The worst episodes of The First 48
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- 01
In Tulsa, a father of three is gunned down after an argument, and the instincts of veteran detective Jason White are put to the test.
- 02
In Tulsa, a homeless man is ambushed by two men on a dark trail, and his wife may hold the key to finding the killers.
- 03
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.
- 04
In Mobile, AL, a father of four is gunned down in a strip club when a chance encounter turns deadly.
- 05
In Mobile, AL, one teenager is killed, and another's life is forever changed when a single decision turns fatal.
- 06
Tulsa, Okla., police Detective Justin Ritter's investigation into the stabbing of an innocent father leads him into the dangerous world of methamphetamine addiction.
- 07
In Tulsa, OK, a homeless man is beaten and stabbed to death, leading detectives to witnesses that live under a bridge where he was discovered.
- 08
Childhood Friend / Magic Bullet
In St. Louis, a man is shot in his apartment with only his girlfriend with him, but she claims she had nothing to do with it. In Tulsa, detectives need a childhood friend of the victim to tell the truth about the shooting in front of her home.
- 09
Tulsa detectives investigate the Neighborhood Crips to solve the murder of a young man trying to leave the gang.
- 10
In Tulsa, a young father is shot several times in his driveway after putting his one-year-old daughter to sleep. Detective Jason White hopes a pill bottle found on the scene will help lead to the killer.
- 11
Tulsa detectives head to Texas to chase down two suspects after they kill a young father of two.
- 12
Detective Jermaine Rogers searches for the truth after a man gets shot in front of his family, so he sifts through different accounts on his quest for answers as the authorities attempt to bring about justice and punish the guilty shooter.
- 13
Detectives cross the country to find answers after two men are shot to death on the highway.
- 14
Homicide detectives rely on social media messages to find those responsible for killing a 17-year-old victim in Mobile, Ala.
- 15
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.
- 16
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.
- 17
When a late-night shootout leaves a young man dead in Tulsa, Okla., the investigation leads to a woman from his past; when a Marine veteran is shot, detectives must determine if it is self-defense or not.
- 18
In Dallas, Det. Robert Arredondo and his team investigate the murder of a 22-year-old man tied up and shot along with two of his friends during a robbery. Armed with only the street names of his two suspects, Arredondo must identify them and track them down in a manhunt that takes them across the country.
- 19
In Minneapolis, Sergeants Bruce Folkens and Chris Karakostas work against the clock to solve the murder of an unknown homeless man, bludgeoned to death on the edge of the Mississippi Riverbank.
- 20
In Cincinnati, Detectives Jenny Luke and Terry McGuffey investigate the murder of a 56-year-old man brutally beaten to death in the stairwell of his apartment building. Luke tracks down two teenage suspects and is surprised to learn what triggered the deadly fight.
- 21
Miami Sgt. Armando Aguilar and Det. Leo Tapanes are assigned the homicide case of a 20-year-old Rastafarian, shot and robbed on Christmas Day. Surveillance footage and leads from the Rastafarian community help the detectives identify three potential suspects. But when the suspects start pointing fingers at one another, the detectives try an unusual tactic.
- 22
In Louisville rookie homicide detective Collin King is assigned his first case when an unidentified man is found dead near a railroad track. With no witnesses King tries to uncover a lead from the victim's friends and family and learns that sometimes a killer may be closer than you think.
- 23
In Cleveland, a young mother walking alone to work is viscously murdered and dumped in an abandoned house. As the community reels in shock at the horrific crime, Detectives Nate Sowa and Ray Diaz make a surprising discovery about the killer.
- 24
New Orleans police detectives piece together the last hours in the life of a mother of five, who was found bound and executed in an empty lot.
- 25
A New Orleans detective searches for a witness in the case of a woman who was killed in broad daylight.
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