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Welcome back to postmortem.

I'm 48 hours correspondent Aaron Moriarty, and I'm filling in today for Amory Green, who's out in the field reporting on another story for 48 hours.

Joining me today is producer extraordinaire, Paula Rosa. We're going to discuss our report on the shooting of Leslie Reeves and Chris Smith.

On the night before Thanksgiving in 2021, Leslie and Chris went on their very first date together.

But by the end, one was dead and the other struggling to survive.

Paul and I have been talking about this on nauseam for months.

So we're going to share some of that with you.

This was a tough one, wasn't it, Paul? Thanks for being here. Yes, it was. It was, it's a tough story,

given what happened. But, you know, on the other hand, there is a survivor. So that's positive for

once for 48 hours. It's very unusual. Now, before we get into it, remember, if you

haven't listened to the 48 hours episode yet, you can find the full audio just below this episode

in your podcast feed. Go take a listen and then come back here for our scintillating conversation.

Okay, this was an incredibly sad case, as Paul had said,

where two people were just enjoying a first date together. They were getting to know each other.

They went to a bar. They were having fun. But unfortunately, sometime in the early morning of Thanksgiving

day, they got caught in the crosshairs of a jealous ex-lover.

Investigators almost immediately zeroed in on Leslie's former boyfriend, a man by the name of

Bobby Tar, and they soon charged him with murder and attempted murder. You have been, I didn't

realize, you've been at CBS for 32 years.

I know you've interviewed your share of killers, but Bobby wasn't quite what we're used

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