A WOMAN'S BODY IS FOUND IN A SWAMP - IMPOSSIBLE, SAY FRIENDS WHO WERE TOLD SHE DIED MONTHS EARLIER IN THE HOSPITAL

"48 Hours" Reports in "The Woman Who Died Twice" Saturday, Feb. 28 at 10:00 PM, ET/PT on CBS and Streaming on Paramount+

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48 HOURS: "The Woman Who Died Twice"

AIR DATE: Saturday, Feb. 28 at 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+.

CORRESPONDENT: Erin Moriarty

LOCATION: Savannah, Ga.

STORY DETAILS: When a woman's remains found in a swamp outside Savannah are identified, friends are stunned. They had been told Mindi Kassotis died in a hospital. But five months later, authorities say she was murdered. Investigators ultimately focus on her husband, Nick Kassotis, as they work to unravel how she appeared to die twice, and what really happened in the months between. 48 HOURS correspondent Erin Moriarty reports in "The Woman Who Died Twice."

FEATURES INTERVIEWS INCLUDING:

· Morgan Paddock and Angela Wynn, longtime friends of Mindi Kassotis

· Heather Thomas, ex-wife of Nick Kassotis

· Jack Frost, one of the first detectives on the scene

· Laurie Baio, assistant district attorney with Atlantic Judicial Circuit

· Doug Weinstein, defense attorney

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