Episode
48 Hours: Eliminating the Threat
Overview
An elite FBI agent shoots his wife after he says she came after him with a knife -- was it self-defense or murder? "48 Hours" correspondent Susan Spencer investigates.
Details
- Series
- 48 Hours
- Season
- Season 29
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 2016-03-19
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Eliminating the Threat is Episode 24 in Season 29 of 48 Hours. It aired on 2016-03-19. The runtime is 43 min.
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