Episode
48 Hours: The Perfect Family
Overview
A former high-school valedictorian is charged with the murder of his mother in Michigan in 2011. Tracy Smith reports.
Details
- Series
- 48 Hours
- Season
- Season 26
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2013-01-12
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Perfect Family is Episode 12 in Season 26 of 48 Hours. It aired on 2013-01-12. The runtime is 60 min.
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