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[Music] I was at the New Haven Police Department when I heard our dispatch taking a call
from a frantic caller. >> 911. What's the address to your emergency? Oh my. There's blood everywhere and I can't
look all over. >> I immediately got in my car, alerted officer Sheny Brookke. We activated our
lights and sirens and proceeded to the scene. >> It was a little after 4:00 in the
morning. He's not responding. >> Okay, I'm going to have help on the way to you. They'll be there in just a few
minutes. Okay, >> as we approach the house, >> is he breathing? >> I see who I later found to be Allison
Davis out in the front yard waving me down. >> I'm sorry. I'm like in pajamas. >> You're fine.
>> I asked where the victim was right there. >> She directed me in through the kitchen
>> by the front door. I could see a male laying face down with a large pool of blood around his head.
>> What's your name? >> Davis. >> Kevin Davis. >> Did Allison attempt to talk to Kevin?
>> No, sir. Not that I ever saw. >> Kevin, can you hear us? >> Kevin, >> just stay here.
>> Ma'am, is there anybody else in the house? Just so we're aware. >> Just my dog.
>> Okay. When did you when did you find him? Like >> just now? I woke up. I be on a fight
last night and I was sleeping on the couch and he was sleeping upstairs and all of a sudden I woke up to a loud bang
and I was like what is >> this just doesn't look like a >> after I got the prognosis from the
paramedics. >> Hey medicics confirmed C minus I went up and let her know that he is extremely
critical. >> Right now we're treating this as a crime scene due to his condition. Okay. I
inform her that at this point she cannot go back into the house. >> Like why is it being treated as a crime
scene? >> Just due to his condition. Okay. He's critical right now. >> All right. So
>> the crime scene part really surprised her. >> She doesn't have a normal reaction for
me telling her husband's critical, right? >> I think she's still shot. >> You think so?
>> I had Detective Krueger paged out. >> I get the call. It's about 5:00 in the morning. So I get dressed, show up on
scene. Allison standing outside relatively very calm. >> He said that you guys were at East Haven
last night. >> She says they're out drinking at East Haven Tavern. >> We got home. He had some more beers.
>> And she said that >> she had slept on the couch. >> And then I woke up to a loud noise and
when I came over I saw him face down. She said he had fallen down the stairs and there was blood everywhere. I asked
her if I could search the home. She uh said that she wanted to cooperate. Signed my consensus search paper and I
go into the home. I verify >> she was sleeping. >> There's a blanket and a pillow on the
couch. The TV's on. Someone was just sleeping there. Checks out. Um she said that they had a couple of beers when
they got home. There's beer cans lined up. Everything seemed to be normal. My alarm had just gone off for work and
I get a phone call from Allison. My name is Casey Clem and Allison Davis is my best friend. There was an accident and
Kevin had fallen and he was on his way to the hospital. I said, "Say no more. I'm on my way." She like just fell apart
in my arms and just started hysterically crying. They had pronounced him brain dead.
When I was sitting next to Allison at the hospital, Detective Krueger called. >> I said that the scene is released. You
you can return home, get closed, whatever you need to do. >> And he suggested that we have someone
come clean this up and that there was a lot of blood. >> In hindsight, I would have held the
scene for longer. After the autopsy, that's when it started to change. This is no accident.
>> She didn't do this. She never would have done this. >> It's a homicide. Did Allison Davis
murder her husband, Kevin?

ALL NEW: After her husband is found dying at the foot of the stairs, a woman accused of murder fights to clear her name. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports Saturday, Oct. 11 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

The episode investigates the suspicious death of Kevin Davis and the implications for his wife, Allison, amid claims of homicide.

Key points

A Frantic Call for Help. A dispatcher receives a desperate 911 call about a critical situation.
A Shocking Discovery. Officers arrive to find a man critically injured with blood around him.
The Truth Unfolds. After an autopsy, the case shifts from accident to homicide.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

This just doesn't look like an accident.

Frantic call about a critical situation.

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