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Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

A Marine Wife Gone Missing — Presenting: “48 Hours: NCIS”

Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

4.65K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Marine wife Erin Corwin was just 19 years old when she disappeared in California’s Joshua Tree National Park. Nearly two months later, her body was found in an abandoned mine in the unforgiving desert, and suspicions quickly fell on a fellow Marine. Here’s a preview of the new podcast, “48 Hours: NCIS”, which merges the award-winning journalism of one of the most celebrated true crime news programs with the world’s #1 TV franchise, to bring you the real-life cases that NCIS agents will never forget. Host CBS News correspondent Natalie Morales untangles this twisted story of infidelity and betrayal that led to Erin’s tragic end. Listen early and ad-free right now by subscribing to 48 Hours+ on Apple Podcasts. 

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0:01.0

Hey, it's Esther.

0:03.1

Today I'm going to share a preview of a new podcast that I'm really excited about.

0:08.0

48 hours and NCIS are merging forces to share real-life cases that NCIS agents will never forget.

0:16.9

Those of you who listen to this podcast know I've been a long-time fan of 48 hours,

0:22.2

so I couldn't wait to dig into this new mystery, 48 hours NCIS, and I couldn't wait to share it with you.

0:29.8

I know you're going to want to binge listen.

0:32.8

Marine wife Erin Corwin was just 19 years old when she disappeared in California's Joshua Tree National Park.

0:40.4

Nearly two months later, her body was found in an abandoned mine in the unforgiving desert,

0:46.2

and suspicion quickly fell on a fellow Marine.

0:50.2

CBS News Correspondence Natalie Morales, who comes from a military family herself,

0:55.9

untangles this twisted story of infidelity and betrayal that led to Aaron's tragic end.

1:02.1

I'm about to play you a clip from 48 hours NCIS.

1:07.5

Our whole life being turned totally upside down began on June 29th, 2014.

1:16.2

On a beautiful summer Sunday morning, Laura Hevelin was in her home in Tennessee with her husband, Bill.

1:23.8

They were getting ready to go to church when they received an awful call.

1:29.5

My son-in-law called probably around 11 o'clock 1130 on Sunday morning and told us that

1:37.2

Aaron was missing. And I'm like, what do you mean Aaron's missing?

1:43.7

Bill and Lor hadn't seen their daughter Aaron in a few months.

1:48.1

Aaron recently moved out of the Hevelin family home to start a new life in California with

1:53.3

her high school sweetheart and now husband, John Corwin.

1:58.5

They moved to a small city called 29 Palms, a blip in the middle of the

2:03.5

Mojave. What brought the Corwin's there was the Marine base. John was a Marine, Corporal Corwin

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