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 (8)
1. Final Word
Aired 21 September 2023 • 43 min
In Mobile, a man is gunned down in front of his family, and it’s up to Det. Jermaine Rogers to sift through differing accounts of the incident to find the truth.
2. Cut Short
Aired 28 September 2023 • 43 min
After a 14-year-old boy is shot to death outside of a friend’s house, detectives wonder if he was caught in the middle of a sinister plot.
3. I Killed
Aired 5 October 2023 • 43 min
When a man is found inside of a truck, stabbed 45 times, a bilingual Tulsa community comes together to help Detective Mark Kennedy identify the victim and track down his killer.
4. Unforgotten: Ben
Aired 12 October 2023 • 43 min
A young man is murdered while defending his friends during a home invasion. Retired Detective Ronnie Leatherman hands off the case to Detective Lacy Lansdown, who must now seek justice for the man’s family.
5. Little Girl Lost
Aired 19 October 2023
Detective Angela Carter takes over the case of a missing teenage girl and wonders if the key to her disappearance could lie shockingly close to home.
6. Cold Fury
Aired 30 November 2023
In Tulsa, detectives scour the city for a man on the run while trying to uncover the truth behind a woman's mysterious injuries.
7. Lost and Found
Aired 7 December 2023
When a woman's body is discovered in her car on an overgrown lot outside of Mobile, Det. Glenn Barton traces her final steps to find out who or what is ultimately responsible for her mysterious death.
8. Innocents Lost
Aired 28 December 2023
When a house fire turns out to be a triple murder involving a 7-year-old girl, Tulsa Homicide takes it personally.