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48 HOURS: “Out of Reach” was Saturday’s #1 primetime program with viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for March 9. The broadcast delivered 3.72 million viewers and a 0.7/03 with adults 25-54, the demographic that matters most to those who advertise in news.

Saturday’s broadcast featured Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS’ investigation into the 1988 death of Carolyn Abel more than 30 years ago in South Korea, and the loophole in U.S. laws that means the suspected killer may never face trial. Abel, an English teacher, was found brutally murdered in her Seoul apartment. Her home was ransacked, and it looked like a robbery gone bad.

Soon after the murder, John Boatwright, a chief of detectives from the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division, was brought in to help South Korean investigators. He was convinced the killer knew Abel. He got a tip to interview the two American teachers who found Abel: fellow English teachers Sandra Ames and Kathy Patrick. Patrick had already returned home to Washington State, but Ames was still in Seoul. In his interviews with Ames, she told him that the night of the murder, Patrick had confessed to killing Abel, and the two of them returned to the scene to make it look like a robbery. Ames ultimately pleaded guilty to two charges tied to the cover-up. Boatwright says he believes Patrick murdered Abel. South Korean officials issued a warrant for Patrick’s arrest, but U.S. officials were powerless to enforce it. The two countries lacked an extradition treaty at the time.

48 HOURS: “Out of Reach” featured interviews with Abel’s family and friends as well as investigators, and Van Sant also talks with Patrick, who is now a student advisor at Western Washington University in Bellingham.

“I have to say that I’m innocent,” Patrick told Van Sant.

48 HOURS: “Out of Reach” is produced by Chris O’Connell and Lauren Clark. Gilad Thaler and Lindsey Schwartz are the field producers. Mike Baluzy, Maria Barrow, Jack Pyle, Phil Tangel and Marcus Balsam are the editors. Gayle Zimmerman is the senior producer. Anthony Batson is the senior broadcast producer. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. Judy Tygard is the executive producer.

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