The Woman in the Woods

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Nick and Mindi Kassotis believed they were being hunted. According to friends and family, Nick's classified military work had put them both in danger, so much so that Mindi rarely left the house. But the couple also shared they were expecting a child. Then, just after Thanksgiving, Mindi died suddenly in the hospital. Soon after, Nick died too. That's what everyone who loved them believed, that is until a woman's dismembered remains turned up in a wooded area. Stories started to unravel and a mysterious new figure emerged. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty separates fact from fiction in a case built upon unimaginable layers of deception.

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Stark Raving Mad

2026-10-21 · 36 min · Episode 6

Nick takes the stand in his defense but the prosecution has a theory about a motive. Friends and family come to terms with the truth about the man they trusted for years.
Stranger Than Fiction

2026-10-14 · 38 min · Episode 5

Nick heads to trial for Mindi's murder, and the prosecution lays out their case. The jury hears from Mindi's parents and from Nick's friend who had been unwittingly financing his life on the run. Third wife Samantha…
Jim McIntyre

2026-10-07 · 34 min · Episode 4

Nick has been living under a new identity and when investigators interview him after his arrest, they are shocked by the story he tells. For years, Nick claims, his and Mindi's lives were under the control of a…
Nick's Double Life

2026-09-30 · 25 min · Episode 3

Nick's first wife Heather reveals more about their contentious divorce and why Nick may have really been on the run. Meanwhile investigator Jack Frost details the evidence he believes ties Nick to Mindi's murder. Along…
Who Is She?

2026-09-23 · 29 min · Episode 2

An unlikely person makes a surprising connection between the woman in the woods and Mindi, just as law enforcement spend months trying to determine the woman's identity. Investigator Jack Frost gets creative working…
Dead Again

2026-09-16 · 23 min · Episode 1

Mindi Mebane was a romantic, and when she met and married Nick Kassotis, her best friends believed she had finally found her match. Nick was handsome, well-educated, and worked as a Navy lawyer. But Mindi started…
Twice Dead | The Woman in the Woods

2026-09-08 · 3 min

When a hunter discovers the body of a woman in the woods of Georgia in December 2022, law enforcement struggle to identify her. After months of investigative work and some artist's sketches, they have a name: Mindi…

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Oldest episode in feed: 09/2026
Typical length: 20 min
Format: Serial Meant to be heard in order

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