Find Yura: Manhunt on the Dark Web
48 Hours
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4.1 • 7.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
In July 2018, 15-year-old Alexis Stern learned from police that someone had ordered a hit on her using a dark web murder-for-hire site, ran by a shadowy figure named Yura. Alexis believed her ex-boyfriend, Adrian Fry, was behind the plot because he sent her threatening messages after discovering she was in a new relationship. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 4/10/2021. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays and stream on demand on Paramount+.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm no different than any other teenager in America. |
| 0:13.0 | I love my family and my friends. |
| 0:20.0 | My two dogs and my cat. I love writing. I love reading. Despite me trying to be a normal teenager, a description of me, where I lived, where I worked, that Mastermind |
| 0:54.8 | 365 posted about me. |
| 0:56.9 | On the Murder for Hire website. |
| 0:58.7 | Yes. |
| 0:59.8 | Hi, my name is Yura. |
| 1:02.0 | We have hundreds of gang members, criminals, and people who love to kill for money. |
| 1:13.6 | They are anonymous. You are anonymous. |
| 1:15.6 | So come and get rid of those nasty problems. |
| 1:20.6 | This is deadly serious. |
| 1:22.6 | This is talking about the murder of a human being. |
| 1:26.6 | It definitely changed my life. |
| 1:29.3 | I kept looking over my shoulder. |
| 1:31.3 | I didn't know who I could trust. |
| 1:33.3 | I could be killed on my way to work. |
| 1:35.3 | I could be killed on my way home from school. |
| 1:38.3 | And that terrified me. |
| 1:40.3 | You can submit your orders to kill the people you hate. You can submit your orders to kill the people you hate. |
| 1:45.0 | We've got some significant leads on who you might be. |
| 1:57.0 | Do you think you're getting close? |
| 1:58.0 | Yeah, absolutely. |
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