Death Hits Home: The Hargan Killings | Full Episode

On Sept. 22, 2023, a jury found Megan Hargan guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for the shooting deaths of her mother Pamela and sister Helen in 2017. This is the second trial for Hargan, after the judge overturned the first conviction after finding juror misconduct. This story aired on June 3, 2023. Watch more full episodes of "48 Hours" on Pluto TV.

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[anneyday]

That dispatcher's disdain and voice dripping with impatience when the boyfriend called for a wellness check really sent me over the edge.

[kellycuckoo]

To claim she pulled the trigger with her toe is truly pathetic. Absolutely ridiculous, and it’s insulting. I pray for the family of these victims.

[hlebron]

I cannot stress enough how professional and thorough this detective was! Amazing job!

[jodief]

I think the only reason Carlos knew what was going on is because Helen had spoken to him briefly after Megan killed their mom. Helen was probably able to convince her sister, who she’s very close to, that she would help her cover it up. While Megan went to get her clothes changed and what not, Helen thought she had a minute to call (the person you would want to call the most) for council…Carlos, so she went into to the bathroom where Megan wouldn’t hear her and told him the details. That’s why she was sitting on the toilet fully clothed— she was on the damn phone. Helen may have hung up abruptly because she thought she heard Megan. Megan had heard her on the phone, stormed in screaming with the rifle pointed at her, Helen immediately went into a defensive squatting position with her head down to protect her face and her sister shot her through the top of her head. Carlos probably kept trying to call her back after that and couldn’t get her. After a while he realized he had to just say what was really going on because the damn police wouldn’t take him seriously and at that point he knew his gf may have been shot too.

[jimwerther]

She was retried, and again found guilty of both murders four days ago, Friday, Sep 22nd. Sentencing in January.

[chloesmith]

Obviously Helen pulled the trigger with her toe, got up, wiped the rifle down, wiped her phone, placed the rifle between her legs and then sat down and died. It’s way too obvious…

[sarahpiaggio]

Megan Hargen was found guilty for a second time recently. Hopefully this time the jurors did what they're meant to do so that the verdict doesn't get overturned again. This woman is so clearly guilty

[ruthallen]

I was a dispatcher and I would never tell someone to do what that dispatcher told Helen’s boyfriend to do. I would’ve sent someone out to do a welfare check. Pure and simple. She should be fired

[laurahoward]

She was found guilty a second time and re-sentenced to 2 life sentences

[dirtdigger]

As of 4 day's ago Megan Hargan was convicted again and she is right were she need's to be.

[larnataylor]

Her friend in the justice system worries me how deluded she is thinking her friend is innocent 😳😳🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[StevenSmith-brtb]

Nobody on 48 hrs does it like Peter Van Sant. I always look forward to his stories.

[peggyhardman]

NO innocence person would say, " my family has been through enough, just pin it on me". That's hogwash!! An innocent person would be livid, ask for an attorney, rage, cry out! But NEVER EVER say anything like that!

[vjhreeves]

The sheer coincidence that the investigator would look in the exact photo album that held the financial docs is mind-blowing.

[bz]

Meghan’s friend is crazy for thinking that her murderer friend was going to be found not guilty.
😡😡

[ericcoburn]

How does she think she's going to get away from stealing $400, 000 from her mother? She's guilty as Hell.

[mandybradley]

This is one of the best investigative crime shows ever!

[jcanthony]

To say she pulled her trigger with her toe was ridiculous and insulting.

[seraphale]

I'm willing to bet that the reason Helen didn't run for her life or call 911, was because after the mom was dead, there was a debate where Megan tried to convince Helen to help her cover it up. When Helen told her bf, all bets were off.
Megan checked both the mom's phone and saw that the bank called, and saw that Helen contacted her bf. I bet Helen never thought she was in any danger from her sister, but maybe she was hiding in the bathroom when she told her bf, and got busted. Too bad she didn't call 911.

[griffinhaarer]

Respectfully, Rebecca is completely delusional and should never work in any justice department field ever. 😂