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48 Hours Mystery

When Vicki Wegerle, the mother of two young children, was strangled in 1986, her husband Bill was considered by many to be the prime suspect. For the next 18 years police lacked evidence to charge Bill, or anyone else with Vicki’s murder.

A report on new details into the search for Natalee Holloway, a U.S. teenager who disappeared on May 30, 2005 during a post-graduation trip in the Caribbean island of Aruba.

Police Lt. Jim Barton found his wife, Vickie, murdered execution-style on their farm in Warren County, Ohio, in 1995. With limited physical evidence and no suspects, the investigation lay dormant for nine years until a tip opened the case.

Dr. O.C. Smith, a medical examiner, was apparently attacked on June 1, 2002, as he was leaving work. He was found wrapped in barbed wire with a bomb strapped to his neck. Dr. Smith survived but expressed concern that his assailant might attack again

John Maloney, a Wisconsin police officer, was convicted of murdering his estranged wife, Sandy, in 1999. He has always maintained his innocence. After Maloney’s conviction, the prosecutor, Joe Paulus, pled guilty to accepting bribes to fix over 20 cases

A report on the 1997 murder of Doris Angleton, the wife of a successful Houston, Texas bookie. Doris’ husband Bob who claimed that his brother Roger was Doris’ killer, was tried for the crime in state court and acquitted. But the case did not end there.

In 1994, 25-year-old Toni Dykstra of Los Angeles, the single mother of two young daughters, met and married Carlo Ventre, a successful 46-year-old Italian businessman. After Toni gave birth to their child, Santina, the couple's relationship soured.

Bill Flint spent his life cheating death -- not once, not twice, but three times. His friends say this is a story of how a lot of bad things happened to a really good person.

The brutal murder in 1947 of Elizabeth Short, a young, struggling actress whose body was discovered in a vacant lot in January 1947, has baffled the Los Angeles Police Department for decades

A frantic 13-year-old, Ashley Howes, calls 911 because the toddler she's babysitting won't wake up. Prosecutors are convinced Ashley Howes shook 19-month-old Freya Garden to death. They charge Howes with second degree murder.