Unmasking The Mastermind

48 Hours

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3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

For years after her infant son's death, Missy Anastasi accepted the autopsy finding that he had died of natural causes. But after Missy and her husband, Garrett Wilson, divorced, she took her suspicions of murder to the police. What they would turn up went beyond what Missy had even suspected. “48 Hours" Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 6/6/2003. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	48 hours mystery.
0:07.0	He has a magnetism about him.
0:13.0	He put you under a spell.
0:15.0	Garrett Wilson was known as a charming family man.
0:18.0	He was a father who adored his little girl. But was it all just a lie?
0:23.6	Garrett Wilson is a connoist, motivated by greed. There's little Garrett's Jr. You're any cute.
0:28.6	His ex-wife insists he killed their baby. I screamed, Garrett, what did you do to him?
0:33.6	Garrett killed the baby for insurance money. Is this grieving mother out for justice or revenge?
0:39.3	If Garrett Wilson had never left Missy, this never would have come forward.
0:43.3	I think that she became obsessed with his destruction.
0:46.3	Peter Van Sant investigates.
0:48.3	Is Garrett Wilson an adoring father or a cold-blooded killer?
0:52.3	Are you absolutely convinced that Garrett is an innocent man?
0:56.0	You can't be a murderer one day and a loving father the next day.
1:01.0	What really happened to this little boy?
1:03.0	Garrett murdered the baby.
1:05.0	Dramatic new developments in the case,
1:07.0	while innocent slept, a 48 hours mystery. I'm Leslie Stahl.
1:23.6	Garrett Wilson seemed like the ideal family man, a devoted father, a man liked by other men, and loved by women.
1:31.3	But under the surface, there were hidden layers of a complex life and disturbing allegations involving passion, greed, violence, and death.
1:41.3	Peter Van Sant reports on the search for answers as Garrett Wilson's
1:45.1	ordinary life begins to unravel.
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