8.6/1012 votes#1 - Murder on the Interstate/At Close Range: Update
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2008
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.
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- 7.8/106 votes
#2 - Fool for Love/Crash
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2008
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?
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#3 - Blindsided/Killing Spree
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/12/2009
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.
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#4 - Silenced/Downstream Drifter
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/26/2009
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.
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- 7.7/109 votes
#5 - Blackout
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/14/2009
Detective Robert Arredondo and his team find themselves involved in a cross country manhunt for suspects in the brutal shootings of three young men.
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#6 - Ashes and Snow/Backyard Murder
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/18/2009
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.
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- 7.2/108 votes
#7 - Bait and Switch
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2010
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.
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- 7.4/107 votes
#8 - Burden of Proof/Last Ride
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/29/2010
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.
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- 7.8/106 votes
#9 - Disappeared/Red Handed
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/3/2010
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.
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#10 - Letters of Intent / Family Friend
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/7/2010
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.
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#11 - The Good Book
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/14/2010
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.
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#12 - Last Fare
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/21/2010
Suspects in the case of a cab driver who was robbed and murdered face their day in court.
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#13 - Innocent Lost
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/28/2010
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.
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#14 - No-Tell Motel
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 11/4/2010
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.
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#15 - Drama at the Classic/50G Murder
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 11/11/2010
Cases involving a football game murder and a shooting at an illegal dentist office go to court.
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#16 - Return to Sender/Left Behind
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/19/2010
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.
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The Best Episodes of After the First 48 Season 1
Every episode of After the First 48 Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of After the First 48 Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Murder on the Interstate/At Close Range: Update" is the best rated episode of "After the First 48" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/7/2008. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Fool for Love/Crash".