Jane's Journey

48 Hours

CBS News

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

3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 43 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+. 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	Now streaming.
0:01.0	When people go missing, I get hired to help find them.
0:04.0	When lives are on the line. Coulter, please find my daughter. He's the man for the job. I'm gonna do everything you can. Don't miss a moment. Coulter's in trouble. I can feel it. Of TV's number one show. These people are dangerous. I'm doing this alone. Not at all. Every Batman got to have their robin. Coulter!
0:01.0	Justin Hartley stars.
0:02.0	I made a promise.
0:03.0	I would never stop looking.
0:04.0	In Tracker. No, no. Every bad man gotta have their robin. Coulter! Justin Hartley stars.
0:21.6	I've never stopped looking.
0:23.6	In Tracker.
0:24.6	All episodes now streaming on Paramount Plus and returning CBS Fall.
0:29.6	48 hours, we take you there.
0:38.3	This 77-year-old grandmother is hot on the trail of a killer.
0:44.3	Let's put it this way. No one intimidates me.
0:48.3	Jane was leading a wonderful life with a man she loved.
0:51.3	He was like the man on the white horse that came
0:54.5	charging down the road. Mom was probably happier than I've ever seen her. Then he
0:58.8	stole it all away. Dule Lagatuta reports. He cleaned her out. Oh, cleaned her
1:03.8	absolutely. I lost my children's inheritance. I lost my home. But that's not all she
1:08.9	lost. Jane was devastated. When she suspected Tom of murder, she set out to make him pay.
1:15.6	She wanted this guy hung out to dry.
1:17.6	With or without the police.
1:19.6	She's mad and everybody better get out of her way.
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