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The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes
The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes

The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes

—Looking back at some of the most unforgettable moments of the show.
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Season 118 of 20 Episodes

  • In Memphis, Tenn., six people are murdered in the same house on Lester Street; a U.S. Navy veteran disappears in Tulsa, Okla.; in Atlanta, the brutal shooting of a young engaged couple on the side of the road haunts investigators.

  • In Tulsa, a key witness denies knowing anything about a brutal homicide until confronted with evidence that proves otherwise; in Dallas, a suspect shocks detectives with a confession they didn't see coming.

  • A confrontation turns deadly in Memphis, Tenn.; in Cincinnati, a single mother is torn between work and home; in Tulsa, Okla., a family dispute takes a dark turn; in Atlanta, an interrogation room interview turns emotional.

  • In New Orleans, a robbery takes a rookie months to unravel; in Phoenix a first-time detective with only one clue traces a random fender bender that sparks a horrible turn of events; in Atlanta, the new guy tracks the suspects in a drug deal.

  • In Tulsa, a shooting in a motel parking lot leads investigators to undertake an undercover operation to capture the suspect; in Tulsa, the investigation into the shooting of a former Marine leads to a dangerous car chase and apprehension.

  • A look back at three cases that erupted in the heat of the moment; a confrontation with a baseball bat escalates to murder; a man's visit with his ex-wife turns deadly; a woman watches in horror as her family is destroyed in a flash of violence.

  • Three memorable cases featuring video surveillance; a robbery leaves a man dead at the shop where he works; an encounter on an elevator seals the fate of a woman heading home for the day; revenge is served in misleading footage.

  • A beloved barber is caught in the crossfire of a long-standing gang rivalry; a young man returns home during his lunch break and is killed by an armed burglar; an old woman opens her home to a man searching for his lost dog and pays a deadly price.

  • In Tulsa, multiple cameras help crack open a case; in Atlanta, a key witness provides a crucial lead after seeing surveillance footage of the suspect on the news.

  • In New Orleans, a night out ends with a deadly morning after a random encounter; in Tulsa, an argument over a cellphone escalates into a double homicide; in Birmingham, a breakup goes very wrong in a public park.

  • In Kansas City, detectives discover two women in an abandoned garage; in Dallas, investigators use a surprising clue to bring their killers to justice; in Miami, one marina is linked to two murders that share a shocking connection.

  • In New Orleans, close friends fight over money and one of them ends up dead; in Florida's Broward County, an elderly man makes a fatal mistake with some new friends; in Dallas, childhood friends have a wild night that ends in tragedy.

  • In Tucson, Ariz., a homeless woman is brutally gutted under a highway underpass; the suspect's motive haunts investigators; in Tulsa, Okla., the shooting of a man sets off a chain of events unlike anything Tulsa Homicide has ever seen.

  • Revisiting three cases that stayed with detectives. In Dallas, a man is dismembered and burned and dumped in a lake. In Tulsa, two kids find their mother dead in her car. Also in Dallas, two friends are found burned in a car.

  • In the heat of the moment, love turns to hate in Tulsa, where a man is shot while sitting in the front seat of his car; in Dallas, a seemingly minor disagreement spirals out of control; in Memphis, a street fight escalates into murder.

  • Detective Benton investigates a deadly dispute between roommates; Investigator Dearcop breaks open the case of a husband's murder; Detective Morrow must sort through varying versions of how a drug deal went bad.

  • In Miami, a Thanksgiving interrogation takes a surprising turn; in Tulsa an argument among a group of friends becomes violent and none of their stories match up; in Dallas childhood buddies turn on each other and the truth eventually is revealed.

  • In Cleveland, a beloved uncle is killed by his own flesh and blood; in Tulsa, detectives face a family's code of silence; in Mobile, Detective Rogers is shocked when he arrives at a crime scene to find one of his own relatives is the victim.
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Looking back at some of the most unforgettable moments of the show.

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