Post Mortem | Melissa Rocuba’s Final Moments
48 Hours
CBS News
4.1 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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48 Hours correspondents Natalie Morales and Anne-Marie Green discuss the 2013 killing of Melissa Rocuba that went unsolved for nearly nine years. They discuss new information retrieved from old evidence that led to the arrest of Melissa’s husband, Bruno, and the conflicted feelings their daughters have about their father today.
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| 1:13.3 | Welcome back to postmortem. I'm CBS News correspondent Natalie Morales, stepping in as host today to speak with 48-hour's correspondent, Anne-Marie Green, about her report on the case of Melissa Rakuba. In August of 2013 in the small town of Simpson, Pennsylvania, |
| 1:20.0 | Melissa was shot while in her bed by her husband Bruno and later died at the hospital. |
| 1:25.7 | Now, Bruno claimed it was a tragic accident, and no charges were filed at the time. But eight years later, investigators revisited the case. |
| 1:30.0 | And after taking a closer look at the evidence, Rakuba was then charged with Melissa's murder. |
| 1:36.5 | Emery, thanks so much for chatting with me today. |
| 1:38.9 | It's really good to be here. It's always good talking to you. |
| 1:41.7 | Now, I want to remind our listeners and our viewers, if you haven't listened or watched the 48 hours episode yet, you can find the full audio and the episode link in our podcast feed. |
| 1:51.5 | Just take a listen, then come right back here for our conversation. |
| 1:56.1 | All right, Emery, let's jump right into this. |
| 1:58.0 | So after the shooting, Bruno Rakuba told police that his gun |
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