The Usual Suspect

48 Hours

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True Crime, Tv & Film

4.1 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

When Tina Caronna was found dead in the back seat of her car, everyone assumed it was a random crime, perhaps a carjacking gone wrong. But by the time of Tina’s funeral, whispers were swirling around Memphis that the real killer wasn’t a stranger at all, but someone much closer to home. “48 Hours" Correspondent Maureen Maher reports.

This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 9/7/2013. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.

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0:00.0	Memphis is a music city.
0:12.0	We have soul, we have jazz, we have blues.
0:15.0	Everybody loves barbecue.
0:17.0	It's one of those smells when you come to Memphis.
0:20.0	There is a darker side where we have cried a bit of crime and quite a few homicides.
0:29.6	We end up with some interesting trials.
0:32.6	Business is good.
0:33.6	Call your next witness.
0:35.6	I am Karen Cook. I'm an assistant district attorney general.
0:38.3	My name is Tom Henderson.
0:39.3	I'm an assistant to the district attorney general.
0:41.3	My name is Danielle McCollum.
0:43.3	I'm an assistant district attorney and I was part of the prosecution team for the Tina Corona case.
0:48.3	Tina Corona was a young woman from Tennessee.
0:52.3	She was married to Joe Corona.
0:55.0	It always seemed like they were in love with each other.
0:59.0	October 25th of 2008, Tina at the time was the president-elect of the Corvette Club.
1:07.0	My wife and I were to host a Memphis Corvette Club progressive dinner at our house.
1:16.6	For me it's more of a social event than about the cars.
1:21.6	Tina was supposed to get up and go shopping for some supplies.
1:28.3	I think Tina left sometime in the morning.
1:31.3	She had driven the avalanche.
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