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 (19)
1. Four Shots
Aired 1 January 2026 • 86 min
In North Charleston, a construction worker is killed by a stray bullet during an attempted robbery inside a trailer park; as investigators follow the suspects' trail, they discover things are not what they seem.
2. Betrayal
7.0Aired 8 January 2026 • 86 min
In Tulsa, the murder of two women sends detectives on a desperate search for a missing third who may also be a victim of homicide.
3. A Lonely Place to Die
Aired 15 January 2026
When a father of six is found shot in an urban encampment, Tulsa Homicide calls on the unhoused community to help them find the killer.
4. The Cool Mum
Aired 22 January 2026
After a North Charleston mother of four is found beaten to death in the bushes, a rookie detective battles it out in the interview room with her suspected killer.
5. Unfriendly Fire
Aired 29 January 2026
A college student is gunned down in a doorway; Tulsa Homicide detectives explore whether a feud between friends escalated to murder.
6. R Is for Random
Aired 5 February 2026
When a young father is executed in broad daylight, Gwinnett County detectives race against the clock to figure out if one man was passing innocently through the neighbourhood or if he's the killer.
7. Murder in the Bud Room & A Mother Taken
Aired 12 February 2026
In Tulsa, a heated argument spirals out of control, ending in the murder of a father of six. In Gwinnett County, a young boy is the only witness to the violent abduction of his mother, leaving detectives racing to find her before it's too late.
8. Circle of Friends & Rearview Murder
Aired 19 February 2026 • 45 min
In Tulsa, detectives follow a trail of blood to a community where one person's accusations have consequences. In Mobile, a possible collision between two strangers escalates into a shooting.
9. Blood Brothers
Aired 26 February 2026
When gunfire from an automatic weapon leaves an innocent man dead, Tulsa Homicide searches for the intended target and the truth behind the attack.
10. Birthday Party Nightmare
Aired 5 March 2026
In Tulsa, a father is killed protecting his daughter when gunfire erupts at a family birthday party.
11. In Blood
Aired 12 March 2026
A breakthrough in forensic technology breathes new life into the case of a Gwinnett County man stabbed in his home five years ago.
12. Mystery Man
Aired 19 March 2026
A Gwinnett County man is found strangled and shot in his truck. Detectives track the killer into a neighborhood where he seems to vanish into thin air.
13. A Troubled Mind
Aired 26 March 2026 • 45 min
A father discovers his son stabbed multiple times in his own home, leading Tulsa Homicide on a cross-country search for his killer.
14. A House Divided
Aired 2 April 2026 • 45 min
After a Tulsa man returns home from jail to find another man with the mother of his children, he is shot and killed in the middle of the street.
15. The Devil's Hands
Aired 9 April 2026 • 45 min
In Gwinnett County, a 20-year-old woman is found in her apartment a day after being brutally stabbed over 40 times. In Mobile, dozens of bullets are fired at a busy intersection leaving two men dead in a crashed car.
16. Drive into Darkness
Aired 16 April 2026 • 45 min
In Tulsa, when a deadly ambush leaves two teens dead and two others critically injured, Det. Jason White follows leads from Tulsa to Mexico in his pursuit for justice.
17. Blind Fire
Aired 23 April 2026 • 45 min
Tulsa Detective Vernon McNeal confronts a group of childhood friends to find a killer who blindly shot into a bedroom window.
18. Fatally Misinformed
Aired 30 April 2026 • 42 min
When a young father is gunned down at a hotel in Gwinnett County, detectives must sort through rumors and hours of surveillance video to track down his killers.
19. Unforgotten: Rob
Aired 7 May 2026 • 42 min
In North Charleston, Detective Corey Shaffer catches the toughest case of his career when musician and father-of-two Robert 'Rob' Cobain Brown is found brutally murdered in his home.