Reasonable Doubt
In 1999, Judi Eftenoff died of a cocaine overdose in her Phoenix house. Investigators wondered if it was a terrible accident or if a murderer had staged it to look that way. “48 Hours" Correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 1/29/2003. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.
- Duration
- 38m
- Broadcast on
- 26 Nov 2025
- Audio Format
- other
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[MUSIC PLAYING] Love the first sight, and I mean, I've been-- I've dated quite a few women over my life. And the whole nine yards in it was just when you know, you know. Brian's not your typical family man. He admits to living on the edge, on the wild side. I was the gap pedal. She was the brakes. We used to always say that. But did he go over the edge and commit murder? Did you kill me? No. One determined prosecutor is out to prove he did. This is a killer who thinks he can talk his way out of everything. Dude, he was a wonderful wife, mother, daughter, and a friend. Brian says he found his wife on the floor of their home. I'm going to help him leave the phone, but if I can't help, the robber is going to die. There was an eyewitness, his own daughter. Will she tell a different story? Is that a picture you drew? Yes. Erin Moriarty investigates, what if there was no murder at all? I would say it's virtually impossible, given the Evan's son I've looked at. A 48-hour's mystery, reasonable doubt. [MUSIC PLAYING] [SQUEAKING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] Early one September morning in 1999, Brian Ftenoff arrived home after a long night out with his best friend and walked into a nightmare. [MUSIC PLAYING] He discovered his wife on the bathroom floor of their Phoenix home. [MUSIC PLAYING] Ftenoff tried to give Judy CPR. I couldn't get her jaw open. [MUSIC PLAYING] But I wasn't going to stop. I wasn't going to stop. Baby, don't you do this to me. I can't raise those kids a month. Baby, stay with me. I'm begging her. Judy, don't leave me with those kids. You know, come back. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] But Judy was dead. After the Ftenoff's two children, five-year-old Ricky and three-year-old Nicholas, were taken
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In 1999, Judi Eftenoff died of a cocaine overdose in her Phoenix house. Investigators wondered if it was a terrible accident or if a murderer had staged it to look that way. “48 Hours" Correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 1/29/2003. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.