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48 Hours Mystery

A report on the February 2009 disappearance of Amber Dubois, just blocks from Escondido High School in California. 48 HOURS examines the permanent impact her disappearance has had on her family, even after the discovery and conviction of the murderer.

A report on the murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Connecticut and the new developments in Kennedy family member Michael Skakel’s efforts to overturn his 2002 murder conviction of Moxley.

On December 2, 2000, 30-year-old Eric Miller died in a Raleigh, North Carolina hospital. Blood tests had revealed that he had been poisoned with arsenic.

A report on the November 1994 murder of Farah Fratta, whose body was discovered in the garage of her Humble, Texas home. She had been shot twice in the head.

Susan Wright was a stay-at-home mother from Texas who stabbed her husband Jeff, 193 times. She claimed she was a victim of domestic abuse and that on January 13, 2003, her husband attacked her with a knife and she fought back in self-defense.

On January 8, 2000, college students Danielle Keener and Dan Zapp were on a date, walking along a river’s edge outside York, Pennsylvania, when they were kidnapped at gunpoint by a man in a pick-up truck.

In April 2006, Andrew Kissel, a real estate mogul who had embezzled more than $40 million, was found tied up and stabbed to death in the basement of his Greenwich, Connecticut mansion, just days before he was to plead guilty for his crimes.

A report on the 26-year effort of Bruce Lisker to overturn his conviction for the murder of his mother. In March 1983, 17-year-old Bruce Lisker called 911 to tell police that he had found his mother, Dorka Lisker, beaten severely and stabbed in her home.

An examination of the story of Laura Hall, who was convicted and sent to prison for the crime of dismembering the body of Jennifer Cave in 2005.

48 Hours is television's most popular true-crime series, investigating shocking cases and compelling real-life dramas with journalistic integrity and cutting-edge style.

In 2006, 31-year-old Leisha Hurst, while attending Barstow College, began dating fellow student, 34-year-old Jeami Chiapulis. Chiapulis seemed to be the man she could settle down with. The couple had plans to marry when Hurst vanished on January 22, 2009

In June 2007, Dewayne Barrentine met Tausha Fields and soon after they began living together. Tausha told him some unbelievable stories about herself – leading Barrentine to verify her stories online, which resulted in the uncovering of a homicide.

A report about how serial killer Andrew Urdiales was identified, arrested and convicted, and about the young woman who became the only one of his victims to survive.

A report on the 2007 murder of Jennifer Turner, married but separated from Dr. Kirk Turner, due to his infidelities with the family banker, Tondja Colvin. Jennifer had filed for divorce and also brought an alienation of affection suit against Tondja.

In August 1996, Yvette Rodier and Zach Snarr went to the mountains for their date to take photos of the full moon, when a stranger drove up, pulled out a gun and opened fire. Zach was killed. Yvette, shot four times, survived by pretending to be dead.

In August 2009, Sandra Franklin called police to report a confrontation with her husband, Dr. Peter Franklin. Shortly after, authorities received a call from Peter, who had been stabbed. Within hours, Peter was dead and Sandra was charged with murder.

A report on the 1980 murder of Marilyn McIntyre, who was found dead in her home. Her husband, Lane, had returned home from work that morning and found her body. As police checked into his alibi, he named his friend Curt Forbes as a potential suspect.