Post Mortem | A Death in the Stairwell

Prosecutor Steve Tauzer was found brutally murdered in his Bakersfield, California garage. At first, investigators suspected a revenge killing by drug dealers. But as they dug deeper, they turned their focus to Chris Hillis, a former police officer, colleague and friend of Steve ...  Show more

48 Hours correspondents Anne-Marie Green and Peter Van Sant discuss Dakota Black, a tracker and detective who relentlessly hunted for answers when Makayla Meave went missing in 2023. This episode last aired on 11/18/2025. 

A woman's body was found at the bottom of the stairs. When an investigator recreates the fall, the results are surprising. Was this just a freak accident, or murder by an angry spouse.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about yo ...  Show more

When the wife of a Florida kidney doctor reports a burglary from their waterfront mansion, authorities arrive to find the doctor dead at the bottom of a set of stairs. Blayne Alexander reports.

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A Southern California woman's fall down the stairs initially appears to be a fatal accident, but when deputies arrest her husband, his story unravels. Keith Morrison reports.

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Andrea Canning reports on the latest twists and turns in the case in which firefighters discovered a New Jersey man dead in a house fire, but an autopsy revealed he had been shot to death.

Andrea Canning and Josh Mankiewicz go behind the scenes of the making of this epis ...