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48 Hours

My Mother's Double Murder Case Part 2

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.17.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A daughter suspects her mother of a double murder. Years later courtroom drama brings unsettling answers. Jim Axelrod reports. This episode last aired on 6/3/25.

Transcript

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0:00.0

They were found Sunday afternoon July 7.

0:13.0

My dad and his fiance, Karen, were shot and killed in their beds. I was 17 and my brother was 15 and there was just

0:26.1

shock. The killer made it downstairs, shot Karen Harkness multiple times, shot Mike

0:34.6

Cisco multiple times. Whoever was that did this.

0:38.3

Hated these people.

0:40.3

The only person that hated them was my mom.

0:43.3

Dana.

0:45.3

What should people understand about the fact that you,

0:48.3

Dana Chandler's daughter, thinks Dana Chandler killed your father.

0:53.3

I do have a mind of my own, and I'm not bias in this situation.

0:58.0

I don't want it to be her.

1:01.0

I want the truth to come out.

1:03.0

I wanted to help the police.

1:06.0

So I started to record my conversations with her.

1:11.6

I think that the only way I can really move on with a relationship with you is if we can get it, you know,

1:19.6

if you can just tell me yourself that you did it.

1:22.6

No, number one I need to do it, and number two, and number two, I don't know what happened daily.

1:28.4

Did you know anything about the death of Michael and Karen?

1:30.7

I had no idea what happened to Michael and Karen.

1:32.9

I hit a point where I didn't know if justice would ever be served.

1:39.2

Both hands out of the car.

1:42.0

I needed justice for my dad and for Karen.

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