This story originally aired on Nov. 26, 2022. It was updated on July 8, 2023. Michael Politte was just 14 years old when he was charged in 1998 with murdering his mother, Rita Politte, who died after being hit in the head and set on fire in her Missouri home. …
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This story originally aired Nov. 20, 2021. it was updated on Jan. 21, 2023. When Chelsea Rustad uploaded her DNA on a public database, she never expected two police investigators would appear on her doorstep. “They let me know that they are investigating a family member of mine for murder,” …
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[This story previously aired on September 4, 2021. It was updated on August 20, 2022.] “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant first reported on this story in 2008 – almost three years after Tara Grinstead went missing. Back then, hardly anyone thought this case would ever be solved. Then, in …
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