What Arthur March has said about Disappearance and murder of Janet March

3 quotes · 1 episode · May 13, 2026

Arthur March, Father of Perry March who confessed to helping dispose of Janet March's body, has been quoted on Disappearance and murder of Janet March 3 times in 1 episode of 48 Hours, most recently on May 13, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Arthur March testified that Perry told him he struck Janet with a wrench after she came at him with a knife.

    “She grabbed a butcher's knife or kitchen knife. And when it came at him, he picked up a wrench, small wrench, and hit her with it”

    48 Hours: Endgame (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 30:58

  • Arthur March describes deciding to hide Janet's remains in a brush pile in Kentucky so they would never be found.

    “And I got the idea, well, that's the best way to get rid of the body, because nobody will ever find it”

    48 Hours: Endgame (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 32:47

  • Arthur March says he viewed the body only as something to destroy in order to protect his son.

    “It was something that had to be destroyed so that I could save my son”

    48 Hours: Endgame (May 13, 2026) · Listen from 34:00

Episodes

  • Endgame

    48 Hours · May 13, 2026 · 41 min

    48 Hours correspondent Bill Lagattuta reports on the 1996 disappearance of Janet March and how Nashville cold-case detectives finally convicted her husband Perry March.

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