Murder In Moscow: The Moscow Murders And The 48 Hour Rule
In the early weeks after the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, attention turned to the familiar idea that the first 48 hours of a homicide investigation are the most important. The theory is rooted in the practical reality that witnesses’ memories are fresher, surveillance video is less likely to have been erased, physical evidence has had less time to degrade, and suspects have had less opportunity to destroy evidence, coordinate stories or disappear. But experts cautioned that the “48-hour rule” was not some hard deadline after which a murder…
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