The First 48

The First 48 follows the nation's top police departments during the critical first 48 hours of murder investigations, giving unprecedented access to crime scenes, interrogations and forensic processing.
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Episodes

  1. S12 E1 - Missing
    43min
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    In Harris County, Deputy Mario Quintanilla and his team are investigating the mysterious disappearance and possible murder of a 20-year-old single mother.
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  2. S12 E2 - Deadly Encounter/Car Trouble
    43min
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    In Miami, the homicide Unit's Team five works the murder of a hard working janitor, brutally stabbed to death in his own apartment.
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  3. S12 E3 - Down in Overtown/Breaking Point
    43min
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    In Miami, a young father is gunned down after a night of gambling. Detective Emiliano Tamayo has to figure out who would have killed him over twenty dollars. Then in Dallas, a child's birthday party turns deadly.
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  4. S12 E4 - Under One Roof/Off Target
    43min
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    In Dallas, a grandfather is robbed and murdered in his bedroom. Det. Scott Sayers has to figure out who would have bludgeoned him to death for a 26-inch TV.
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  5. S12 E5 - Cold Light of Day
    43min
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    In Cleveland, Detectives Mike Smith and Walley Everett investigate the murder of a 23 year-old mother of three found burned in the backyard of an abandoned house.
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  6. S12 E6 - Far from Home/Object of Desire
    43min
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    In Dekalb County Georgia, an out of state truck driver is found shot to death in the cab of his truck. Detectives working the case trace the victim's missing cell phone hoping it will lead them to the shooter.
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  7. S12 E7 - Unarmed / Bad Feeling
    43min
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    In Miami, an unarmed man is gunned down in the parking lot of a popular bar. Detective Rolando Garcia and his team hope the victim's friend, who survived the shooting, can identify the shooter.
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  8. S12 E8 - Brutal Business
    43min
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    Dallas Detective Dwayne Thompson and the homicide team investigate the brutal double murders of two friends shot and burned beyond recognition in the trunk of a car. Will detectives be able to catch the killers before they strike again?
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  9. S12 E9 - Night Shift/Mobbed
    43min
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    In Harris County, Deputy Dennis Wolfford responds to the murder of a 20-year old convenience store clerk, killed by a gunman wearing a mask and gloves.
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  10. S12 E10 - House of Pain/Into the Night
    43min
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    When a friendly house party turns into a double murder, the only female homicide detective in Cleveland has to piece together what went wrong.
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  11. S12 E11 - Shattered
    43min
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    In Dallas, a well loved man is discovered in his apartment on a bed of broken glass. With only fragments of clues the homicide team zeros in on a suspect, but nothing is what it seems.
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  12. S12 E12 - Massacre in Little Haiti/Exposed
    43min
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    A massacre outside a corner store leaves two dead and two clinging to life. With no witnesses, Miami detectives hope the surviving victims live to tell who pulled the trigger. In Cleveland, a man is found strangled in his apartment.
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  13. S12 E13 - Deadly Ride/Wrong Place, Wrong Time
    43min
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    A Cleveland man shot while driving his car sends detectives on a manhunt across four states to find his killer. In Miami, a man is gunned down in broad daylight.
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  14. S12 E14 - Murder in Pleasant Grove
    41min
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    In Dallas, a dismembered body is found burned in an open field. With no leads on the victim's identity, detectives turn to the public for help in solving this baffling case.
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  15. S12 E15 - Innocent Bystander/Partners in Crime
    43min
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    In Harris County, Texas, a man is stabbed at a strip mall in the middle of the night. Sgt. Craig Clopton finds surveillance video of the murder, but it leaves him with more questions than answers.
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  16. S12 E16 - Blood Red / Deadly Moves
    43min
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    In Dallas, two men on their way to visit family meet a hail of bullets. The case takes a surprising turn when Det. Tim Stewart discovers what they may have been shot over. Then in Cleveland, a preacher is found strangled in his home.
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  17. S12 E17 - Blood on the Streets
    43min
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    In Miami, the homicide team investigates a triple shooting on a crowded bus that injured two and left a teenager dead. As detectives work the case, they discover that their victim was killed in an escalating street war.
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