'48 Hours' episode to feature 2014 murder of Vero Beach nurse Diana Duve Saturday on CBS
Nearly nine years after her murder, Diana Duve's story will reach a new audience on an episode of "48 Hours."
The episode — 10 p.m. Saturday on CBS and Paramount+ — will tell the story of Duve, the Vero Beach nurse who disappeared in 2014 while out at a bar with her "on-again, off-again" boyfriend Michael Jones. She was last seen the night of June 20.
"48 Hours" will feature interviews with Duve's mother and the investigators.
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What happened to Diana Duve?
Duve was 26 when she went missing on June 20, 2014.
She was last seen with her boyfriend, leaving What-A-Tavern, 58 Royal Palm Pointe in Vero Beach, at 1:15 a.m.. Suspicion grew when Duve was not heard from after a 1:45 a.m. text to her mother.
Three days later, her car was found in the parking lot of a Melbourne shopping center, her body in the trunk. A few hours later, police traced Jones to a Hampton Inn in the 1900 block of Reynolds Road, west of Fort Pierce.
Jones was arrested for violating his parole, and charged June 25 with first-degree murder..
On Oct. 22, 2019, Jones was convicted of first-degree murder and later sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
A timeline of TCPalm's coverage of Diana Duve
June 22, 2014: Police suspect foul play in the disappearance of Duve after she was reported missing by her family.
June 23, 2014: Duve's body was found in Brevard County three days after her disappearance.
June 24, 2014: Jones was identified as the primary suspect in Duve's homicide and was arrested and held without bail.
June 25, 2014: Jones was charged with first-degree murder. The Brevard County medical examiner said Duve died from manual strangulation and secondary blunt-force injuries.
Aug. 26, 2014: A grand jury indicted Jones for first-degree murder.
Oct. 22, 2019: The verdict is in. After jurors deliberated for 45 minutes, Jones is found guilty of first-degree murder.
Oct. 22, 2019: Jurors deliberated 45 minutes, and found Jones guilty of first-degree murder.
Nov. 20, 2019: Jones is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Gianna Montesano is TCPalm's trending reporter. You can contact her at gianna.montesano@tcpalm.com, 772-409-1429, or follow her on Twitter @gmontesano13.
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