48 Hours

Correspondent Tracy Smith and 48 HOURS report on the murder of Blaze Bernstein, an Ivy League student allegedly murdered because he was gay and Jewish, and the trial of former high school classmate Sam Woodward.

Correspondent Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS take viewers inside law enforcement's 30-year game of cat and mouse with a convicted child serial killer to get him to reveal where he left the body of a girl he murdered.

When sheriff's deputies were called to the northern Idaho home of distraught former state trooper Dan Howard, something didn't seem right. Howard told investigators he found his wife dead in their bathtub, with a gunshot wound to her head. 

Sarah Harris was a bright, young Maryland woman who dreamed of a career in medicine. On the morning of Jan. 26, 2022, she was found unresponsive on the floor of the home she shared with her boyfriend, Dr. James Ryan. Ryan told police it was an overdose, but Harris' family believed he was responsible.

Police have searched for 23-year-old missing mom Jermain Charlo since she vanished in June 2018 from Missoula, Mont. Now, six years after she disappeared, 48 HOURS will feature never-before-seen images of the missing woman.

In April 2018, in the Florida Gulf Coast town of Eastpoint, a killer had struck. Aileen Seiden's beaten body was found dumped near a highway. The next day, a bloody motel room was discovered nearby. The back-to-back scenes prompted investigators to see if the two were connected.

Police were called to the Minnesota apartment of 32-year-old nurse Alex Pennig in December 2022. Her friend, Matthew Ecker, told first responders that Pennig had shot herself in the head. Officers arrived to find Pennig lying on her back in the bathroom. However, officers noted unusual findings, including the position Alex was found in. The gun was found with her left hand on it, but Alex was right-handed. So, was it a tragic, self-inflicted act, or something more sinister?

The 2021 incident in Farmersville, Ill., began like any other date night. Smith and Reeves met online and decided to go on their first date the night before Thanksgiving. But their evening together ended in horror, when an intruder entered Smith's home sometime after 1:00 AM. Reeves was shot and killed, while Smith, who was shot in the head, barely survived.

48 HOURS delves into the gripping case that haunted the Beaumont, Texas, police department for over 25 years.

In 1995, Edwards was found murdered in her home – an act that sent shockwaves through the community. The crime scene was harrowing. Texas Ranger Brandon Bess called it "unusual," describing how they found her over the bathtub and handcuffed behind her back.

The investigation went cold for years, leaving friends and family without answers. However, recent advances in forensic science and tireless work by investigators revealed a startling twist: Edwards had been a bridesmaid at the killer's wedding.

Burkett was in the middle of a bitter custody dispute with Andrew Beard, the father of her 1-year-old daughter. On the day of the murder, Burkett's mother, Teresa Collard, is heard on police body cam video recalling something Burkett said about Beard, "… She even said, ‘I think he's the kind of person that's gonna try to kill me,' and he did. And he did. Oh my God." 

The all-new episode explores how the investigation quickly zeroed in on Beard. Carrollton Police detective Jeremy Chevallier recalls that the case took a clear direction from the start. "Within an hour of getting to the crime scene, we knew that we had needed to look for Andrew Beard," he says. But as it turned out, Beard was only the beginning of this complex story. 

Over the course of the investigation, detectives uncovered a twisted plot involving Beard's new fiancée, Holly Elkins. Police came to conclude she was the mastermind.