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After the First 48 is an American documentary television series on A&E. It is the companion series to The First 48. While the original series deals with the steps taken to discover, locate, and apprehend the person or persons involved in a homicide, After the First 48 continues by shedding light on the judicial aspects of the case including the verdict and sentencing from the trial along with behind the scenes interviews with detectives, prosecutors, defense attorneys and family members of the victim.

First Aired

2008-10-07
Last Aired

2024-12-05
Creator
Genre

Documentary, Drama
Seasons

10
Episodes

107
Status

Returning Series
Language

English
Network

A&E

Keywords:

police

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1. Murder on the Interstate/At Close Range: Update

As the First 48 ran out on Phoenix detectives, 16-year-old Lonny Bassett stood accused of brutally kil...More

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.Less

45mins 2008-10-07

2. Fool for Love/Crash

In Dallas, Detective Rick Duggan arrested two suspects for the murder of Leonel Valle. Now the justice...More

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?Less

45mins 2008-10-14

3. Blindsided/Killing Spree

In Dallas, Detective Eddie Ibarra used surveillance video to track down Jose Castro who was accused of...More

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.Less

45mins 2009-02-12

4. Silenced/Downstream Drifter

In San Antonio, TX, Det. Tim Angell and his partners find a nameless man beaten to death floating in a...More

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.Less

45mins 2009-02-26

5. Blackout

Detective Robert Arredondo and his team find themselves involved in a cross country manhunt for suspec...More

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

45mins 2009-07-14

6. Ashes and Snow/Backyard Murder

Ashes and Snow: A strangled woman is found in a partially burned car. Backyard Murder: A murder is bor...More

Ashes and Snow: A strangled woman is found in a partially burned car. Backyard Murder: A murder is born from a gun sale that went wrong.Less

45mins 2009-08-18

7. Bait and Switch

On a Sunday night in June 2007, Christian Marton and his girlfriend Monica Stafford drove two hours fr...More

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.Less

45mins 2010-02-18

8. Burden of Proof/Last Ride

A father of five found stabbed over 50 times shocks friends and family. Cleveland Homicide follows a b...More

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.Less

45mins 2010-04-29

9. Disappeared/Red Handed

In Dallas, detectives investigated the disappearance of a 20-year old woman who suddenly went missing....More

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.Less

45mins 2010-06-03

10. Letters of Intent / Family Friend

In Dallas, Texas in 2007 Darell Billingsela was charged with brutally attacking and killing twenty-two...More

In Dallas, Texas in 2007 Darell Billingsela was charged with brutally attacking and killing twenty-two-year old Jessica Lewalling in a jealous rage. Billingslea was a two-time convicted murderer out on parole. Prosecutor Jennifer Bennett was determined to make sure Billingslea would not slip through the system again. And, in February 2007, thirty-six-year old Antoine, “Tony” Hamilton was found shot dead, and left behind a vacant house. His friend, Carlos Mitchell, confessed to the crime. Prosecutor Jenni Morse thought she had a slam dunk case–until the verdict in a similar case shook her confidence in getting a conviction.Less

45mins 2010-10-07

11. The Good Book

In November 2006, Dallas detectives investigated the murder of a twenty-nine-year-old mother of four, ...More

In November 2006, Dallas detectives investigated the murder of a twenty-nine-year-old mother of four, found burned beyond recognition in her car behind a remote warehouse. Detectives soon discovered that the victim’s former boyfriend and father of her infant son, had been stalking her for months, leading up to her death. After tracking down two homeless witnesses and finding a piece of crucial evidence, police were able to charge James Bartley with capital murder. The Dallas DA’s office was responsible for bringing the case to a close. In order to do that successfully, the prosecutor and her investigator had to keep close tabs on their key homeless witnesses for years, while the cased awaited trial. When Bartley finally stood trial in 2009, the prosecution worried the jury wouldn’t believe the testimony of two homeless crack addicts and find the evidence insufficient to prove Bartley guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.Less

45mins 2010-10-14

12. Last Fare

Suspects in the case of a cab driver who was robbed and murdered face their day in court.

Suspects in the case of a cab driver who was robbed and murdered face their day in court.Less

45mins 2010-10-21

13. Innocent Lost

Now that some of our strongest cases have been adjudicated, we can take viewers inside the powerful an...More

Now that some of our strongest cases have been adjudicated, we can take viewers inside the powerful and dramatic events that unfolded after the arrest, up to and including the conviction.Less

45mins 2010-10-28

14. No-Tell Motel

Now that some of our strongest cases have been adjudicated, we can take viewers inside the powerful an...More

Now that some of our strongest cases have been adjudicated, we can take viewers inside the powerful and dramatic events that unfolded after the arrest, up to and including the conviction.Less

43mins 2010-11-04

15. Drama at the Classic/50G Murder

Cases involving a football game murder and a shooting at an illegal dentist office go to court.

Cases involving a football game murder and a shooting at an illegal dentist office go to court.Less

45mins 2010-11-11

16. Return to Sender/Left Behind

In 2008, 19-year old Mikael Hudson was shot in Texas, two suspects were arrest. In 2005, Virginia Rodr...More

In 2008, 19-year old Mikael Hudson was shot in Texas, two suspects were arrest. In 2005, Virginia Rodriguez was murdered, and her husband was caught and extradited to the US, but Prosecutor Treena Kay had concerns about getting a conviction.Less