Jane's Journey

48 Hours

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True Crime, Tv & Film

4.1 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

When Gertrude McCabe was brutally murdered in 1983, her niece, Jane Alexander, was one of the main benefactors of Gertrude's inheritance. A widow in her 70s, police suspected Jane and her live-in boyfriend, Tom O'Donnell, might have been involved in the crime. “48 Hours" Correspondent Bill Lagattuta reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 6/18/2001. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.

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0:00.0	48 hours, we take you there.
0:07.0	This 77-year-old grandmother is hot on the trail of a killer.
0:15.0	Let's put it this way. No one intimidates me.
0:18.0	Jane was leading a wonderful life with a man she loved.
0:21.6	He was like the man on the white horse that came charging down the rope.
0:25.6	Mom was probably happier than I've ever seen her.
0:27.6	Then he stole it all away.
0:30.6	Dill Lagatuta reports.
0:31.6	So he cleaned her out.
0:32.6	Oh, cleaned her absolutely.
0:33.6	Yes, he did.
0:34.6	I lost my children's inheritance.
0:36.6	I lost my home. But that's not all she lost.
0:39.3	Jane was devastated.
0:41.3	When she suspected Tom of murder, she set out to make him pay.
0:45.3	She wanted this guy hung out to dry.
0:47.3	With or without the police.
0:49.3	She's mad and everybody better get out of her way.
0:52.3	She'll track them to the ends of the earth that she has to be catch.
0:55.0	Betraying Jane was his first mistake.
0:58.0	Oh, man. Gotcha.
1:00.0	A 48 hours mystery, citizen Jane. What can one person possibly do?
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