Two Wigs and A Gun Pt 1

48 Hours

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True Crime, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Part one of the investigation into the murder of Fred Jablin. On October 30, 2004, Fred Jablin was gunned down in the driveway of his Virginia home. He was a well-respected college professor and devoted father to three young children. Police zeroed in on Fred's ex-wife, Piper, who owed him nearly $7,000 in back child support. Circumstantial evidence, including an airline ticket, two wigs and gas purchased in the area, all with a credit card in the name of Piper’s former boyfriend, indicated to investigators that Piper plotted to kill her husband using her sister's identity. “48 Hours" correspondent Harold Dow reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 8/25/2007. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.

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0:00.0	Wonderie Plus subscribers can listen to this podcast, add free right now.
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0:12.2	Now, a special two-part edition of 48 hours. People are involved here.
0:31.6	Parents who work, parents to stay home.
0:35.6	It's a type of neighborhood when the kids go to the bus stop in the morning.
0:38.3	You know, the parents are there and Fred was there every morning.
0:42.3	Fred was just a wonderful man.
0:44.3	He enjoyed life like we all do here.
0:47.3	I think his ultimate goal was to be a great dad, to have a solid family.
0:52.3	He was very, very involved with his children.
0:59.0	The morning of the 30th, started out like any other morning.
1:04.0	He was a fairly precise individual.
1:07.0	He taught at the University of Richmond.
1:09.0	It was his regular pattern to get up, make some coffee, come outside, retrieve the newspaper.
1:15.6	At 6.30, Fred Jablum went outside in his slippers to go get his newspaper and he was gunned
1:24.4	down in his driveway.
1:26.9	My name is Kobe Kelly.
1:28.3	I'm a homicide detective with the Henrico County Police.
1:31.3	I've lost my best friend.
1:33.3	I lost my brother.
1:35.3	Who goes through life expecting to know someone who gets murdered?
1:39.3	You don't ever expect to have a friend murdered.
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