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48 Hours

A Son's Pursuit of Justice

48 Hours

CBS News

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

3.97K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Luck and persistence helped solve the mystery of a missing Florida man, David Jackson. There would be a chance encounter between the police and Jackson’s son, and even a basic Google search would become key in revealing a deadly family secret. “48 Hours" Correspondent Troy Roberts reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 6/23/2007. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+. 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

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0:00.0

If I get my kid a phone, I'll be able to keep in touch with them all the time.

0:02.8

We'll be on it all the time.

0:04.1

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1:04.4

I had a dream. In my dream, I rather was shot twice in the side of the head, and he cried.

1:14.6

I remember I called his apartment, his roommate answered the phone and said that he'd run out and got a pack of cigarettes.

1:20.6

I hung the phone up and I turned to my wife and I said something happened to my brother.

1:25.6

And she says, well, what do you mean? And I said, I just felt it.

1:33.2

He was my firstborn.

1:35.9

He was a child that smiled all the time.

1:39.7

It was a very good child, very good, just in so many ways.

1:46.0

Sunday, he didn't show up the airport to pick me up.

1:48.0

Monday when he didn't show up to work, we knew something was wrong.

1:51.0

David always showed up to work.

1:53.0

If he was going to be late, he would have called.

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