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 (12)
1. Streets of Pain
Aired 1 January 2025 • 45 min
A visit to Mobile ends in tragedy when a violent chain reaction leads to the death of a teenage girl.
2. Gun Runner/In a Flash
Aired 2 January 2025 • 45 min
In Tulsa, a horrific killing in a family home leaves detectives clamoring for answers. But first, the Mobile shooting of a beloved father leads investigators on a city-wide manhunt to find the man who betrayed his friend.
3. Seeking Justice
Aired 9 January 2025 • 45 min
Homicide detectives in Tulsa, Okla., look into the secret parts of a 65-year-old man's life after a welfare check reveals the man was killed and robbed.
4. Deadly Spree
Aired 16 January 2025 • 45 min
The authorities investigate after a man is murdered after a game of pool in a crowded bar, and they realize surveillance video captured the crime on tape.
5. Tangled Web
Aired 23 January 2025 • 45 min
A Mobile homeowner reports a theft of $9,000 to the police, and just thirty minutes later, a local father of three is mysteriously killed on their front porch.
6. Minibike Murder
Aired 30 January 2025 • 45 min
After a mysterious motorcycle rider stalks and shoots down a Tulsa man, detectives must piece together the events leading up to his death to find out who wanted him dead and why.
7. Chain Reaction
Aired 6 February 2025 • 45 min
A young father loses his life when tempers flare and bullets fly at a Gwinnett County nightclub.
8. Silent Parties
Aired 13 February 2025 • 45 min
When a young man is killed at a party in a Gwinnett County park, detectives must turn to the families of the victim and possible suspect to break the silence.
9. Home Ground / In the Shadows
Aired 20 February 2025 • 45 min
When a man is found shot at a neighborhood party, detectives discover his friends may be hiding a secret. A father is gunned down in front of his girlfriend when a relationship from the past comes back to haunt them.
10. It's Not Over
Aired 20 March 2025 • 45 min
An altercation in a casino parking lot leads to murder when friends abandon reason for revenge.
11. Armed to Party
Aired 27 March 2025 • 45 min
A young man who came to the U.S. to fulfill his dreams is killed at a birthday party, and Tulsa police must cut through a web of lies to find the culprit.
12. A Killer Among Us
Aired 3 April 2025 • 45 min
Season Finale In Tulsa, when a woman goes missing after an argument with her new husband, detectives peel back the layers of her relationship to find their suspect.