This Saturday (May 8, 2021) an all-new CBS: 48 Hours questions if the COVID-19 Pandemic was the perfect cover-up for a Florida murder
The new 48 Hours episode “The COVID Cover-Up: Searching for Gretchen Anthony” airs May 8 at 10PM ET/PT on CBS. You can watch previous episodes at CBS.com and on Paramount+.
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48 Hours: “The COVID Cover-Up: Searching for Gretchen Anthony”
When friends and family of a Florida mother began receiving texts revealing she had a serious case of coronavirus, they grew worried. Gretchen Anthony hadn’t talked to anyone and wasn’t answering her phone.
Was she really sending the text messages? Or was someone using COVID-19 to cover up her disappearance?
Correspondent Peter Van Sant and 48 HOURS investigate what happened to Gretchen Anthony in “The COVID Cover-Up”.
Van Sant and 48 HOURS report on the case through interviews with Anthony’s family and friends, investigators, attorneys and more. “48 HOURS: The COVID Cover-Up: Searching for Gretchen Anthony” is produced by Chris O’Connell and Mary Ann Rotondi. Ryan N. Smith, Cindy Cesare, Claire St. Amant, Tamara Weitzman and Sara Ely Hulse are the development producers. Michelle Feuer is the field producer. Shaheen Tokhi and Chelsea Narvaez are the associate producers. Marcus Balsam, Michelle Harris and James Taylor are the editors. Anthony Batson is the senior broadcast producer. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. Judy Tygard is the executive producer.