After the First 48 Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

Murder on the Interstate/At Close Range: Update

Tue, Oct 7, 200844 mins

As the First 48 ran out on Phoenix detectives, 16-year-old Lonny Bassett stood accused of brutally killing his two friends with a shotgun. Would his claim to self-defense hold water or would the evidence detectives collected in the first 48 be enough to convince jurors of his guilt? In Miami, a minor altercation on the highway ended with a shooting that took the life of an innocent young man. The offender was facing a minimum 25-year sentence with the charge of second-degree murder. But will his defense team convince the jury that the homicide was an accident and lessen the charges?

Episode 2

Fool for Love/Crash

Tue, Oct 14, 200843 mins

In Dallas, Detective Rick Duggan arrested two suspects for the murder of Leonel Valle. Now the justice system needed to determine which of them was most responsible - the girlfriend, Marsela Cortez, whose fingerprints were found on his empty safe, or her jealous ex-boyfriend, Gerardo Hernandez?

Episode 3

Blindsided/Killing Spree

Thu, Feb 12, 200945 mins

In Dallas, Detective Eddie Ibarra used surveillance video to track down Jose Castro who was accused of brutally murdering a fifty-one year-old woman in the lobby of her office building. Castro now faced the death penalty, but his defense team would come up with an unexpected counter argument that could change the outcome of the case.

Episode 4

Silenced/Downstream Drifter

Thu, Feb 26, 200945 mins

In San Antonio, TX, Det. Tim Angell and his partners find a nameless man beaten to death floating in a creek. They must race to identify the victim and find anyone who may have known him. And in Phoenix, Det. Mike Polk and his team painstakingly reconstruct the final hours of a man found dead hogtied in a hotel room.

Episode 5

Blackout

Tue, Jul 14, 200945 mins

Detective Robert Arredondo and his team find themselves involved in a cross country manhunt for suspects in the brutal shootings of three young men.

Episode 6

Ashes and Snow/Backyard Murder

Tue, Aug 18, 200945 mins

This episode revisits two cases from the past and provides updated details on the outcome of those cases. Ashes and Snow: A strangled woman is found in a partially burned car. Backyard Murder: A murder is borne from a gun sale that went wrong.

Episode 7

Bait and Switch

Thu, Feb 18, 201045 mins

On a Sunday night in June 2007, Christian Marton and his girlfriend Monica Stafford drove two hours from Axtell, Texas to Dallas where Christian had arranged to buy a 1995 Chevrolet Caprice. By the end of the evening, Christian was dead - shot in a robbery attempt.

Episode 8

Burden of Proof/Last Ride

Thu, Apr 29, 201044 mins

A father of five found stabbed over 50 times shocks friends and family. Cleveland Homicide follows a bizarre trail of evidence that takes the case someplace they least expected.

Episode 9

Disappeared/Red Handed

Thu, Jun 3, 201044 mins

In Dallas, detectives investigated the disappearance of a 20-year old woman who suddenly went missing. After a six-day search, detectives arrested Douglas Edwards who confessed to the murder of his ex-girlfriend, found strangled and burned in a remote field. Two years later, in the hope of begging the court for mercy, Edwards opts to have his sentenced determined by a jury.

Episode 16

Return to Sender/Left Behind

Thu, Nov 18, 201045 mins