I (Almost) Got Away With It

Murders, drug dealers, bank robbers or jail escapees. The stories are different, but the motive is always the same: to stay out of prison. See what pushed these fugitives to their crimes, how they changed their identities, evaded the law and - almost - got away with it.

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Documentary
Crime
Created By

First Aired on

Jan 12, 2010

8 seaons till Jul 15, 2016

Popularity: 11.0353
9 votes
Networks
(US)
Production

Investigation Discovery (US)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Got to Hit Homes on Halloween

Seasons & episodes

Total 8 seasons, 93 episodes

Season 1

Aired

13 Episodes
  • Episode 1Got Remarried min

    Michael McGuffey murders his estranged wife in a parking lot in Mt. Vernon, Washington in front of several witnesses and flees to Texas and from there to Mexico City.

  • Episode 2Got Dumped min

    Michael Alfonso shoots his ex-girlfriend Sumanear Yang in the head. Nine years later, he shot another girlfriend, Genoveva Velasquez, and fled to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, finding a job as a bartender.

  • Episode 3Got No Fingerprints min

    Jerry Bowen, a drywall contractor in Huntsville, Alabama, murders his ex-wife. Her body is discovered two months later in a river, wrapped in plastic and chains.

  • Episode 4Got a Video Rental Store min

    In 1975, Michael Wayne Brown is one of a trio of teens committing a string of burglaries. One night, they are in the process of burglarizing an insurance office when they are surprised to see the owner appear.

  • Episode 5Got Two Homes in Mexico min

    Gonzalo Martinez shoots three people in gang-related violence and is sentenced to 48 years in prison for the attempted murders. Martinez and three other inmates escape and flee to Denver.

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