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In one of the most-watched episodes of A&E's long-running hit series "The First 48," a psychopathic serial killer phones the Kansas City Police Department with the location of his victims' bodies. Now, convicted serial killer Terry Blair is serving a life sentence at Potosi Correctional Center in Missouri for six counts of first-degree murder. In a candid jailhouse interview, Blair discusses the horrific case that terrorized a community. A chilling confession reveals the stunning truth about his past and sheds new light on the brutal serial killings.

University of Memphis football star Taylor Bradford was killed in his beloved Lincoln Town Car. At first police thought the motive was robbery. Then as they investigated, a love triangle emerged. Finally four men were charged with Bradford's murder. The first to go on trial wasn't even at the crime scene. Could prosecutors convince a jury to find him guilty of murder?

An update on a past case in Memphis involving the murder of four adults and two children.

In Miami, two men are found beaten and shot behind an abandoned house. As Det. TC Cepero digs deeper into the case he unearths more than one reason the men could have been killed.

Detectives link Martin Seay to several killings--but he only goes on trial for one. The state's key witness is his former girlfriend, Kandi Hawkins. Hawkins was paralyzed from the neck down when Seay ordered a hit on her. Will her testimony be enough to convict the ruthless killer?

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An update on the case of an immigrant from Darfur who was shot and killed in his Louisville store during a robbery.

The murders of an elderly resident and a female tattoo artist are revisited.

Three eyewitnesses with credibility issues are all a prosecutor has to work with in the case of a fatal shooting.

A powerful attorney claims that his young client, who was charged with murdering a man, acted in self-defense.

A man is accused of killing and torturing his friend from childhood; a young woman with no criminal history is accused of murdering a mother in front of her children.

A 19-year-old man is shot to death in a Memphis, Tenn., street fight; an unforeseen twist threatens to derail a Kentucky prosecutor's case.

When a popular local celebrity in Louisville is murdered during a drug deal, homicide detectives Brenda Wescott and John Lesher search for his killer. Lashawn "Shizz" Talbert created a popular dance called "The Shizz." In August, 2010 he was driven to a drug deal by a local club promoter named David Curd. They drove to a quiet neighborhood and met a dealer named Kenneth Brown. Brown claimed that Talbert robbed him at gunpoint. Detectives unravel the case and learn about the role of Curd. And in an exclusive interview after his trial, Brown claims self-defense.

Updated cases include a motorcycle-club president who was run off the road and shot in the head; and a man who was found dead on a lawn.

Witnesses to the murder of a 15-year-old boy fail to identify the alleged killer; a man claims he is not responsible for the shooting death of an innocent bystander.

Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law is used as a defense in a fatal stabbing; an alleged killer is finally apprehended four years after fleeing over the Mexican border.

After an unidentified man's stabbed body is found in a Dallas apartment, two suspects admit to setting up the man for robbery--and blame each other for the murder.

Updated cases include a woman whose naked body was found under a highway overpass in Tucson; and a woman who was shot to death by her cousin's boyfriend in Dallas.

In two cases in Louisville, Kentucky, detectives arrested suspects whose actions were caught on videotape? But will the surveillance tapes help the prosecutor s case--or help the defendants walk free?

A Texas father of three is murdered in a botched robbery, and the two main suspects in the killing point the finger of guilt at each other.

After a 17-year-old girl is found with a bullet through the back of her head in the woods of Katy, Texas, a young man comes forward who claims to be an eyewitness. Investigators are shocked by the unusual deal he s made with the DA. Is the eyewitness telling the truth -- or is he involved in the murder? And will the prosecution convince the jury that the defendant is the real killer?

An unexpected tip helps police crack the case involving an unidentified shooting victim in Louisville, Ky.; three scared co-defendants are asked to testify against the killer.

A 10-year-old girl who witnessed the ambush shooting of her parents gives an emotional testimony during the suspected killer's trial.

A man claims self-defense when his brother, a Honduran immigrant, is found stabbed to death in his Miami apartment.