Episode
The First 48: Pointless/Set Up
Overview
In Birmingham, Detective Chris Anderson investigates the gruesome murder of a woman who is shot to death and then set on fire. Anderson hunts down his suspects, but it's the victim's family that reveals a final, disturbing twist in the case. In DeKalb County, Detective Joe Renaud is working the homicide of a father of four, gunned down outside an apartment complex on the east side of town. Without little to go on, Renaud and his team must put the pieces of this puzzle together to track down the killer.
Details
- Series
- The First 48
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2011-12-08
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Pointless/Set Up is Episode 1 in Season 12 of The First 48. It aired on 2011-12-08. The runtime is 45 min.
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