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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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The First 48 Buried Secrets

In Mobile, Ala., a 68-year-old woman goes missing after checking into a casino where she had lost millions.

1:00 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 Tripped Out

When a teenager is found shot and dumped in the street, detectives struggle to figure out who he is and where he was killed.

2:00 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 On Camera & No Road Home

In Mobile Ala., a brazen gunman shoots another man in front of gas station security cameras; in Gwinnett County, detectives race to identify a woman shot on the side of the road and track down her killer.

3:00 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 Gun Runner & in a Flash

In Tulsa, a killing in a family home leaves detectives clamoring for answers; the Mobile shooting of a beloved father leads investigators on a city-wide manhunt to find the man who betrayed his friend.

4:00 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 Cruel Intentions

Mobile, Ala., detectives investigate the murder of a young mother of two and unravel the deadly plot that took her life.

5:00 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 Knock at the Door; The Brave One

A Tulsa, Okla., man is murdered in front of his fiancée when death comes knocking at their door; a beloved man is gunned down while protecting his friends from a shooter's rage.

6:00 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 What About Me Price; Last Round

In Tulsa, a mother of five is killed after a roadside argument spins out of control; in Mobile, a security guard tries to keep the peace and ends up brutally murdered.

7:00 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 A Murder in Mobile

Police detectives uncover a petty motive after a shooter guns down a homeless man on a sidewalk in Mobile, Ala.

11:04 PM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 A Murder in Mobile

Police detectives uncover a petty motive after a shooter guns down a homeless man on a sidewalk in Mobile, Ala.

3:05 AM on A&E Canada

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The First 48 Ringside Seat

Homicide detectives wander into a dark world of drugs and prostitution to solve an execution-style murder in a motel parking lot.

5:00 PM on A&E Canada

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