Anne‑Marie Green sits down with 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty and producer Josh Yager to unpack a long, strange story of identity, violence and betrayal. Their conversation follows the arrest and 2025 conviction of Jon Green — a man who, prosecutors say, stole his ex‑wife’s dogs and later solicited her murder — and traces the trail back two decades to when Erin and Josh first encountered him.
In 2002 the man now known as Jon Green went by another name: Ted Maher. At that time, reporters say, he had been convicted in an arson case that investigators linked to the deaths of billionaire Edmond Safra and Safra’s nurse. Erin and Josh recount meeting him during their earlier reporting and describe how his past shaped their coverage then and how it resurfaced in new, troubling ways.
The 48 Hours Post Mortem segment walks viewers through several strands: the 2002 case and its aftermath, the years that followed as Maher adopted new identities, and the more recent incidents that culminated in the 2025 arrest on charges related to stealing dogs and seeking to hire someone to kill his ex‑wife. Erin and Josh explain what drew them back into the story, what they found when they reviewed old files and interviews, and how their interactions with the man changed over time.
The conversation illuminates recurring themes in longform true crime reporting: the difficulty of separating fact from persona when a subject regularly changes his name and narrative; the lasting effects of violent crimes on victims and communities; and the ethical and practical challenges reporters face when they revisit stories years later. Erin and Josh describe the evidence that linked Maher to the earlier arson conviction and the subsequent public records and law‑enforcement actions that led to Jon Green’s later arrests.
Anne‑Marie Green presses on how investigators and prosecutors pieced together charges in 2025, and Erin and Josh detail what evidence — documentary, testimonial and digital — supported the solicitation case. They also talk about the emotional toll such stories take on the journalists themselves and on the people who endured the crimes: ex‑spouses, families, neighbors and first responders.
The segment does not simply recount legal facts. It probes the pattern of reinvention: how one man could move from one identity to another, at times evading scrutiny, at other times drawing notice from reporters and investigators. Erin and Josh reflect on early interviews with him, their impressions of his temperament then, and the questions that lingered. They explain how dog thefts and alleged threats escalated concerns and prompted renewed investigative work that eventually resulted in charges in 2025.
This Post Mortem offers viewers context for a complicated case — a past conviction tied to a high‑profile arson and deaths, later identity changes, and a fresh set of allegations that prompted arrest and a criminal conviction. Through on‑camera recollections and behind‑the‑scenes reporting, the piece examines how history, evidence and reporting intersect when crimes and identities overlap across decades.