Premiering during the summer of 2004 on A&E, The First 48 offers behind-the-scenes info into murder investigations, pulling back the curtain on the forensic tools, analysis, interviews, and other law enforcement techniques used to identify suspects and close cases.
Homicide is tragic, but it makes for good TV. Premiering during the summer of 2004 on A&E, The First 48 offers behind-the-scenes info into murder investigations, pulling back the curtain on the forensic tools, analysis, interviews, and other law enforcement techniques used to identify suspects and close cases. The show’s title refers to the fact that the first 48 hours of an investigation are the most crucial in determining a case’s chances of being solved, and to prove it, this docuseries focuses on homicide investigations of various lengths — from the cases detectives close quickly to the ones that take years to solve.