The First 48 Episode Guide

Episode Guide

The First 48: Season 9 (2009)

• Season 9 Episode 14: 09/15/09

  Police try to unravel the mystery surrounding a 28-year-old man shot in his home; Miami authorities race against the clock to catch the killer of a homeless man found stabbed in a park.

• Season 9 Episode 13: Heart of Gold; Last Breath

  After a 33-year-old woman is stabbed to death in Louisville, Ky., police reach out to her family and witnesses to try to track down her killer; police investigate the shooting death of a college student, 19, on a residential street in Minneapolis.

• Season 9 Episode 10: Torn; Gun Crazy

  A rookie detective tries to untangle a love triangle that turned deadly; detectives try to piece together what happened inside a car that left one person dead and another critically injured.

• Season 9 Episode 8: Caught Up

  A man is shot to death on the street in broad daylight; a 27-year-old is shot down by a man riding on a bike.

• Season 9 Episode 7: Ditched

  A 21-year-old father is gunned down in a parking lot; investigators get two important pieces of information: the license plate of a car seen fleeing the scene and confirmation that the parking lot has a surveillance camera.

  Next on: Thursday 7th January 8:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 9 Episode 6: Ditched

  Motorists discover a decomposed body on the side of the road.

• Season 9 Episode 5: In Broad Daylight; Fight Club

  A young woman is shot to death in a park in the middle of the day; a young man is beaten and shot during a gunfight in front of a strip club.

  Next on: Wednesday 6th January 12:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 9 Episode 4: Road Hazard; Cold

  A motorcycle club president is shot in the head after being forced off the road; a mother of seven is strangled to death in her apartment.

  Next on: Tuesday 5th January 12:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 9 Episode 3: Cold as Ice

  The witness to a fatal shooting is forced to choose between her friendship with the suspect and her own freedom.

• Season 9 Episode 2: Signs of Violence; Live by the Gun

  A detective enters the world of the hearing impaired to solve the stabbing murder of a deaf father of three; a Miami detective hits the streets to find out who shot a youth during a lively street party.

• Season 9 Episode 1: Last Wish

  A man is found dead on a residential sidewalk after celebrating his 46th birthday; the homicide team makes a public plea for help after their initial leads fail to pan out.

  Next on: Thursday 7th January 9:00pm EST - A & E Network

The First 48: Season 8 (2009)

• Season 8 Episode 15: One Heart

  The detectives assigned to the homicide case of a Rastafarian are forced to use unusual tactics when the suspects start pointing fingers at one another.

  Next on: Thursday 14th January 1:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 8 Episode 14: Up in Flames; Drive-By

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 8 Episode 13: Shattered Dreams; Left to Die

  A Sudanese man is shot to death at his clothing store in Louisville, Ky.; a shooting leaves a young man dead and his girlfriend struggling to survive.

• Season 8 Episode 12: Out of Sight; Missing Piece

  A college student is stabbed after a night out with friends; a boy is shot in a residential backyard.

• Season 8 Episode 11: Live Bait; Drama at the Classic

  A young man is robbed and killed while meeting up with a girl he met earlier; a man is gunned down outside an annual football game.

• Season 8 Episode 10: Update Special: Silenced; Downstream Drifter

  The events that unfold after the arrest.

• Season 8 Episode 9: Blame Game; Chasing Shadows

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

  Next on: Thursday 7th January 10:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 8 Episode 8: Update Special: Blindsided; Killing Spree

  The events that unfolded after the arrests.

• Season 8 Episode 7: Devil Inside; Rattlesnake

  A 58-year-old woman is found naked and dead under a highway overpass; a teenager is shot in an apartment complex.

• Season 8 Episode 6: Out of the Past; Feud

  Dallas detectives investigate the death of a 54-year-old man gunned down in front of his family; Cincinnati detectives investigate a gunfight that occurred in broad daylight and ended in the death of a 23-year-old man.

• Season 8 Episode 5: Blood Money; Fifteen

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

  Next on: Thursday 7th January 1:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 8 Episode 4: Crashing the Gate; 6000 Motives

  Dallas detectives investigate the murder of two people gunned down in a car at the entrance of an apartment complex; Miami detectives investigating the stabbing death of an elderly man in his home.

• Season 8 Episode 3: Obstruction; Flight Risk

  Cincinnati police investigate the shooting death of a 28-year-old from Detroit; Dallas police enlist the help of the Travis County SWAT team after they get a tip that a murder suspect is headed for Mexico.

• Season 8 Episode 2: Return to Sender/Death

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 8 Episode 2: Return to Sender; Death Camp

  A Dallas detective investigates the murder of a young man shot in his friend's car; Minneapolis police search for the person who beat a homeless man to death.

• Season 8 Episode 1: Gone

  Dallas detectives try to solve a murder without the victim's body; the trail leads to a wooded campsite where they find hanging vulture heads and swords.

  Next on: Thursday 14th January 12:00pm EST - A & E Network

The First 48: Season 7 (2008)

• Season 7 Episode 31: Coma/Disappeared

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 7 Episode 30: Update Special: Fool for Love; Crash

  The dramatic events that unfolded after the arrests.

• Season 7 Episode 29: Update Special: Murder on the Interstate; At Close Range

  A look back at some cases and the dramatic events that unfolded after the arrests.

• Season 7 Episode 28: Smoke; Touch of Evil

  Police investigate the death of a man whose body is discovered in an emtpy car park in Dallas, while detectives in Memphis deal with the stabbing of a mother and her 10-year-old son

  Next on: Thursday 14th January 11:00am EST - A & E Network
• Season 7 Episode 27: Snapped; Fallen Angel

  Cincinnati detectives probe the murder of a 56-year-old man who was beaten in the stairwell of his apartment building; in Dallas, a 28-year-old singer is found shot in his car in a drug deal that goes bad.

  Next on: Thursday 14th January 8:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 7 Episode 26: River's Edge

  Minneapolis police work against the clock to solve the murder of an unknown homeless man found on the edge of the Mississippi riverbank.

• Season 7 Episode 25: In Cold Blood; Red Handed

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 7 Episode 24: Collateral; Driven to Kill

  Detroit police investigate a triple shooting that left a young mother and her friend dead; in Dallas a man is intentionally run down and killed by a car.

• Season 7 Episode 23: Blackout

  A 22-year-old man is tied up and shot along with two of his friends during a robbery; detectives looking for the killers are taken on a cross-country manhunt.

• Season 7 Episode 22: Unwelcome Guest; Wrecked

  Memphis police must rely on physical evidence to track down the person who bludgeoned a man to death; Minneapolis police investigate the death of a man who was shot after a car accident.

  Next on: Wednesday 6th January 10:00pm EST - Crime & Investigation Network
• Season 7 Episode 21: Breaking the Silence/Letters of Intent

  Cincinnati detectives try to break the silence surrounding the death of a 28-year-old man gunned down on Main Street; Dallas detectives work to solve the murder of an aspiring social worker.

  Next on: Thursday 7th January 11:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 7 Episode 20: Moving Out; Among Thieves

  Memphis police investigate the death of a man shot outside of his home; Dallas police track down the suspects in carjacking spree that has left one man dead.

• Season 7 Episode 19: The Last Yard; Root of All Evil

  Memphis Sgt. Eric Freeman lead the investigation into the murder of a University of Memphis football player; Tucson detectives Jennifer Whitfield and Mike Carroll investigate a double murder.

• Season 7 Episode 18: Bail Out/Seeing Red

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 7 Episode 17: Lester Street

  Lt. Armstrong and his team investigate Memphis' worst mass murder in 15 years; the investigation points to a gang-ordered directive to kill an entire family.

  Next on: Tuesday 12th January 12:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 7 Episode 16: Last Night Out; Death Do Us Part

  Two Cincinnati detectives hope a witness can help them locate a young man seen running from the scene of a shooting; Miami police find 1-year-old twins in the back of a black SUV and their mother slumped over dead in the driver's seat.

• Season 7 Episode 15: Last Fare

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 7 Episode 14: Frenzy/Hard Truth

  Miami police investigate the murder of two men gunned down in the middle of a residential street; Cincinnati police search for a suspect in a shooting that left one man dead and another wounded.

• Season 7 Episode 13: Deal Breaker/Gunplay

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 7 Episode 12: Ashes and Snow

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 7 Episode 11: Shell Shocked/Cradle to Grave

  Sergeants in Memphis, Tenn., set up a sting to catch a victim's killer; Miami detectives are called to an execution in the middle of a bustling neighborhood.

• Season 7 Episode 10: Dropped Call/Derailed

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 7 Episode 9: Lured in/Disaster

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 7 Episode 8: Last Ride; Trailer Trap

  Detectives in Dallas investigate the shooting of a young man whose body was found in the trunk of an abandoned car; a man is murdered in a trailer park.

• Season 7 Episode 7: Better Days; Wildflower

  Memphis police rely on information from a local community to apprehend murder suspects when a 78-year-old man is shot dead outside his home

• Season 7 Episode 6: American Dream; Easter Sunday

  A man who fled the war in Bosnia is found shot dead in his truck; a surveillance camera helps lead detectives to suspects; a young father who was trying to escape the streets of Detroit is found dead in his car.

• Season 7 Episode 5: Burden of Proof/Backfire

  A woman in Detroit is shot in her home; a young man is found shot dead in a parking lot after he and his friend tried to rob a street vendor.

• Season 7 Episode 4: Unnecessary Roughness; Stolen Life

  Gunfire interrupts a children's Peace Bowl football tournament in Cincinnati, leaving one teenager dead; in Dallas, detectives work to find the killer of a popular high-school basketball coach.

• Season 7 Episode 3: Dead Sleep/ Tag Team

  A brutal beating death in a close-knit Cincinnati neighborhood; detectives use surveillance footage to track down the killer of a teenager in Memphis.

  Next on: Tuesday 5th January 11:00am EST - A & E Network
• Season 7 Episode 2: Double Time

  The team in Miami races against the clock to solve two homicide cases.

• Season 7 Episode 1: Inked in Blood

  Sgt. Connie Justice investigates the murder of a tattoo artist shot during a robbery.

  Next on: Wednesday 6th January 11:00am EST - A & E Network

The First 48: Season 6 (2007)

• Season 6 Episode 18: Fit of Rage/Mean Streets

  Detectives Jenny Luke and Bob Randolph investigate the case of a young woman who was strangled in her living room

• Season 6 Episode 17: Tender Trap; Bait and Switch

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

  Next on: Tomorrow at 12:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 6 Episode 16: Motel No-Tell/Brotherly Love

  Detectives track down a murder suspect; survivors of a brutal shooting try to identify the perpetrators.

• Season 6 Episode 15: Mislead; Somebody's Daddy

  In Miami, a 17-year-old is murdered and left in the back seat of his car; a young man is found shot dead in the parking lot of a Dallas housing complex.

  Next on: Wednesday 13th January 9:00pm EST - Crime & Investigation Network
• Season 6 Episode 14: Neighborhood Sweetheart/Hail of Gunfire

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

  Next on: Thursday 7th January 12:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 6 Episode 13: Bad Call/Ricochet

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 6 Episode 12: Shooting Spree; Lady in the Fire

  Officer Anthon Wright Jnr responds to a call at an abandoned house where a man has been shot dead - and wonders whether an apparently identical attack nearby is related

• Season 6 Episode 11: Double Life

  Detective Riacardo John discovers a man's body behind an abandoned church in Miami, but the stabbing victim's identity baffles the investigators

• Season 6 Episode 10: Stepping Up/Foul Shot

  Officer Jo Ann Miller tracks down basketball players who took part in a game that erupted in violence in Detroit, in an effort to find out who is responsible for a death

• Season 6 Episode 9: About Face/Backyard Murder

  Detectives Castillo and Castellanos investigate the murder of a young man who was shot in broad daylight, but witnesses are understandably reluctant to come forward

  Next on: Monday 11th January 12:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 6 Episode 8: Thrown Away; Crimson Trail

  Armando Aguilar's final case as a homicide detective is a tragic one, as he investigates the murder of a 14-year- old boy left to decompose in a rubbish bin

• Season 6 Episode 7: Friend or Foe; Code of Silence

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 6 Episode 6: Floated Away; Tagged

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 6 Episode 5: Last Birthday

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 6 Episode 4: Bicycle Bandits; First Shot

  Sgt Eunice Cooper and her team investigate the case of a recent high school graduate who was shot and killed, and needs to trace two teenagers who fled the scene on bicycles

• Season 6 Episode 3: Bucks/Family Friends

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 6 Episode 2: Blindsided

  A woman is found shot to death in the lobby of her workplace.

• Season 6 Episode 1: Missing Witness; Who's Knocking

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

The First 48: Season 5 (2007)

• Season 5 Episode 13: Reversal of Fortune

  A body is rolled in carpet and left by the side of a road.

• Season 5 Episode 11: Hard Fall

  A former airline executive is stabbed to death in his car.

  Next on: Wednesday 6th January 9:00pm EST - Crime & Investigation Network
• Season 5 Episode 10: Last Dance; Deadly Deal

  A gang shooting leaves two dead and four with gunshots wounds; a man is found dead in his truck with a fist full of money and drugs.

• Season 5 Episode 9: Silenced

  An unidentified young woman is found shot to death.

• Season 5 Episode 8: Final Investment; Writing on the Wall

  A young girl witnesses the murder of an investor; a gang appears to be involved in the murder of a homeless man.

• Season 5 Episode 7: To Die For; Highway Revenge

  A 75-year-old man is shot dead; a man is found dead behind the wheel on an interstate highway.

• Season 5 Episode 6: The Good Book; Nightmare

  Miami detectives investigate a brutal double homicide; in Dallas, the charred remains of a body are found in a burning car.

• Season 5 Episode 5: Stray Bullet; Payback

  A family man is shot dead inside his apartment; a rookie detective gets a triple homicide for his first big case.

• Season 5 Episode 4: Live to Tell; Field of Lies

  Ricardo John catches his first case as a lead detective; detectives investigate a home invasion.

  Next on: Tuesday 12th January 11:00am EST - A & E Network
• Season 5 Episode 3: Blood Trail; 50G Murder

  A woman is stabbed and left for dead in the street; an elderly man is shot inside his dental clinic.

• Season 5 Episode 2: Up in Smoke; Shot in the Dark

  A double murder in Memphis, Tenn.; a body is found in a Kansas City street.

• Season 5 Episode 1: Fatal Pickup; Bad Neighbor

  A double shooting in a vacant lot; the body of a shooting victim is riddled with bullets and dumped in a park.

The First 48: Season 4 (2006)

• Season 4 Episode 20: Family Secrets; Clipped

  A young couple goes missing; a young man is shot behind a barbershop.

• Season 4 Episode 19: Easy Prey; Widowmaker

  A young woman is killed in a Dallas shooting; in Miami, an elderly man is found duct taped and beaten to death outside his house.

  Next on: Wednesday 13th January 10:00pm EST - Crime & Investigation Network
• Season 4 Episode 18: Get That Money; Senseless

  A young man is found dead in the middle of an apartment complex; a woman is killed in the neighborhood a sergeant grew up in.

• Season 4 Episode 17: Moment of Truth; Cat and Mouse

  In Dallas, a woman is killed in a botched robbery; in Detroit, a young woman and her baby are murdered.

• Season 4 Episode 16: Wrong Turn; Deadly Dance

  A 54-year-old tourist is murdered; shots ring out at a high school in Memphis, Tenn.

  Next on: Thursday 7th January 11:00am EST - A & E Network
• Season 4 Episode 15: Houdini; Innocent Lost

  A robber shoots a gas station clerk; a 9-year-old girl is killed while playing outside her house.

• Season 4 Episode 14: Broken Alibis; A Good Woman

  A homeless man is brutally beaten to death; a grandmother is found stabbed to death in her kitchen.

• Season 4 Episode 13: Motel Massacre; Pure Innocent

  A Memphis, Tenn., motel gunfight; the shooting death of a 2-year-old child.

• Season 4 Episode 12: Family Affair; The Hustler

  A young woman is stabbed, beaten and burned to death on a bed, and her 12-year-old niece and her mother are missing; a pool hustler dies in a motel room.

• Season 4 Episode 11: Candy Lady; Best of Friends

  A beloved neighborhood 'Candy Lady' is murdered; a 17-year-old is shot.

  Next on: Wednesday 13th January 11:00am EST - A & E Network
• Season 4 Episode 10: The Wrong Man; Five Points Payback

  An innocent bystander dies in a drive-by shooting; a man dies by gunshot in a van.

• Season 4 Episode 9: Fool for Love; Dumped

  A badly decomposed body; a corpse in an empty field.

  Next on: Wednesday 13th January 12:00pm EST - A & E Network
• Season 4 Episode 8: 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.

• Season 4 Episode 7: The Run Around; Night Cap

  A man is shot in his parked car; a man is murdered and left in a bar parking lot.

• Season 4 Episode 6: The Boogie Man; Murder on Flowering Peach

  A body in the remains of a car; a home invasion leaves a man dead.

• Season 4 Episode 5: Memphis Blues; Knife to the Heart

  An elderly man is stabbed to death; a young man is murdered outside a liquor store.

• Season 4 Episode 4: Pre-emptive Strike; Unlucky

  Detectives must determine if a shooter acted in self-defense; detectives look for a mentally unstable suspect.

• Season 4 Episode 3: The Witness; The Trunk

  Homicide of a man and his wife; blood is found in the trunk of a missing woman's car.

• Season 4 Episode 2: Inner Demons; Kids With Guns

  Miami police find a man murdered outside of his apartment; Memphis police investigate a shooting that leaves two men dead and another fighting for his life.

• Season 4 Episode 1: Loved to Death; Unmasked

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

The First 48: Season 3 (2005 - 2006)

• Season 3 Episode 12: Pack of Lies

  A young man is found stabbed to death in his house. Sgt Williams and Detective Tapanes investigate the possibility he was killed by associates in an alleged crystal meth ring

• Season 3 Episode 11: Close Ties; Last Call

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 3 Episode 10: Dead Man Running; Crash

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 3 Episode 9: Last Exit; Out Cold

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 3 Episode 8: Point Blank; Shoot Out

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 3 Episode 7: Torched

  Sgt Velazquez and Det Freddy Ponce investigate a murder when they discover an unidentified victim in the back seat of a burnt-out hire car

• Season 3 Episode 6: Fifty Dollar Murder; Murder in Liberty City

  A surveillance camera is the only hope in identifying a killer; two Miami officers use old-fashioned police work to find a link between two crime scenes.

• Season 3 Episode 5: Foolproof Alibi; Left Behind

  A father-to-be is shot dead in broad daylight on the streets of Miami, and Sgt Cooper and Detective Ford follow the clues in pursuit of the culprit

• Season 3 Episode 4: Evil Streak; .50 Caliber

  Las Vegas detectives Mike Wallace and Mark McNett receive a call to attend a case involving the murder of a beautiful young woman

  Next on: Tomorrow at 11:00am EST - A & E Network
• Season 3 Episode 3: Fish Out of Water; Good Samaritan

  Detective Bosch investigates the murder of an apparently innocent tourist, and discovers thousands of dollars in counterfeit currency under the victim's bed

• Season 3 Episode 2: Duct Tape Murder; Custody of the Devil

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 3 Episode 1: House of Blood; Last Man Standing

  Detective Castellanos investigates a stabbing in Little Havana, following a trail of bloody footprints left by the killer as he fled the scene

The First 48: Season 2 (2005)

• Season 2 Episode 13: Deadly Attraction

  Police are drawn into the murky world of a travelling carnival when a man is found murdered in his bed - but need to catch the killer before the show leaves town

• Season 2 Episode 12: Roadside Burning; Blood Ties

  A Dallas motorist discovers a body; a hard-working migrant is found dead in a parking lot.

• Season 2 Episode 11: Murder in the Driveway; Double Shooting in the Beans

  The team must hunt down a man suspected of murder before he flees the country; the team must get a double-murder witness to reveal what he knows.

• Season 2 Episode 10: Downstream Drifter; Murder in Room 162

  Detectives race to find the identity of a murder victim; a hotel's surveillance cameras may have recorded the images of killers.

• Season 2 Episode 9: Fallen; Texas Burning

  Apparent suicide victim's body shows signs of a struggle; investigation of two burned bodies leads police to a bloody motel-room.

• Season 2 Episode 8: Devil's Candy

  A murder may spark a bloody turf-war between rival heroin-dealers.

• Season 2 Episode 7: Silence in the Grove; Show Stopper

  Men refuse to tell who shot them; a victim's cell phone is the key to a murder.

• Season 2 Episode 6: Twisted Honor; Vultures

  Savage shotgun-murder; team finds a body in a wooded area.

• Season 2 Episode 5: Deadly Betrayal

  Detectives race to catch a club owner's killers before an approaching hurricane halts their investigation.

• Season 2 Episode 4: Hunt for Teeth; Coyote Blue

  Detectives must track down a suspected killer before he can leave the country; a murder suspect is known only as 'Teeth.'

• Season 2 Episode 3: Hostile Takeover; Shot in the Back

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 2 Episode 2: Murder on the Interstate; House of Santeria

  Murder of a college student; the key to a doctor's murder may lie with the voodoo-like Santeria shrines found at the crime scene.

• Season 2 Episode 1: A Serial Killer Calls

  A serial killer directs homicide detectives to bodies he has hidden around Kansas City.

The First 48: Season 1 (2004)

• Season 1 Episode 13: Silent Witness; Halley Street Slayings

  Miami police try to find clues to a murder within the first 48 hours after it takes place : the chances of making a conviction being greatly reduced after this period

• Season 1 Episode 12: At Close Range; Murder in Motor City

  A witness to a double murder in Phoenix goes missing, and a man's corpse is found in a car in Detroit

• Season 1 Episode 11: Stripper's Revenge; Dead on Arrival

  A two-timing boyfriend is shot and killed; a young father is gunned down in his doorway.

• Season 1 Episode 10: At Death's Door; Wrong Side of the Tracks

  A man is shot assassination-style at least 12 times; a celebrated doctor's son is murdered.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Desert Bones; Party's Over

  A female skeleton is found in the desert; a teen is shot at a high-school party.

• Season 1 Episode 8: Fire in the Rain; Family Feud

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 1 Episode 7: On Ice; Body in the Canal

  A skater is brutally murdered at an ice rink in Phoenix, and the local authorities are quick onto the case. Meanwhile, police in Arizona don't know what to make of a body that mysteriously turns up in a canal

• Season 1 Episode 6: Killing Spree

  Police try to convince the residents of a housing project to help them to track down a man who has been terrorizing the community.

• Season 1 Episode 5: Body in the Park; Ruby Street Shooting

  A victim's body is burned beyond recognition; witnesses to a murder refuse to talk to police.

• Season 1 Episode 4: Double Murder on Haskell; Back Alley Revenge

  Investigators must convince a suspect to give up his own father; detectives hope the word on the street will crack a case.

  Next on: Monday 11th January 11:00am EST - A & E Network
• Season 1 Episode 3: Blood in the Snow; Swope Park Killing

  Police race to locate an important murder witness before the killers get there first, and officers desperately hunt for evidence to convict a gunman

• Season 1 Episode 2: Overkill; Left for Dead

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Season 1 Episode 1: Gangs of Little Havana; Execution in Coconut Grove

  A wall of silence from a frightened community hampers efforts to solve a gang-related murder; a convenience-store owner is shot twice in the head.

The First 48:

• Devil Insider/Rattlesnake

  Following events during the first 48 hours after a crime is committed, which can often provide the key to the case or undermine it completely

• Twist of Fate

  The public becomes outraged after a married couple is gunned down at home in front of their two young children in Louisville.

  Next on: Thursday 14th January 9:00pm EST - A & E Network

The First 48: Special (2009)

• Update Special: Ashes and Snow; Backyard Murder

  Revisiting past cases.

• Update Special: Blackout

  The events that unfolded after the arrest.