The stabbing death of a bright college student raises troubling questions concerning anti-Semitism and homophobia issues that are at the heart of the nation's current struggle to define itself.
48 Hours Covers Pettit Case This Weekend
After Scott and Janet Pettit were found dead in their Modesto, Calif., home in 2013, their son, Brandon, was accused of hiring a friend to kill them. Investigators maintained that he wanted his parents’ money to start a new life. His sister says her brother loved their parents and there’s no way he did it. She vows to fight for his freedom.
Correspondent Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS investigate the death of the Pettits and the case against their son in “A Sister’s Fight for Her Brother” to be broadcast
Saturday, May 15 (10:00-11:00 PM ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Daniel Anderl, the son of U.S. federal Judge Esther Salas and attorney Mark Anderl, was shot dead while trying to save his parents from a man who went to the door of their North Brunswick home armed with a gun posing as a deliveryman last summer.
Correspondent Tracy Smith and 48 HOURS investigate the connection between the murder of Anderl and Marc Angelucci, who died 2,800 miles away in the mountains of San Bernardino days prior, in “The Deliveryman Murders” to be broadcast Saturday, Feb. 20 at 10 p.m. on the CBS Television Network.
“I have direct evidence that he died heroically, that he had a holy death,” David Oakley, Daniel Anderl’s Godfather and a family friend, says in the interview. “And, so, I have no hesitation about praying to Daniel. And I have been.”