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The First 48 follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect. Gritty and fast-paced, it takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life investigations with unprecedented access to crime scenes, autopsies, forensic processing, and interrogations.
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21 this season · 682 totals04e01 Loved to Death / Unmasked 2006-06-16 01:00
Loved to Death / Unmasked
In Memphis, Sergeant Caroline Mason and her team respond to a convenience store shooting, where surveillance cameras captured the last few moments of a man's life. Investigators must sift through the footage for clues that will point them to the killer.
s04e02 Inner Demons / Kids with Guns 2006-06-23 01:00
Inner Demons / Kids with Guns
Miami detectives find a man murdered outside his own apartment. While hunting for the killer, they uncover the victim's inner life, revealing a man torn between who he is and what he believes. In Memphis, a tragic triple shooting leaves two young men dead and one fighting for his life in the hospital. Detectives soon find out that the deadly shooter and his partner may be kids, too.
s04e03 The Witness / The Trunk 2006-07-07 01:00
The Witness / The Trunk
Miami detectives Ricky Martinez and Fernando Bosch investigate the double homicide of a husband and wife. As they race against the clock to find the killer, they discover that their best witness in the case tragically also has the most at stake. And in Memphis, Sgt. Ron Collins and his team must solve the mystery behind a car discovered on the edge of town.
s04e04 Pre-emptive Strike / Unlucky 2006-07-21 01:00
Pre-emptive Strike / Unlucky
In Memphis, TN, Lt. Toney Armstrong and his team respond to a shooting where the killer may be barricaded in his apartment. Then the stand-off gives way to a dispute among friends where detectives must determine if the shooter was acting in self-defense, or not. And in Dallas, TX, Detectives Kim Sanders and Paul Ellzey start with nothing but a decomposed body, and are quickly drawn into a fast-paced manhunt to track down a mentally unstable suspect who they're afraid might hurt someone else.
s04e05 Memphis Blues / Knife to the Heart 2006-07-28 01:00
Memphis Blues / Knife to the Heart
Miami detectives respond to the stabbing murder of an elderly man found dead in his home. After collecting key evidence on the crime scene and talking to witnesses, Detective Rolando Garcia starts to suspect the victim's emotionally unstable nephew may have committed the murder.
s04e06 Miami City Vice 2006-08-04 01:00
Miami City Vice
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s04e07 The Boogey Man / Murder on Flowering Peach 2006-08-18 01:00
The Boogey Man / Murder on Flowering Peach
Dallas Homicide Detectives respond to a call about a body in the charred remains of a car. Digging into the victim's life uncovers a dangerous lifestyle with questionable friends. With each interview, a new piece of the puzzle is revealed and investigators take one step closer to the killer.
s04e08 The Run Around / Night Cap 2006-08-25 01:00
The Run Around / Night Cap
In Memphis, Sergeant Mitch Oliver and his team respond to the murder of a man shot in his car while parked at a local mini market. In order to track down their shooter, detectives must rely on witnesses who sometimes hide more than they reveal.
s04e09 Crossfire / School Ties 2006-09-01 01:00
Crossfire / School Ties
Detectives learn a woman shot dead in a convenience store may not have been the intended victim; a man is murdered outside in broad daylight.
s04e10 Fool for Love / Dumped 2006-09-15 01:00
Fool for Love / Dumped
At a gruesome crime scene in Dallas, TX, Detective Rick Duggan finds a badly decomposed body. To solve the case, detectives delve into the victim's past leading them on a trail lined with love and deceit. In Memphis, a dead body mysteriously dumped in an empty field has Detective Tim Helldorfer and his team scrambling for leads.
s04e11 The Wrong Man / Five Points Payback 2006-09-22 01:00
The Wrong Man / Five Points Payback
On a rain-soaked Memphis morning, Sgts. Tony Mullins and Mitch Oliver respond to a drive-by shooting, and learn that the victim is an innocent bystander. The man who says he was the intended target lead Mullins and Oliver on a manhunt for two brothers alleged to be the driver and the shooter. And in Dallas, when a man is shot to death in a van, Det. Dale Lundberg must untangle a web of conflicting stories about the man's identity to try to find his killer.
s04e12 Candy Lady / Best of Friends 2006-09-29 01:00
Candy Lady / Best of Friends
In Memphis, TN, Sergeants Bill Ashton and Caroline Mason hunt for the killer of a beloved neighborhood "Candy Lady", shot through her closed front door. From the projects of the city to the trailer parks of the countryside, they leave no stone unturned in their search for the elusive killer.
s04e13 Family Affair / The Hustler 2006-10-06 01:00
Family Affair / The Hustler
In Dallas, a young woman is found stabbed, beaten, and burned on a bed. The victim's 12-year-old niece and her mother are missing. Lead Detective Dale Lundberg soon discovers that this murder is extremely personal. In Memphis, Sgt. Mitch Oliver is investigating the homicide of a pool hustler found dead in a seedy motel room.
s04e14 Motel Massacre / Pure Innocent 2006-10-13 01:00
Motel Massacre / Pure Innocent
A Memphis motel turns into a war zone when a gunfight leaves two men dead and another critically injured. Sgt. WD Merritt and the homicide team spring into action to find their shooter. In Kansas City, homicide Det. Everett Babcock leads the investigation into the shooting death of a two-year-old baby. To Babcock's surprise, an eight-year-old witness leads police on a nationwide manhunt.
s04e15 Broken Alibis / A Good Woman 2006-11-17 02:00
Broken Alibis / A Good Woman
Miami homicide detective Freddy Ponce is called to the brutal beating death of a homeless man. After finding what he believes is the suspect, Ponce's case takes an unexpected turn. In Kansas, a grandmother is found stabbed to death in her kitchen. Detective Ray Lenoir hunts down several potential leads, but it is the forensic evidence that finally reveals their suspect.
s04e16 Houdini / Innocent Lost 2006-12-01 02:00
Houdini / Innocent Lost
A gas station clerk falls victim to an armed robbery and is shot, before he dies he hit's the alarms. All exits are sealed locking the killer inside, however when police arrive the killer is no where to be found. Two men open fire on each other outside a young girls home, she is caught in the crossfire and dies. With only witnesses from the community they are forced to rely on them to lead them to the shooters.
s04e17 Wrong Turn / Deadly Dance 2006-12-08 02:00
Wrong Turn / Deadly Dance
In Memphis a local athlete and a friend are ambushed in their car in the parking lot of a jamboree. The friend survives and aids in the investigation. In Miami a tourist visiting for his son's 17th is robbed and murdered. After some basic police work they have a suspect and must find him.
s04e18 Moment of Truth / Cat and Mouse 2006-12-15 02:00
Moment of Truth / Cat and Mouse
In Dallas, a woman is shot in while sitting in her car. Detective Eddie Ibarra and the homicide team focus in on two suspects swept up in a robbery investigation, and the pieces of the murder mystery begin to fall into place. In Detroit, a young woman and her daughter are shot dead in their apartment.
s04e19 Get that Money / Senseless 2006-12-22 02:00
Get that Money / Senseless
In Kansas City, Missouri, a young man is found dead in the middle of an apartment complex. With no leads or witnesses, Detective Ed Begley is hoping the victim's cell phone can help him find the killer. In Memphis, a case gets personal for Sgt. Caroline Mason when a woman is killed in the neighborhood where she grew up.
s04e20 Easy Prey / Widowmaker 2006-12-29 02:00
Easy Prey / Widowmaker
In Dallas, detectives are working a shooting that left a 26-year-old woman dead, when a mysterious caller gives them a one word nickname - "Mississippi." In Miami, an elderly man is found duct-taped and beaten to death outside his house as his wife of forty years is asleep inside. Detectives have to find out whether the murder is a simple robbery, or a twisted act of retribution.
s04e21 Family Secrets / Clipped 2007-01-12 02:00
Family Secrets / Clipped
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