Everything to Lose

48 Hours

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True Crime, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Dana Clair Edwards was found dead in her home in San Antonio, Texas on January 2, 2009. She was last seen alive leaving a New Year’s Eve party just after midnight. Police interviewed friends and acquaintances, including Dana’s ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Ford. Prosecutors soon believed that he was their main suspect, but the investigation dragged on and Ford remained a free man. Dana’s mother, Deborah Edwards believed Jon Thomas Ford was the alleged killer and tormented him with notes and emails marking anniversaries, birthdays and holidays; each note including a reference to her daughter. Finally, a year after the murder, there was a break in the case. “48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 8/17/2013. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.

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0:57.0	CBS News.com slash podcast dash survey. We appreciate your feedback and love your support. He was upset. He was upset. I think he was angry. He parks around the corner because he doesn't want to be seen.
1:25.0	He walks in.
1:29.0	He waits and he's watching.
1:32.0	He waits and he's watching. He waits over an hour. He waits for the lights to go off and I don't think she had a fighting chance.
1:45.0	The nature of this crime was a very personal crime.
1:48.0	Did he pop her in the mouth first and then the head blow?
1:54.0	I was no other motivation for this murder but to kill Dana Claire Edwards.
2:00.0	It just
2:05.0	so full of energy.
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