The 30-Year Secret – The Tracey Harris Murder
48 Hours
CBS News
4.1 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
A little girl grows up wondering who murdered her mother. Decades later, prosecutors learn a secret that answers the question. "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher reports.
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| 0:00.0 | In March 2020, a family on the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Lamedier Montana got shocking news about their loved one. |
| 0:07.0 | Christy wouldn't die. |
| 0:08.4 | My daughter came and notified me that Christy was run over. |
| 0:13.0 | And I said, it should be okay. And she's like, no, she died. I was like, what? |
| 0:17.0 | Missing justice from CBS News takes you inside what really happened that night, |
| 0:21.6 | and the federal investigation that followed. |
| 0:24.2 | Listen to Missing Justice from CBS News on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:45.6 | I've thought about a thousand times the what ifs. |
| 0:49.5 | And that's kind of nauseating that we were that close. |
| 0:54.5 | In my time as District Attorney, we have had some odd cases. |
| 0:58.8 | This one was a complete rollercoaster ride towards the end. |
| 1:05.8 | As far as an emotional situation, this was by far the toughest one. |
| 1:15.1 | Tracy Harris was a hard working young mother that disappeared March 7, 1990. |
| 1:22.4 | She was a very sweet friend, a very shy person, and people really liked her and respected her. |
| 1:29.6 | Her daughter was a toddler. |
| 1:32.2 | Before your own name, Carolyn, who she had with Carl Harris. |
| 1:37.1 | She had been married for several years. |
| 1:39.7 | They had recently divorced but had never really split. |
| 1:43.3 | They still lived in the same home. |
| 1:45.2 | They slept in the same bed. |
| 1:47.5 | I did hear that Tracy was missing and was very concerned something had happened to her. |
| 1:54.4 | Carl came by our house. |
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