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Season 12 – The First 48

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Detectives in major cities around the country race against the clock in the wake of homicides, knowing that if they don't find a lead within the first 48 hours, their chances of solving a case are cut in half. The series shows how detectives use forensic evidence and witness interviews to help identify suspects.

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Episode 1 Aired Mar 8, 2012 Missing A 20-year-old single mother mysteriously disappears, and a bloody, abandoned car is the only evidence available for the police. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 15, 2012 Deadly Encounter; Car Trouble A hardworking janitor is stabbed to death in his apartment; a man is murdered after he fixes a friend's car and walks home. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 22, 2012 Down in Overtown; Breaking Point When a young father is gunned down after a night of gambling, it leads Detective Emiliano Tamayo to investigate who would have killed him over $20; in Dallas, a child's birthday party turns deadly. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 29, 2012 Tiny Dancers; Right Hand Man A church keyboardist is gunned down in his home; a rookie police detective investigates the case of a shooting victim found in an abandoned car. Details Episode 5 Aired Apr 5, 2012 Under One Roof; Off Target A Dallas grandfather is robbed and murdered in his bedroom; a drive-by shooting in Miami results in the death of an innocent young woman. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 12, 2012 Bad Attitude; Collateral Damage A man is found stabbed to death in a Dallas apartment, and police believe a woman lured him to his doom; a wild gunfight results in the death of an innocent man. Details Episode 7 Aired Apr 19, 2012 Cold Light of Day Mike Smith and Walley Everett investigate the murder of a 23-year-old mother found burned in the backyard of an abandoned house. Details Episode 8 Aired Apr 26, 2012 Far From Home; Object of Desire An out-of-state truck driver is found dead in the cab of his rig; Texas investigators probe the murder of an exotic dancer. Details Episode 9 Aired May 3, 2012 Unarmed; Bad Feeling An unarmed man is gunned down outside a Miami bar; a Dallas woman is found bludgeoned to death in her apartment. Details Episode 10 Aired May 10, 2012 Brutal Business Dallas detectives investigate the case of two friends who were shot, then burned inside the trunk of a car. Details Episode 11 Aired Jun 7, 2012 A Simple Plan; The Rip-Off A mother is murdered in front of her daughter during a home invasion; a Dallas teenager pays the ultimate price when he attempts to sell his gun. Details Episode 12 Aired Jun 14, 2012 Less Than Zero; Friends for Life An unarmed Miami man is shot in the back; three friends in Cleveland leave a party, but one of the group ends up dead. Details Episode 13 Aired Jun 28, 2012 Night Shift; Mobbed A convenience-store clerk is murdered by a masked gunman; a man is beaten to death by numerous assailants. Details Episode 14 Aired Jun 28, 2012 House of Pain; Into the Night A Cleveland homicide detective investigates why a friendly house party became the scene of a double murder; an industrious man is the victim of a robbery gone bad. Details Episode 15 Aired Jul 12, 2012 Shattered After the discovery of a beloved man dead in his apartment on a bed of broken glass, Dallas detectives zero in on a suspect. Details Episode 16 Aired Jul 19, 2012 Massacre in Little Haiti; Exposed Miami police detectives hope the two survivors of a corner-store massacre can identify the shooter who killed two others; a Cleveland man is found strangled in his apartment. Details Episode 17 Aired Aug 16, 2012 Deadly Ride; Wrong Place, Wrong Time Detectives embark on a four-state manhunt to find the killer of a Cleveland driver; Miami police need citizens to loosen their lips and help them solve a murder. Details Episode 18 Aired Aug 30, 2012 Father and Son; Dangerous Attraction A Miami homicide team investigates the shooting death of a kindly father; a Dallas man is fatally shot in his sleep. Details Episode 19 Aired Sep 6, 2012 Murder in Pleasant Grove Detectives seek the public's help when an unidentified body is found dismembered and burned in a Dallas field. Details Episode 20 Aired Dec 22, 2011 Update Special: Hale Storm A violent family friend is the main suspect in an early morning shooting spree in Louisville, Ky. Details Episode 20 Aired Sep 13, 2012 Innocent Bystander; Partners in Crime Surveillance video of a fatal stabbing at a Texas strip mall leaves a policeman with more questions than answers; a Dallas man is shot to death in his living room. Details Episode 21 Aired Dec 29, 2011 Update Special: Bad Company Las Vegas homicide detectives work for six years to find a murderer. Details Episode 21 Aired Sep 20, 2012 Blood Red; Deadly Moves Two Dallas men on their way to visit family are gunned down; a police detective searches for a burglar who strangled a Cleveland preacher. Details Episode 22 Aired Oct 4, 2012 Blood on the Streets Miami homicide detectives investigating a triple shooting on a crowded bus learn the violence was the result of an escalating street war. Details Episode 23 Aired Oct 11, 2012 Schoolgirls; Out of the Shadows A fight between Dallas schoolgirls leads to a deadly home invasion; an innocent man is fatally shot during an attempted carjacking in Cleveland. Details Episode 23 Aired Jan 12, 2012 Update Special: Loose Ends Detectives in major cities around the country race against the clock to solve homicides and use forensic evidence and witness interviews to help identify suspects. Details Episode 25 Aired Jan 26, 2012 Update Special: Fifteen A stray bullet from an AK-47 kills a teenage girl at a birthday party in Dallas; the case against the alleged killer begins to fall apart. Details Episode 32 Aired Apr 12, 2012 Update Special: Shattered Dreams The wife of a Darfurian immigrant who was shot and killed in his store fears that the three men allegedly involved in the crime may escape justice. Details Episode 34 Aired Apr 19, 2012 Update Special: Better Days & Inked in Blood The murders of an elderly resident and a female tattoo artist are revisited. Details Episode 36 Aired Apr 26, 2012 Update Special: In Harm's Way Three eyewitnesses with credibility issues are all a prosecutor has to work with in the case of a fatal shooting. Details Episode 38 Aired May 3, 2012 Update Special: Cold as Ice A powerful attorney claims that his young client, who was charged with murdering a man, acted in self-defense. Details Episode 40 Aired May 10, 2012 Update Special: Torched/Girl Fight A man becomes accused of killing and torturing his friend from childhood; a young woman with no criminal history faces the accusation of murdering a mother in front of her children. Details Episode 41 Aired May 17, 2012 Update Special: Tag Team & Heart of Gold A 19-year-old man is shot to death in a Memphis, Tenn., street fight; an unforeseen twist threatens to derail a Kentucky prosecutor's case. Details Episode 46 Aired Jul 5, 2012 Update Special: Rules of the Game Revisiting the case involving the murder of Louisville, Ky., celebrity LaShawn "Sugar Shizz" Talbert in August 2010; the alleged drug dealer in the crime claims self-defense in a post-trial interview. Details Episode 49 Aired Jul 26, 2012 Update Special: Last Call & Road Hazard A high-ranking gang member is the main suspect in a deadly shooting; a motorist is run off the road and murdered. Details Episode 50 Aired Aug 2, 2012 Update Special: Cold and Callous & Wrong Man Witnesses to the murder of a 15-year-old boy fail to identify the alleged killer; a man claims he is not responsible for the shooting death of an innocent bystander. Details Episode 51 Aired Aug 9, 2012 Update Special: Stolen Lives & Crimson Trail Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law is used as a defense in a fatal stabbing; an alleged killer is finally apprehended four years after fleeing over the Mexican border. Details Episode 57 Aired Sep 27, 2012 Update Special: Devil Inside & Flight Risk A woman's dismembered body is discovered beneath an Arizona underpass; a woman is shot to death by her cousin's boyfriend during a weekend getaway. Details
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Season Info

Executive Producer
David Eilenberg, Elaine Frontain Bryant, Peter Tarshis, Laura Fleury, Maija Norris, John X. Kim, Alexis Robie, Robert Sharenow, David McKillop, Charles Tremayne, Nancy Dubuc, Andy Berg, David Mettler, Dierdre O'Hearn
Network
A&E
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Reality, Crime
Original Language
English
Release Date
Mar 8, 2012
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