security camera footage and evidence discovered on a secluded beach raise urgent questions about what happened to Sade Robinson. 48 HOURS correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports in "Sade Robinson and the Secret Beach." 

When a woman's remains found in a swamp outside Savannah are identified, friends are stunned. They had been told Mindi Kassotis died in a hospital. But five months later, authorities say she was murdered. Investigators ultimately focus on her husband, Nick Kassotis, as they work to unravel how she appeared to die twice, and what really happened in the months between. 48 HOURS correspondent Erin Moriarty reports in "The Woman Who Died Twice."

The murder of third grade teacher Jocelyn Peters baffled investigators in St. Louis, Missouri, from the start. The crime scene contained unusual clues, such as potato fragments splattered near the victim, and the behavior of a person of interest before a police interview caught detectives' attention. Why did this man eat pages from a notebook when facing questions about Jocelyn's murder? What did investigators believe the notebook might reveal? 48 HOURS correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports in "Jocelyn Peters and the Notebook." 

In the summer of 2013, Minnesota resident Gary Herbst seemingly vanished. But before anyone realized he was missing, neighbors noticed something strange: late one night, they watched a rolled-up carpet being carried out of his home. Years later, investigators would uncover a startling discovery that revealed what really happened. In an exclusive interview, 48 HOURS correspondent Peter Van Sant speaks with Gary Herbst's son, Austin Herbst, about why he killed his father.  

Denise Huskins Quinn and Aaron Quinn share how they worked with law enforcement to help uncover additional crimes committed by their attacker, helping to bring justice to other victims.

What begins as a burglary investigation quickly turns into something far more sinister. When a thief is caught in the act, he sends police down a trail of evidence that reveals the murder of Harold Allen, involving thousands of text messages, unusual poisons and a root beer float. How did a sweet treat become central to a deadly crime? 48 HOURS correspondent Peter Van Sant reports in "The Root Beer Float Murder."

Tiffani McInnis was a teenager when her mother, Kimberly Langwell, failed to return home from work, leaving her family searching for answers. For decades, Tiffani lived with uncertainty, holding on to the hope that she would one day learn what happened to her mother. More than 20 years later, detectives in Beaumont, Texas, received critical information that would breathe new life into the cold case. Their investigation led to a secret grave and a horrific discovery that finally revealed Kimberly Langwell's fate. 

The last known sighting of a missing teenager leads investigators to a remote Iowa farm, where photos discovered on an old cell phone reveal critical clues. As law enforcement works to make sense of the evidence, those images help them put the pieces together and determine what happened to 14-year-old Jade Colvin. 48 HOURS correspondent Natalie Morales investigates how the case unfolded and how investigators used the photos to uncover the truth.

In 1984, three teenage girls went missing from the same Long Island area within months of each other. Fifteen-year-old Kelly Morrissey walked out of her home on June 12 and was never heard from again. Five months later, her friend Theresa Fusco, 16, vanished after leaving her job at a local roller rink. And then four more months after that, 19-year-old Jackie Martarella never showed up for a shift at a Burger King. Nearly 41 years later, a breakthrough involving DNA from a smoothie straw has finally brought new answers in one of the cases. 

Gloria Choi, a young single mother from Washington, had a chance meeting that led to what appeared to be a dream romance. Her new boyfriend, Billy Rickman, showered her with attention, convincing those around her that he was deeply devoted. But investigators would later uncover a far more troubling reality. As police pieced together what was real and what was deception, the investigation revealed how the relationship spiraled into violence and ended in murder