Peter Chadwick: Caught | Full Episode

A “48 Hours” report helps trip up a wanted fugitive who spent more than four-and-a-half years on the run for allegedly killing his wife and staging a kidnapping. Correspondent Tracy Smith reports. Watch more full episodes of "48 Hours" on Pluto TV.

"Peter Chadwick, who murdered his wife at their home in Newport Beach, California, was on the run when we first told the story of the manhunt for him. But he knew authorities were closing in on him — because, as we later found out when he was caught, he watched our '48 Hours' from his hiding place!" — Tracy Smith on why the story is important.

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