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"48 Hours" Reports on "Jade Benning's Final Call"

Saturday, Oct. 31 at 10:00 PM, ET/PT on CBS and Streaming on Paramount+

Jade Benning and Blaise Taylor

On Saturday, Oct. 31, 48 HOURS correspondent Natalie Morales reports on how a date night between Jade Benning, a Nashville chef, and Blaise Taylor, a former college football star, ended in a murder trial. At the center is a phone call Jade made as she was dying.

48 HOURS: "Jade Benning's Final Call" at 10:00 PM, ET/PT

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CORRESPONDENT: Natalie Morales

LOCATION: Nashville, Tenn.

STORY DETAILS: On February 25, 2023, Jade Benning, a 24-year-old professional chef, planned a date night at her apartment with Blaise Taylor, then a 26-year-old former star football player at Arkansas State University. Hours later, a phone call Jade made as she was dying became a crucial piece of evidence in a Nashville murder trial. Did Jade's final call implicate Blaise? 48 HOURS correspondent Natalie Morales reports in "Jade Benning's Final Call."

FEATURES INTERVIEWS INCLUDING:

• Nijaiha Jackson, best friend of Jade Benning

• Bridget Benning Burks, mother of Jade Benning

• Dennis Browning, father of Jade Benning

• Lyn Burks, stepfather of Jade Benning

• Evi Taylor, mother of Blaise Taylor

• Starr Taylor, sister of Blaise Taylor

• Apple Dennie, ex-girlfriend of Blaise Taylor and prosecution witness

• Jan Norman, Roger Moore and Kendall Ponchillia, Davidson County prosecutors

• Leitita Quinones-Hollins and Jim Sanders, defense attorneys for Blaise Taylor

Go behind the scenes of each case every Tuesday with the 48 HOURS: POST MORTEM podcast. Watch on YouTube and listen on Apple, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.

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