Episode
The First 48: Mystery Man
Overview
A Gwinnett County man is found strangled and shot in his truck. Detectives track the killer into a neighborhood where he seems to vanish into thin air.
Details
- Series
- The First 48
- Season
- Season 29
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2026-03-19
Episode context
Mystery Man is Episode 12 in Season 29 of The First 48. It aired on 2026-03-19.
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Episode 11: In Blood
A breakthrough in forensic technology breathes new life into the case of a Gwinnett County man stabbed in his home five years ago.
Episode 13: A Troubled Mind
A father discovers his son stabbed multiple times in his own home, leading Tulsa Homicide on a cross-country search for his killer.
More episodes from this season
Episode 10: Birthday Party Nightmare
In Tulsa, a father is killed protecting his daughter when gunfire erupts at a family birthday party.
Episode 14: A House Divided
After a Tulsa man returns home from jail to find another man with the mother of his children, he is shot and killed in the middle of the street.
Episode 9: Blood Brothers
When gunfire from an automatic weapon leaves an innocent man dead, Tulsa Homicide searches for the intended target and the truth behind the attack.
Episode 15: The Devil's Hands
In Gwinnett County, a 20-year-old woman is found in her apartment a day after being brutally stabbed over 40 times. In Mobile, dozens of bullets are fired at a busy intersection leaving two men dead in a crashed car.
Episode 8: Circle of Friends & Rearview Murder
In Tulsa, detectives follow a trail of blood to a community where one person's accusations have consequences. In Mobile, a possible collision between two strangers escalates into a shooting.
Episode 16: Drive into Darkness
In Tulsa, when a deadly ambush leaves two teens dead and two others critically injured, Det. Jason White follows leads from Tulsa to Mexico in his pursuit for justice.
Episode 7: Murder in the Bud Room & A Mother Taken
In Tulsa, a heated argument spirals out of control, ending in the murder of a father of six.
In Gwinnett County, a young boy is the only witness to the violent abduction of his mother, leaving detectives racing to find her before it's too late.
Episode 17: Blind Fire
Tulsa Detective Vernon McNeal confronts a group of childhood friends to find a killer who blindly shot into a bedroom window.
Episode 6: R Is for Random
When a young father is executed in broad daylight, Gwinnett County detectives race against the clock to figure out if one man was passing innocently through the neighbourhood or if he's the killer.
Episode 18: Fatally Misinformed
When a young father is gunned down at a hotel in Gwinnett County, detectives must sort through rumors and hours of surveillance video to track down his killers.