About this season
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.
Episodes (36)
1. Birthday Girl
Aired 7 March 2013 • 45 min
A 14-year-old Cleveland girl dies at her own birthday party when gunmen fire on a crowd; homicide detectives race to track down multiple shooters in the crime.
2. Deadly Obsession/The Killer You Know
Aired 14 March 2013 • 45 min
Police detectives conduct a three-state manhunt as they investigate the slaying of a young Dallas couple; a Cleveland man is found shot to death in his own backyard.
3. Hot Ride/Debt Collector
Aired 21 March 2013 • 45 min
A violent carjacking leads to the murder of a young father; a Miami musician is shot down in the street.
4. Desperate Moves
Aired 28 March 2013 • 45 min
Dallas detectives launch a manhunt for the person who gunned down an innocent man in his car.
5. Wild Ride
Aired 4 April 2013 • 45 min
Cleveland homicide detectives follow a bizarre trail of evidence in the case of a father of five who was stabbed over 50 times.
6. Easy Money/Ambushed
Aired 11 April 2013 • 45 min
In Dallas a young father is shot in the back, but no one wants to talk.
7. Uncommon Valor
Aired 18 April 2013 • 45 min
In Dallas, when a good Samaritan is gunned down trying to protect his friends, detectives must unravel a tangled web of bad tips and lies in their hunt for the killer.
8. Into the Graveyard
Aired 25 April 2013 • 45 min
In Miami, a family is shattered when two teenage brothers are gunned down in their own backyard. Two surviving friends point Detective TC Cepero and his team in the direction of two desperate and dangerous gunmen on the run. But Cepero will need the community's help to get the brazen killers off the street.
9. The Girl Who Knew Too Much/The Guardian
Aired 2 May 2013 • 45 min
In Dallas, an unidentified girl is found brutally shot in a field. Detectives Scott Sayers and Esteban Montenegro discover that she may have been killed for her silence. Then in Cleveland, a young father is shot in the head trying to break up a fight. Without any leads, Detectives Ignatius Sowa and Raymond Diaz must rely on an outraged community to help track down his killers.
10. The Cover Up/Bad Seed
Aired 9 May 2013 • 45 min
Police detectives search for an elusive killer who shot a man in a Cleveland courtyard; a 72-year-old grandmother is beaten to death in her Dallas home.
11. Best Laid Plans/Burned Alive
Aired 30 May 2013 • 45 min
In Cleveland, when a teenager is shot down in the street, detectives discover his best friends may have something to do with the murder. In Harris County, a young woman set on fire clings to life as deputies race to find who left her for dead.
12. New Year's Terror/Deadly Friends
Aired 6 June 2013 • 45 min
In Cleveland a man is gunned down defending his home on New Year's Eve. With no eyewitnesses, Det. Melvin Smith must rely on DNA evidence to track down the killers. And in Broward County, Florida, when an elderly man is found dead in his apartment, Det. John Curcio's hunt for the suspects leads to a surprising discovery.
13. Blood Feud
Aired 8 August 2013 • 45 min
A police detective hopes to locate the killers of two Miami men before the bloody turf war claims another victim.
14. Bad Reputation/Deadly Party
Aired 15 August 2013 • 45 min
A young mother of three is gunned down in front of her Cleveland home; a birthday party celebration in Florida turns deadly.
15. Update Special: Missing/Deadly Ride
Aired 22 August 2013 • 45 min
In Broward County, when a migrant worker is robbed and beaten to death, Dets. Valerian Perez and Kevin Forsberg must track down a vicious predator before he strikes again. Then, in Cleveland, a man is shot dead in broad daylight at a carwash, and Dets. Lem Griffin and Art Echols fear their case will go cold when none of the witnesses will talk.
16. When a Stranger Calls; Sweet 16
Aired 3 October 2013 • 45 min
The use of a stolen bank card leads Dallas detectives toward the killer of an elderly woman; a teenage honors student is found shot in her own backyard.
17. Deadly Morning
Aired 10 October 2013 • 45 min
A young mother is viscously murdered and dumped in an abandoned house. Detectives Nate Sowa and Ray Diaz make a surprising discovery about the killer.
18. Brother's Keeper; Fighting Words
Aired 17 October 2013 • 45 min
An innocent man is gunned down in a gang war. Detectives race to find his killers before any more blood is shed. In Dallas, a father is murdered close to home and detectives need his neighbors to give them a lead.
19. A Date With Death; Paid in Blood
Aired 24 October 2013 • 45 min
In Cleveland, for Detectives Kathleen Carlin and Tim Entenok, friends are the key to solving the murder of a father shot in the back. And in Dallas, can a surprising lead help Detective Brian Tabor catch up to the killer of an elderly man stabbed to death in his home?
20. Kiss of Death
Aired 14 November 2013 • 45 min
A man is shot to death in a nearby suburb, and police learn that his wife may hold the key to solving the crime.
21. Dead End Drive; The Fixer
Aired 29 November 2013 • 45 min
A group of carjacking killers terrorizes a Dallas neighborhood; tragedy results when an argument between friends gets out of control.
22. Bound and Burned
Aired 29 November 2013 • 45 min
A Dallas police detective must unravel a robbery plot when the body of an expectant father is found bound and burned in a creek bed.
23. Game Over; Long Walk Home
Aired 13 December 2013 • 45 min
New Orleans detectives have little to go on in the hunt for a killer; a young woman is gunned down in the street while walking home from work.
24. For a Quick Buck; Bloody Sunday
Aired 13 December 2013 • 45 min
Masked gunmen terrorize a Cleveland family and execute the young patriarch; Dallas detectives hunt for a killer who gunned down an innocent teen with an assault rifle.
25. Teardrops; Almost Home
Aired 20 December 2013 • 45 min
Dallas detectives hunt a car thief who fatally shot a man and stole his vehicle; detectives search for a witness for can identify the killer of a Cleveland man.
26. Jacked; Fallen Idol
Aired 20 December 2013 • 45 min
A young father is ambushed and killed at a Dallas gas station; detectives suspect an inside job in the case of a Miami rapper who was gunned down at his car wash.
27. Calling for a Killer; Boiling Point
Aired 27 December 2013 • 45 min
Detectives in Florida's Broward County investigate a fatal highway shooting; the execution of three friends outside a Dallas nightclub is caught on video.
28. Murder Rap
Aired 27 December 2013 • 45 min
Cleveland detectives uncover a shocking motive in the case of a bullied teen who was shot and killed outside a public library.
29. Heartless
Aired 28 February 2014 • 45 min
The brutal slayings of a mother and her two children send a New Orleans detective on the hunt for a suspect who may have been acquainted with the victims.
30. Run and Gun; Lonesome Highway
Aired 7 March 2014 • 45 min
A New Orleans police detective hunts for the killers of a recent high-school graduate; an unidentified woman is found shot and dumped on the side of a Dallas highway.
31. The Rookie; Cornered
Aired 10 April 2014 • 45 min
A police detective's first case as a lead involves hunting one of Ohio's most dangerous criminals; a New Orleans neighborhood remains silent following the daytime shooting of an innocent man.
32. The Graveyard Shift
Aired 17 April 2014 • 45 min
The murder of a Cleveland store clerk is caught on tape; police detectives learn that the suspects in the crime have a violent history.
33. Abandoned in the Bayou
Aired 24 April 2014 • 45 min
New Orleans police detectives piece together the last hours in the life of a mother of five, who was found bound and executed in an empty lot.
34. Killer Connection; Bloody Birthday
Aired 1 May 2014 • 45 min
Dallas detectives hope that video footage can identify the person who murdered a young father; a Cleveland mother of six is shot and killed on her birthday.
35. Murder Rap
When a bullied teen is gunned down, Cleveland Detectives are shocked to discover the motive behind this senseless attack.
36. Jacked/Fallen Idol
In Dallas, a young father is ambushed at a gas station. In Miami, a beloved local rapper is gunned down at his car wash.