Senior Judge Paul Summers makes an extraordinary move that no one sees coming. Shortly after, Summers sits down with us to explain the rationale for his decision. Several jurors also discuss their perspectives on the trial and how it all ended. Join 48 Hours’ correspondent Erin Moriarty as she revisits the murder investigation of Raynella Leath.

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Josh Hedrick and Rebecca LeGrand present their final arguments to the jury. They bring in a bed with the actual bloody sheets from the crime scene for a dramatic reenactment. Prosecutor Stephen Crump reiterates his argument that the blood spatter present at the crime scene is not possible unless someone else shot David Leath. Amidst this back-and-forth, we sat down with Stephen Walker, who claims Raynella Leath tried to kill him years ago, a claim Raynella denies. And none of Walker’s claims are allowed in court. Join 48 Hours’ correspondent Erin Moriarty as she revisits the murder investigation of Raynella Leath.

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Raynella Leath’s defense attorneys Josh Hedrick and Rebecca LeGrand paint David Leath as a man in decline, introducing medical records and anecdotal evidence to provide a motive for his alleged suicide. They attempt to chip away at the prosecution’s arguments, using the same evidence to construct a different story of what happened the night David Leath died. The defense also brings its own medical expert, who introduces a key idea: the difference between the concepts of being innocent and not guilty. Join 48 Hours’ correspondent Erin Moriarty as she revisits the murder investigation of Raynella Leath.

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Jurors are chosen and the prosecution begins its case against Raynella Leath for the murder of her second husband, David Leath. District Attorney General Stephen Crump heads the prosecution team and looks to establish that this was a murder, not a suicide, despite there not being a clear motive. He focuses on two key pieces of evidence: the gun used to shoot David and the blood spatter found on the headboard of his bed. Two experts are also brought in to reinforce the prosecution’s narrative. Join 48 Hours’ correspondent Erin Moriarty as she revisits the murder investigation of Raynella Leath.

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Hear more of the audio tapes from on-site investigators, recorded just hours after David Leath’s death in 2003. David’s daughter, Cindy Wilkerson, and her cousin Beth Roberts, recount and share their suspicions about what happened the day he died. And, Raynella Leath’s defense attorneys are concerned about the narratives blaming their client that have been simmering for more than ten years. Raynella has always denied any involvement in David’s death. Join 48 Hours’ correspondent Erin Moriarty as she revisits the murder investigation of Raynella Leath.

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In May of 2017, then 68-year-old Raynella Leath went on trial for the third time for the murder of her second husband, David Leath, in a Knox County, Tennessee courtroom. She has always claimed David committed suicide. How did Raynella Leath, who had been amongst the elites of Knoxville as a hospital nursing director and wife of a county District Attorney General, end up here? Join 48 Hours’ correspondent Erin Moriarty as she revisits the murder investigation of Raynella Leath.

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Join Erin Moriarty in revisiting a case unlike any other: the final trial of Raynella Leath. The former nurse has spent decades battling suspicions about her past after two of her husbands died under unusual circumstances. She denied any involvement in either death, but was Raynella Leath very unlucky, or were her husbands “Married to Death”? New episodes every Wednesday.

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On November 7th, 2007, 33-year-old Lina Kaufman was found dead in her Florida home on the bathroom floor. Her husband, Adam Kaufman, called 911 while trying to revive her. Seventeen months passed with no answers for the cause of her death, until Adam was suddenly arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Medical experts pointed to physical evidence of strangulation, while Adam’s defense attorneys speculated about an allergic reaction to a spray tan. Yet unbeknownst to either side, the truth was hidden much deeper than they could see initially. Erin Moriarty takes you even deeper into the 48 Hours episode, “Lina’s Heart”.

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Clark Rockefeller has been unmasked as a German man named Christian Gerhartsreiter. In Part 2 of “The Long Con”, he goes on trial for the murder of his former neighbor John Sohus, but the prosecution has little to no direct evidence implicating Gerhartsreiter. They also lack an obvious motive. Why would a conman like Gerhartsreiter commit murder and risk blowing his own cover? And after the trial, Erin Moriarty sits down with Gerhartsreiter to continue exploring the question behind it all: Who was Clark Rockefeller, really? Erin Moriarty takes you even deeper into the 48 Hours episode, “aka Rockefeller”.

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In 2008, a man named Clark Rockefeller was arrested in Boston for kidnapping his daughter during a custody dispute with his ex-wife. He claimed to be of the New York Rockefellers, but the problem was, there were no records of him anywhere. At the same time, authorities in Connecticut and California had begun to connect the dots between “Clark Rockefeller” and “other men” who all seemed to be related to the disappearance of a California couple more than 20 years prior. Who was Clark Rockefeller, really? Erin Moriarty takes you deeper into the 48 Hours episode, “aka Rockefeller”.

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