Who Killed Jane Neumann?

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

This classic episode of 48 Hours, which last aired on 7/6/1998, tells the story of Jane Neumann, who had a beautiful daughter, a loving husband and a nice house in the town of Hudson, Wisconsin. But on Nov. 22, 1993, she was found dead of a gunshot wound in the basement of her own home. The investigation of her bizarre death includes an interview with Jane's husband, Jim, who changed his story about Jane's murder. Watch all-new episodes of 48 Hours on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.

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0:09.5	I'm Candace DeLong, and on my new podcast, Killer Psychie Daily, I share a quick 10-minute
0:14.8	rundown every weekday on the motivations and behaviors of the cold-butter killers you
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0:37.8	The year was 1993.
0:41.0	Jane Newman lived in this house with her husband Jim and their two-year-old son, Jonathan.
0:47.1	We thought he and Jane were just about the perfect couple.
0:52.2	We were really inseparable except for when we were at work.
0:56.2	But on a cold November day, Jane and Jim Newman's perfect life came to an end.
1:02.4	She would usually get ready, get dressed, kiss me goodbye, and take off about 630, which
1:06.6	is what she did that morning also.
1:08.8	And then I would get up, get Jonathan ready, bring him to daycare, and go to work.
1:13.6	That afternoon, when Jane got home from work, she called Jim at the office and mentioned
1:18.7	a problem with the garage door.
1:21.0	I asked her to go back out and test the garage door so that she could try to explain to me
1:25.4	what it was doing, but she never called back.
1:29.8	Jim tried calling her repeatedly.
1:32.2	I had a heart palpitation or something and I just felt uncomfortable that she hadn't
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