Episode
48 Hours: The Fight for Melissa
Overview
A day care worker says she loved kids, yet she's in prison for killing one. If she didn't do it, why did she confess? "48 Hours"' Erin Moriarty has the latest in the Melissa Calusinski case.
Details
- Series
- 48 Hours
- Season
- Season 30
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2016-12-17
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
The Fight for Melissa is Episode 12 in Season 30 of 48 Hours. It aired on 2016-12-17. The runtime is 43 min.
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