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48 Hours

A Quiet Life Shattered

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, News Commentary, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.97K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

When Claudia Maupin moved to Davis, California, she's determined to find the man of her dreams. Sure enough, she falls in love with and marries Chip Northup, and together they merge their families. Life seemed happy and safe, full of love. So when the couple does not show up at church one morning, their family is worried. But they never expect that Chip and Claudia had been the victims of a double homicide inside their home. Get early, ad-free access to episodes of Fifteen: Inside the Daniel Marsh Murders by subscribing to 48 Hours+ on Apple Podcasts. The series is widely available everywhere else you get your podcasts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, listeners. It's 48-houres correspondent Aaron Moriarty. Today I have a special episode to share

0:07.4

with you from my new podcast, 15, Inside the Daniel Marsh murders. It's the haunting story of

0:15.4

Claudia and Chip, a loving couple in their golden years, brutally murdered in their California home.

0:22.8

With no physical evidence and few leads, the case dumped investigators until they uncovered

0:29.5

an unthinkable suspect.

0:32.6

A 15-year-old boy.

0:35.1

Here's the episode.

0:37.3

This is one of the most sensational crimes ever to explode in Hollywood.

0:42.6

In 1989, Beverly Hills police found Jose and Kitty Menendez gunned down in their mansion.

0:48.6

And the killers, their two sons.

0:51.1

Why did you kill your parents?

0:52.7

Because we were afraid.

0:54.5

But were Lyle and Eric cold-blooded murderers or victims no one believed?

0:59.6

I'm Slicia Stanton and my new series on the Menendez Brothers is out now.

1:04.1

Listen to truer crime wherever you get your podcasts.

1:10.5

Went to their bedroom.

1:11.6

I opened the door.

1:14.6

And I just kind of stood over their bed watching them sleep for a few minutes.

1:20.6

My body was trembling.

1:23.6

I was nervous but excited and exhilarated.

1:30.3

I was actually going to do it. I was there. It's finally happening.

1:38.3

I will never understand how he did what he did.

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