"48 HOURS" KICKS OFF A NEW SEASON WITH BACK-TO-BACK HOURS FEATURING EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS, INTRIGUING CASES AND THE BEST TRUE-CRIME REPORTING

A Son Fights His Father's Murder Conviction and a Clever Detective Catches an Elusive Killer with a Stick of Gum

Saturday, Oct. 17 at 9:00 PM, ET/PT and 10:00 PM, ET/PT on CBS and Streaming on Paramount+

48 HOURS opens its new season with a doubleheader of all-new true-crime episodes. At 9:00 PM, ET/PT, a son speaks out for the first time as he fights to challenge his father's murder conviction. Then, at 10:00 PM ET/PT, a detective uses a piece of chewed gum to crack a cold case that went unsolved for more than 40 years.

48 HOURS PRESENTS: "The Corn Rake Witness" at 9:00 PM, ET/PT

CORRESPONDENT: Erin Moriarty

LOCATION: Earlville, Iowa

STORY DETAILS: Seven years ago, Iowa farmer Todd Mullis was convicted of killing his wife, Amy, with a corn rake. Now, their 21-year-old son, Trysten, is speaking out for the first time. In an exclusive interview with 48 HOURS correspondent Erin Moriarty, Trysten says lawyers and investigators got it all wrong, and he's fighting to clear his father's name. Moriarty reports in "The Corn Rake Witness."

FEATURES INTERVIEWS INCLUDING:

· Trysten Mullis, son of Todd and Amy Mullis, in his first-ever interview

· Peggy Munson, Amy's mother

· Jeff Fuller, Amy's brother

· Dina and Daniel Nesheiwat, defense attorneys

· Mike Mullis and Lynne White, Todd's brother and sister

· Dr. Jennifer Hammers, forensic pathologist

· Dr. Valentina Ngai, biomechanical engineer

48 HOURS: "The Detective and the Chewing Gum Sting" at 10:00 PM, ET/PT

CORRESPONDENT: Peter Van Sant

LOCATION: Everett, Wash.

STORY DETAILS: Susan Vesey, a 21-year-old mother of two, was murdered in 1980. Four years later, Judy Weaver, a divorced mother, was sexually assaulted and strangled in her home. For more than 40 years, no one was held responsible. Then, cold-case detective Susan Logothetti linked both cases to Mitchell Gaff, a known predator released in 2018 after serving 33 years for violent sex crimes. But she needed fresh DNA to charge him, so she helped devise "the gum ruse," an undercover plan to get that DNA from a piece of chewed gum. The DNA tied Gaff to both murders and he was sentenced. Detective Logothetti did her first and only television interview on the case with 48 HOURS correspondent Peter Van Sant in "The Detective and the Chewing Gum Sting."

FEATURES INTERVIEWS INCLUDING:

· Detective Susan Logothetti, Everett Police Department

· Cathy Meyers, daughter of Judy Weaver

· Colleen Kayser, daughter of Judy Weaver

· Paula Keeler, childhood friend of Susan Vesey

· Jackie Brown, Mitchell Gaff's first known target

· Tom Junod, journalist who profiled Gaff in a 1996 GQ article

· Craig Matheson and Sarah Johnson, deputy prosecutors

· Mike Perin, former detective

Go behind the scenes of each case every Tuesday with the 48 HOURS: POST MORTEM podcast. Watch on YouTube and listen on Apple, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.

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Judy Tygard is the executive producer of 48 HOURS. Watch 48 HOURS on CBS News 24/7, CBSNews.com, Paramount+ and YouTube. The 48 HOURS free, advertiser-supported streaming (FAST) channel is available on Pluto TV, Paramount + and Paramount partner channels. Download the CBS News app on your phone or connected TV.

Now in its 39th season, 48 HOURS remains Saturday's #1 non-sports primetime show, reaching 60.4 million linear viewers and totaling 26.87 billion minutes consumed across linear and streaming last season. On social media, 48 HOURS leads the true-crime space with 2 million TikTok followers, over 2.5 million YouTube subscribers, and 14.5 billion minutes watched on YouTube. The franchise podcast portfolio reaches almost 3 million monthly listeners and is consistently ranked among America's top true-crime podcasts.

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