Kiss of Death and the Google Exec
4/22/202646 min
In 2013, Google executive Forrest Hayes was found dead from a heroin overdose on his yacht. Detectives discovered he was with aspiring model, Alix Tichelman, that night. They also discovered this was not the first time Alix had been with somebody who died of a drug overdose. "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 8/30/2025. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays and stream on demand on Paramount+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Luigi Mangione accused of stalking and gunning down United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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[Instrumental music] Santa Cruz is a small coastal town in California. It's at the northern end of Monterey Bay. It looks like paradise. Look at that beach. Look at these mountains. Breathe that air. It's a place where the blind could go sightseeing. And then in recent years, it's become a place that's become more and more favored by the people over the hill in Silicon Valley, that being the people with money. Forrest Hayes started life in the Midwest, in Dearborn, Michigan, and he went out to Silicon Valley where everything was happening. He was hired by Google. He had five kids. And then one day, a friend of his emailed him a picture of a boat that was for sale, and a couple days later he bought it.