Tonight Saturday (February 25 2023) “48 Hours” Investigates in “The Kidnapping of Michelle and Breea Renee”
Tonight, The February 25 edition of “CBS 48 Hours” airs at 10PM ET/PT on CBS. You can watch previous episodes at CBS and ParamountPlus.
For four decades, the murder of Cathy Krauseneck remained unsolved. On Feb. 19, 1982, her husband, Jim Krauseneck, said he found her dead in their bed with an ax in her head.The case was dubbed the Brighton Ax Murder and was one of the oldest, coldest murder cases in America – until now. 48 HOURS correspondent Erin Moriarty reports on the murder, the case against Jim Krauseneck, and has an exclusive network television interview with his current wife, in “The Brighton Ax Murder,”
Something about the crime scene didn’t sit right with investigators. Police believe it was staged to look like a burglary to cover up the real crime – the intentional murder of Cathy by her husband. There was a shoe print at the scene that police believe was made by boat shoes Krauseneck was known to wear, though they were never tested.
The case sat for decades until 2019, when authorities in Monroe County, N.Y., hired forensic pathologist Michael Baden to investigate. Baden believed Cathy was killed around 3:30 am. To prosecutors that meant Jim Krauseneck would have been home at the time and he was charged with Cathy’s murder. Krauseneck, his current wife Sharon, and his attorneys insist he didn’t kill Cathy.
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