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The First 48

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Detectives in major cities around the country race against the clock in the wake of homicides, knowing that if they don't find a lead within the first 48 hours, their chances of solving a case are cut in half. The series shows how detectives use forensic evidence and witness interviews to help identify suspects.

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Upcoming TV Listings for The First 48

The First 48 In Harm's Way; Jealous Rage

A man is killed while being robbed; the mother of two is shot in the back outside her car.

10:00 AM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 Silent Rage; Tainted Love

Investigation on Easter Sunday; a young father is killed.

11:00 AM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 Dying Declaration; One Last Score

A Kentucky police detective searches for the person who killed a man in a wheelchair; a Charlotte, N.C., man found stabbed to death in his car.

12:00 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 Run and Gun; Lonesome Highway

A New Orleans police detective hunts for the killers of a recent high school graduate; an unidentified woman is found shot and dumped on the side of a Dallas highway.

1:00 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 Deadly Encounter; Car Trouble

A hardworking janitor is stabbed to death in his apartment; a man is murdered after he fixes a friend's car and walks home.

2:00 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 Unarmed; Bad Feeling

An unarmed man is gunned down outside a Miami bar; a Dallas woman is found bludgeoned to death in her apartment.

3:00 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 Killer Debt; House of Rage

Miami detectives investigate the case of man gunned down on a city sidewalk; police reach out to a Cleveland community for help after a mother of five gets shot in her apartment.

4:00 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 For a Quick Buck; Bloody Sunday

Masked gunmen terrorize a Cleveland family and execute the young patriarch; Dallas detectives hunt for a killer who gunned down an innocent teen with an assault rifle.

5:00 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 Taken

When a young man and his pregnant fiancée are executed after a failed ransom attempt, Atlanta Homicide will stop at nothing to identify the elusive suspect.

6:00 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 The Devil You Know

Mobile Homicide tracks a killer who shot a man in his home but learns not everything is what it seems.

7:00 PM on A&E Canada

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