The BEST episodes of The First 48 season 6

Every episode of The First 48 season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The First 48 season 6!

Follows detectives during the hours immediately following a homicide.

Last Updated: 12/7/2024Network: A&EStatus: Continuing
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7.98
57 votes

#1 - Burden of Proof/Backfire

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/7/2008

A woman is shot and killed in her home. The detectives find the victims car with a suspect behind the wheel. Holding the suspect on stolen property can the gather enough evidence for murder? When two men try to rob a vender one is shot and killed. Once the trigger man is found they need the second robber to put all the piece together.

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7.85
73 votes

#2 - The Tender Trap/Bait and Switch

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/29/2007

Laying inside his mechanics shop a man is found shot dead. With little to go on, detectives look at his activities. Will his schedule help identify a killer? A small town farmer is brutally murdered while trying to purchase a car. The detectives involved only have the nickname of a possible killer.

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7.57
23 votes

#3 - American Dream/Easter Sunday

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/6/2008

A man is found dead in his truck. Detectives learn that he had fled the war in Bosnia, just to killed in the streets of Memphis. The streets are hard and young people fight to break the hold the streets have on them. A young father was doing just that when he was gunned down and left in the back of a car.

Watch Now:Apple TV
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7.57
23 votes

#4 - Last Ride/Trailer Trap

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/20/2008

A young man is gunned down and left in the trunk of an abandoned car. Can his killer be found? The brutal killing of a man in a trailer park sends detectives searching for a killer.

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7.44
36 votes

#5 - Double Time

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/17/2008

The detectives are called to the scene of a shooting at a café. The witnesses on scene say it was a robbery gone wrong. While working one case, the team gets a second case. The are working against the clock on both cases.

Watch Now:Apple TV
star
7.42
57 votes

#6 - Inked in Blood

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/10/2008

A tattoo artist is gunned down during a robbery. The survivor of the robbery gives detectives street names and stencils to help in the hunt. With multiple suspects to identify and catch detectives have a long road ahead of them.

Watch Now:Apple TV
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7.39
33 votes

#7 - Motel No-Tell/Brotherly Love

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/2007

Gunshots ring out and leave one person dead and two injured. The two survivors can identify the killers, but getting them to talk is a different story. Detectives are on the hunt for a killer that had crossed state lines. They have located the sister of the suspect, but getting her to roll over on him is a different story. Or will she just take the fall for him?

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7.36
53 votes

#8 - Better Days/Wildflower

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/13/2008

The local community is shocked when an elderly man is gunned down. With the help of the locals two suspects are brought in. Their tight lips will make the detectives jobs even harder. A woman is outside collecting wildflowers when she is shot and killed. With little to go on, detectives unravel leads which seems to make the case even hard to solve.

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7.33
60 votes

#9 - Unnecessary Roughness/Stolen Life

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/31/2008

Gunfire rings out leaving a teenager dead, ironically during a Children's Peace Bowl for street violence. With little to go on detectives need a witness to come forward. A popular basketball coach is gunned down, detectives are left scratching their heads. Leads are few and far between, can detectives find their killer?

Watch Now:Apple TV
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7.27
45 votes

#10 - Bad Call/Ricochet

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/2007

A man is discovered dead in his car. His cell phone is missing. Could the killer have taken it? Does he still have it? The body of a male victim is found lying in a backyard. Working against the clock, detectives find their suspect, but the case takes a turn.

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7.25
59 votes

#11 - Lured In/Disaster

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/27/2008

A man is robbed and left for dead in a motel bathroom. Detectives have little to go on, and rely on the victims missing items to lead to their killer. Gunshots ring out in the middle of the afternoon in a residential neighborhood. Finally a witness steps up and says she saw a man flee the scene.

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7.24
59 votes

#12 - Fit of Rage/Mean Streets

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/6/2007

The body of a young woman is found in her living room, with strangulation as the cause of death. The scene suggest the victim likely knew her killer. A man is found laying in a pool of blood. The only lead is the victims missing car. Detectives hope to find the car with the killer inside.

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7.20
59 votes

#13 - Dead Sleep/Tag Team

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/24/2008

A body is found brutally beaten. Detectives have to identify the victim and search for a killer. A local teenager is killed. Detectives enlist the help of some eyes in the sky for help tracking their killer.

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7.19
80 votes

#14 - Shooting Spree/Lady in the Fire

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/2007

Behind an abandoned house lays the body of a man that has been shot. Not long after this shooting police learn of another one. This time it is caught on tape. What appears to be simple house fire is actually holding a brutal secret. The body of a woman is discovered, manner of death…homicide. To find their killer they will have to retrace the steps of the victim.

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star
7.12
65 votes

#15 - Neighborhood Sweetheart/Hail of Gunfire

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/2007

The girlfriend of an alleged drug dealer is killed, detectives believe in an effort to send a message. Will detectives find this killer before they strike again? Gun fire rings out, a spray of bullets litter the scene. A male victim is found dead among the ballistics nightmare. Is there a needle in this haystack to bring a killer to justice?

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7.11
56 votes

#16 - Misled/Somebody's Daddy

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/2007

A 17-year-old young man is beaten and dumped in the back seat of his own car. Detectives must first locate a secret girlfriend to track their killer. When a man is found dead in the parking of lot of a housing complex detectives start the search for a killer. Getting a scared witness to come forward is their first hurdle.

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6.95
22 votes

#17 - Dropped Call/Derailed

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/3/2008

A young man lay shot dead in the middle of a street. Can a cell phone and a pawnshop ticket hold the clues detectives will need? The body of a woman is found dumped on some railroad tracks. Detectives are shocked when a tip comes in that someone may be holding out on them. They are convinced when they learn this person knows things they shouldn't know unless they are the killer.

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6.64
25 votes

#18 - Shell Shocked/Cradle to Grave

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/10/2008

A sting operation is put in motion to catch a killer. A brutal execution goes down in the middle of a busy neighborhood.