• Air date: 07 Mar '13 76 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (76)
    • 1. Birthday Girl

      07 Mar '13
      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

      14 Mar '13
      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

      21 Mar '13
      A violent carjacking leads to the murder of a young father; a Miami musician is shot down in the street.
    • 4. Desperate Moves

      28 Mar '13
      Dallas detectives launch a manhunt for the person who gunned down an innocent man in his car.
    • 5. Wild Ride

      04 Apr '13
      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

      11 Apr '13
      In Dallas a young father is shot in the back, but no one wants to talk.
    • 7. Uncommon Valor

      18 Apr '13
      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

      25 Apr '13
      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

      02 May '13
      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

      09 May '13
      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

      30 May '13
      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

      06 Jun '13
      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

      08 Aug '13
      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

      15 Aug '13
      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

      22 Aug '13
      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

      03 Oct '13
      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

      10 Oct '13
      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

      17 Oct '13
      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

      24 Oct '13
      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

      14 Nov '13
      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

      29 Nov '13
      A group of carjacking killers terrorizes a Dallas neighborhood; tragedy results when an argument between friends gets out of control.
    • 22. Bound and Burned

      29 Nov '13
      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

      13 Dec '13
      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

      13 Dec '13
      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

      20 Dec '13
      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.