Sneak peek: The Case Against Mary Katherine Higdon | Forensic Files

[Applause] it's august 1 2018 i get a call from one of my investigators said we had a shooting victim on
sunnybrook drive and it didn't look good baldwin county 9-1-1 where's your emergency
i mean yes ma'am i actually my gun was tapered and i'm so stuck i was like just tell my boyfriend in the
night i'm so sorry [Music] we actually had the perpetrator admitting to shooting
the victim on the 9-1-1 call before we even arrived at the scene and signed told us she did it
i'm lieutenant chris wilson i was the first investigator to arrive on scene what kind of gun was it it was a glass
what do you think i was just grabbing it i did not know there was one of those i
was probably just to bring it to our bed basically we had a young man down uh not responsive
and also a young woman who was frantic frantic very emotional she was just pleading for
help i cannot lose come on [Music] the gun going off i don't even see how like it even got him because i wasn't
even like really pointing it directly at him in the first place i was able to look over any type of
evidence any type of forensics that could have been involved trying to make sense of what might have happened
in that living room that night look like a big fighter here i knew then that we we could be possibly
looking at a homicide did you have the right for my silence the confession's on this video and we
can't hear it there's no sound there there's sound but it's just a noise constant noise our way through it
ladies and gentlemen please rise this is malice murder this is felony murder this gun did not discharge on its own
mary katherine higdon was angry she lost control and she pulled the trigger i didn't even know it was chambered i
never wanted to hurt him i never wanted anything like that there may be people watching this who
find it hard to believe what you're saying right now what would you say to them all i know
is what's in my heart and i know what happened that night i loved steven i would never ever
do anything to hurt him

A young woman says she accidentally shot her boyfriend. Police say she confessed to murder – but there’s no audio to prove it. What will the jury decide? CBS News correspondent David Begnaud reports. Watch "48 Hours" Saturday, July 24 at 10/9c on CBS.

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Brief Summary

Mary Katherine Higdon accidentally shot her boyfriend, leading to a complex investigation and emotional courtroom drama.

Key points

A Tragic Night Unfolds. A shooting incident leads to a frantic 9-1-1 call and a young woman's emotional plea.
Confession and Regret. The shooter expresses remorse and disbelief over the tragic event.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I cannot lose, come on!

A frantic plea for help from a young woman.

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