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The Best Episodes of The First 48: Missing Persons

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The First 48: Missing Persons is an American documentary television series on A&E. The series debuted on June 2, 2011, with the second season premiering on March 15, 2012.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The First 48: Missing Persons Season 2 Episode 4 - Deleted/Cruel Streets
    8.8/10(8 votes)

    #1 - Deleted/Cruel Streets

    S2:E4

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    Director:Unknown
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  2. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 1 Episode 5 - Worried Sick / Silent Night
    8.7/10(13 votes)

    #2 - Worried Sick / Silent Night

    S1:E5

    Detectives Selles Morris, Judy Rolston, and Jamie Duignan are on a frantic search for a missing 17-year-old girl and her 2-year-old baby... and every minute counts. The baby is epileptic and without her daily medication she could suffer a fatal seizure. Meanwhile, Detectives Nari Isaakson and Jose Diaz race through some of the city's toughest neighborhoods looking for an 86-year-old man who vanished on the way to a Christmas party. He suffers from Parkinson's disease and dementia. With a blizzard barreling toward Chicago, detectives have only a few hours to find him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 1 Episode 2 - Critical Care
    8.4/10(15 votes)

    #3 - Critical Care

    S1:E2

    When a caretaker reports her 63-year-old cancer patient missing, Detectives Ayanna Corbin and Mike Cochran learn the woman has left behind a 15-year-old son. Detectives sift through false sightings, deceitful witnesses and a missing mattress.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 1 Episode 4 - Taken / Scorcher
    8.2/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Taken / Scorcher

    S1:E4

    Detectives Pam Childs and Selles Morris search for a 14-year-old girl who has been snatched by a 19-year-old with possible gang connections. The hunt leads detectives to a hotel district at the edge of town, through gang territory and across the state. Meanwhile, on the hottest day of the year, Detective Pat Riley searches for a missing 66-year-old man with serious neurological problems. Riley fears the man may be armed. The clock ticks as the thermometer tops 100 degrees. Riley must find the missing man before he succumbs to the heat--or gets into real trouble.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 1 Episode 3 - Tangled Web / Street Justice
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Tangled Web / Street Justice

    S1:E3

    Detectives Laura Skrip and Joe Struck hunt for a man after his family receives a threat to his life. They must sort through the missing man's troubled family situation and possible drug connections. Next, during a summer of gang violence on Chicago's streets, Detectives Mario Gonzalez and Hector Crespo search for a teenager with a rare sleep disorder. He vanished after getting into a fight with a group of boys. Detectives race to find him before he becomes another casualty.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 1 Episode 6 - Mother's Day / Somebody Knows
    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Mother's Day / Somebody Knows

    S1:E6

    With Mother's Day approaching, Det. Bob Berent meets with another anguished family. The son and daughter of a 48-year-old Iraqi immigrant returned from work to find her gone. She has no ID and no money, and her children believe she may have delusions that she can return to Baghdad. Det. Nari Isakson joins a search that spans from forest preserves to O'Hare Airport. Meanwhile, Detectives Pam Childs and Joe Struck hit the streets in search of a 48-year-old woman. Her two grown daughters fear she is the victim of foul play. As Childs and Struck interview witnesses and possible suspects, they uncover startling new evidence: it's clear that someone knows something.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 2 Episode 1 - A History of Violence
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #7 - A History of Violence

    S2:E1

    In the second-season opener, a young mother and her babies vanish, and their disappearance may be linked to that of a second missing mother and child.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 1 Episode 7 - The Graduate
    8.0/10(10 votes)

    #8 - The Graduate

    S1:E7

    Every available detective hits the streets when a talented 30-year-old vanishes on his bicycle, just weeks after earning his second Masters degree. Detectives Jim Corcoran and Beth Svec must find out whether the missing man could have died in an accident... or was kidnapped by an old acquaintance. Detectives Selles Morris and Pam Childs join the search as the team sorts through misinformation and false leads. They must untangle the missing man's past to uncover what really happened to him.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 2 Episode 3 - In the Wind
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #9 - In the Wind

    S2:E3

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 2 Episode 2 - Desperate Measures/The Big City
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Desperate Measures/The Big City

    S2:E2

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 1 Episode 1 - The Good Student / Left in Danger / Lady on a Bridge
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #11 - The Good Student / Left in Danger / Lady on a Bridge

    S1:E1

    Detectives Selles Morris, Laura Skrip and Jim Corcoran team up to search for a straight "A" college student. They uncover surveillance footage that shows the 19-year-old sophomore walking toward the lakefront, then disappearing. Their around-the-clock search comes to a shocking conclusion. Then, Detectives Morris and Skrip pull double duty: Morris hunts down an alleged gang member who vanished after a drug deal goes bad, putting his own family in danger. Skrip has just minutes to save the life of a woman who threatens to jump from a bridge.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 3 Episode 1 - Lost Anniversary/Checked Out
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Lost Anniversary/Checked Out

    S3:E1

    Barbara Naklicki holds off a full two days before reporting the disappearance of her husband, Ed. The first clue is a dire one: Ed's work van has been found in a forest preserve on the city's edge. Next, Detective Bob Berent gets a strange phone call from a hotel on Michigan Avenue, Chicago's main shopping drag. The hotel reports a guest took a room three nights ago--and vanished.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 3 Episode 2 - Family Matters
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Family Matters

    S3:E2

    Police detectives investigate the subculture of Chicago's black gay males when a young man leaves a disturbing voice mail message and then goes missing.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 3 Episode 3 - 3:10 to Yuma/Harm's Way
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - 3:10 to Yuma/Harm's Way

    S3:E3

    A man reports that his missing girlfriend left him an ominous phone call; a Chicago teenager falls under the influence of a gang member considered to be armed and dangerous.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 3 Episode 4 - The Good Mother
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - The Good Mother

    S3:E4

    Detectives search for an elderly woman who vanished after returning from a doctor's appointment, with the suspicion that the use of pain medication may have contributed to her disappearance.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. The First 48: Missing Persons Season 3 Episode 5 - Into the Woods
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Into the Woods

    S3:E5

    A young man claiming to be an eyewitness in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Texas girl makes an unusual deal with prosecutors.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Deleted/Cruel Streets" is the best rated episode of "The First 48: Missing Persons". It scored 8.8/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/5/2012. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Worried Sick / Silent Night".