Closing the Cold Case of Robin Lawrence
A gifted artist is murdered in her home. Her toddler is left at the crime scene to fend for herself. "48 Hours" correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports.
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Lorenzen Wright: No Defense
An NBA star and Memphis hero is gunned down and dumped in the woods. Who killed Lorenzen Wright? CBS News special correspondent James Brown has the very latest on a surprise development in one of the city's biggest murder cases.
The Mysterious Death of Casey Kasem
Five years after his death, "48 Hours" explores the ongoing family feud over radio legend Casey Kasem -- how he died and who was responsible. An estate that could be worth $100 million is at stake. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
In The Name of Hate
A brilliant Ivy League student is murdered after he went to a California park with a former high school classmate. Was he killed because he was gay and Jewish? "48 Hours" correspondent Tracy Smith investigates.
Dead Ringer
A family man targeted for death lives to climb out of his own "grave." Who wanted him dead? "48 Hours" goes inside the sting that took down a hit man-for-hire scheme. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.
Hollywood Horror Story
A wealthy Hollywood producer is accused of murdering his girlfriend. Was he following the plot of his frightening novel? "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher investigates.
Operation Murder
"48 Hours" Presents: Two doctors who hired a hit man to kill find out he wasn’t a killer at all. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant has the final chapter in the twisted tale.
Murder on Red River
A filmmaker tries to solve a real-life murder -- the victim, his wife's sister. 17 years later, can they find her killer? CBS News correspondent Jim Axelrod investigates.
Murder on Red River
A filmmaker tries to solve a real-life murder – the victim, his wife's sister. Sixteen years later, can they find her killer? CBS News correspondent Jim Axelrod investigates.
Knock Knock
Can a podcaster and a driven detective using cutting-edge technology solve a stone cold double murder? "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger investigates.
Missing Marsha
When a woman vanishes and misses a hair appointment, her hairdresser becomes the driving force to find out -- did she leave her husband or is she dead? "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant investigates.
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DNA links former soldier to unsolved murder of Virginia artist
The 1994 murder of Springfield, Virginia, artist Robin Warr Lawrence, 37, would go cold for decades — until DNA left on a washcloth in the victim's home led investigators to a surprising suspect and a chilling confession.
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Man confesses to cold case murder: "A serial killer who's only killed once"
Stephan Smerk, a married father in Niskayuna, New York, turns himself in for the cold case murder of artist and mother Robin Lawrence in Springfield, Virginia.
Family of murdered photographer wonders if his killer acted alone
Joe Shymanski, a, well-known Washington D.C. photographer, was murdered and dismembered in 2023. His ex-wife's former boyfriend, Brandon Holbrook, was convicted in the case. Shymanski's family still wonders if anyone else was involved.
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"48 Hours" contributor in uncharted territory investigating murder case
In reporting on the case of Joe Shymanski, a Washington, D.C., photographer murdered in 2023, "48 Hours"' Nikki Battiste says the story took her into unfamiliar territory: confronting someone she grew up with.
A wife is accused of her husband's murder. Can she clear her name?
Alison Davis says she woke up to find her husband, Kevin Davis, face down in a pool of blood inside their New Haven, Indiana, home. She says he fell down the stairs. But after an autopsy report, police came to a different conclusion.
Was a police search for a murder weapon cut short by a guard dog's growl?
After Kevin Davis was found dying at the foot of the stairs in his Indiana home, police initially believed it was an accident. They did not search the room where a pit bull mix was secured.
Security video helps lead to a masked killer who tried to hide the crime
Dr. Steven Milner, a well-respected Oregon veterinarian, was accused of stalking and disguising himself before murdering Kenny Fandrich — the husband of a former employee. Security cameras played a key role in how detectives pieced the case together.
Police race to save murder evidence from being turned into scrap metal
Police say the driver of the minivan — who wore a mask, glasses and a hard hat — sprayed security cameras with blue paint to hide his crime inside an Oregon parking garage.