Edgar Barrientos-Quintana served nearly 16 years in prison for a murder in Minneapolis before he was exonerated. Photo by Amy Anderson Photography/courtesy of the Great North Innocence Project. Eleven ...

The First 48 Season 29 Episode 4, The Cool Mom, airs January 22, 2026, on A&E, following a North Charleston homicide investigation and the crucial first 48 hours.

The season 11 finale of the popular true-crime docuseries After the First 48 premieres on A&E Thursday, Dec. 18 at 8/7c. During the season finale, investigators must sift through murky details to ...

The midseason premiere of the hit crime docuseries The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes premieres on A&E Thursday, April 10 at 8/7c. On this week’s new episode, the series revisits three cases from ...

Edgar Barrientos-Quintana spent 16 years behind bars wrongly convicted for a shooting featured on “The First 48.” The Minnesota attorney general’s office effectively alleged that the show shaped the ...

The new season of A&E’s The First 48 has arrived, and Season 28 is a perfect example of how the show is entering a new phase of its life. The series is evolving, and it has to if it wants to remain ...

Hosted by former “First 48″ detectives, “The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes” looks back at some of the most unforgettable moments in the series’ history. “The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes” ...

Hosted by detectives from “The First 48,” A&E’s, “The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes,” revisits memorable moments from throughout the series. Episodes use a common theme to cover some of the ...

It's said that the first 48 hours are the most critical in a murder investigation. Wait too long and evidence disappears. Stories change. Suspects flee. In 2004, the Arts & Entertainment channel took ...

The A&E true crime series, “The First 48,” follows the back end of criminal investigations, offering viewers a look at homicide detectives’ processes, from the crime scene to interrogations, forensics ...

The episode of “The First 48” that followed the Gwinnett County Police Department’s investigation of the murder of George Young airs tonight on A&E. The true crime docu-series has had an agreement ...

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