• Air date: 15 Jun '06 20 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 (20)
    • 1. Loved to Death; Unmasked

      15 Jun '06
      A man has been gunned down in a convenience store. With the surveillance cameras keeping watch, the last few minutes of this man’s life are caught on tape. A gruesome murder in a high-rise condo, will send detectives on the trail of a killer. When they find a blood trail leading out of the building…the hunt is on.
    • 2. Inner Demons; Kids with Guns

      22 Jun '06
      Miami detectives find a man murdered outside his own apartment. While hunting for the killer, they uncover the victim's inner life, revealing a man torn between who he is and what he believes. In Memphis, a tragic triple shooting leaves two young men dead and one fighting for his life in the hospital. Detectives soon find out that the deadly shooter and his partner may be kids, too.
    • 3. The Witness; The Trunk

      06 Jul '06
      Miami detectives Ricky Martinez and Fernando Bosch investigate the double homicide of a husband and wife. As they race against the clock to find the killer, they discover that their best witness in the case tragically also has the most at stake. And in Memphis, Sgt. Ron Collins and his team must solve the mystery behind a car discovered on the edge of town.
    • 4. Pre-emptive Strike; Unlucky

      20 Jul '06
      In Memphis, TN, Lt. Toney Armstrong and his team respond to a shooting where the killer may be barricaded in his apartment. Then the stand-off gives way to a dispute among friends where detectives must determine if the shooter was acting in self-defense, or not.
    • 5. Memphis Blues; Knife to the Heart

      27 Jul '06
      Miami detectives respond to the stabbing murder of an elderly man found dead in his home. After collecting key evidence on the crime scene and talking to witnesses, Detective Rolando Garcia starts to suspect the victim's emotionally unstable nephew may have committed the murder.
    • 6. Special: Miami City Vice

      03 Aug '06
      In a spin-off from The First 48, this special features the most popular detective from the series, Joe Schillaci. He’s passionate, crafty and charming, and uses all of these traits to track down the bad guys. Schillaci has just been promoted to Lieutenant and he has a brand new job heading up a high-profile special operations team called the Jump Out Crew.
    • 7. Boogie Man; Murder on Flowering Peach

      17 Aug '06
      Dallas Homicide Detectives respond to a call about a body in the charred remains of a car. Digging into the victim's life uncovers a dangerous lifestyle with questionable friends. With each interview, a new piece of the puzzle is revealed and investigators take one step closer to the killer.
    • 8. The Run Around; Night Cap

      24 Aug '06
      A man is shot while sitting in his car at a mini market. Witnesses are the key to this case…but are they telling all they know? A young man is shot and left for dead in the parking lot of a local bar. The eye in the sky was keeping watch. What answers will it hold?
    • 9. Crossfire; School Ties

      31 Aug '06
      A young woman gunned down in a convenience store, could have been the wrong victim. A camera was keeping watch what will it hold? A man gunned down in broad day light in the street. The girlfriend was there can she identify the killer?
    • 10. Fool for Love; Dumped

      14 Sep '06
      A decomposing body is found in Texas. Detectives must trace the victims life to find the answer they need…all they find is love and deceit. In Tennessee a body dumped in and empty field has left few clues for detectives. Finding clues will not be an easy task.
    • 11. The Wrong Man; Five Points Payback

      21 Sep '06
      It is a rainy day when shots ring out from a moving car, detectives respond and find a victim. Turns out the victim is an innocent bystander…but the intended target helps detectives. A man is murdered in his van, identifying the victim will prove to be harder than expected. To find the killer detectives must first sort out truth from fiction.
    • 12. Candy Lady; Best of Friends

      28 Sep '06
      A woman is shot and killed though a closed front door. Detectives scour the city and the country to find a killer, leaving no stone unturned. Shots ring out and a 17-year-old is shot in what the locals call “Pork and Beans”. With witnesses telling different stories detectives are left to sort though details looking for the killer.
    • 13. Family Affair; The Hustler

      05 Oct '06
      In a personal killing, the body of a woman has been found stabbed, beaten and burned. With the victims niece and mother missing…a new level of urgency is reached in this case. In a local motel the body of a pool hustler is found. With the victim’s car nowhere to be found, detectives hope to by finding the car they can find a suspect.
    • 14. Motel Massacre; Pure Innocent

      12 Oct '06
      A gunfight has broke out at a local motel leaving two men dead and another clinging to life. The detectives must act quickly to find their shooter. Nothing is more tragic than they death of a child, emotions run deep when a two year old shooting victim is found. A nationwide manhunt will follow with tips from an eight year old witness.
    • 15. Broken Alibis; A Good Woman

      16 Nov '06
      Miami homicide detective Freddy Ponce is called to the brutal beating death of a homeless man. After finding what he believes is the suspect, Ponce's case takes an unexpected turn. In Kansas, a grandmother is found stabbed to death in her kitchen. Detective Ray Lenoir hunts down several potential leads, but it is the forensic evidence that finally reveals their suspect.
    • 16. Houdini; Innocence Lost

      30 Nov '06
      A gas station clerk falls victim to an armed robbery and is shot, before he dies he hit’s the alarms. All exits are sealed locking the killer inside, however when police arrive the killer is no where to be found. Two men open fire on each other outside a young girls home, she is caught in the crossfire and dies. With only witnesses from the community they are forced to rely on them to lead them to the shooters.
    • 17. Wrong Turn; Deadly Dance

      07 Dec '06
      In Memphis a local athlete and a friend are ambushed in their car in the parking lot of a jamboree. The friend survives and aids in the investigation. In Miami a tourist visiting for his son's 17th is robbed and murdered. After some basic police work they have a suspect and must find him.
    • 18. Moment of Truth; Cat and Mouse

      21 Dec '06
      In Dallas, a woman is shot in while sitting in her car. Detective Eddie Ibarra and the homicide team focus in on two suspects swept up in a robbery investigation, and the pieces of the murder mystery begin to fall into place. In Detroit, a young woman and her daughter are shot dead in their apartment. When a young woman is killed in a local neighborhood one detective is driven to solve the case. Turns out this woman was murdered in the neighborhood where the detective grew up.
    • 19. Get that Money; Senseless

      28 Dec '06
      In Kansas City, Missouri, a young man is found dead in the middle of an apartment complex. With no leads or witnesses, Detective Ed Begley is hoping the victim's cell phone can help him find the killer. In Memphis, a case gets personal for Sgt. Caroline Mason when a woman is killed in the neighborhood where she grew up.
    • 20. Easy Prey; Widowmaker

      28 Dec '06
      In Dallas, detectives are working a shooting that left a 26-year-old woman dead, when a mysterious caller gives them a one word nickname - "Mississippi." In Miami, an elderly man is found duct-taped and beaten to death outside his house as his wife of forty years is asleep inside. Detectives have to find out whether the murder is a simple robbery, or a twisted act of retribution.