The First 48 Presents: Critical Minutes

A tragic murder of six people takes place in Memphis. A Navy vet's disappearance is finally solved, and there's a shooting in Atlanta.

In Tulsa, a key witness denies knowing anything about a brutal homicide until confronted with evidence.

A look back at a deadly confrontation in Memphis, a single mother's dilemma in Cincinnati and a family dispute that takes a dark turn in Atlanta.

The gruesome rape and murder of two women in an abandoned house haunts investigators. Detectives work to identify the suspects who drowned a local couple. A woman who was burned alive fights to survive so she can identify her assailants.

Three of the rookie homicide detectives are highlighted in condensed stories: in New Orleans, a baffling robbery takes a rookie months to unravel.

In Tulsa, a shooting in a motel parking lot leads investigators to undertake an undercover operation to capture the suspect.