Voices for the Victims
Based on the iconic, Emmy-nominated series on A&E, this show explores some of the most difficult-to-solve murders, which stymied investigators and went cold, sometimes for decades. In fact, one-third of all murders in America remain open. But thanks to dogged investigators and breakthroughs in forensic technology, these cases become part of the rare 1% of cold cases that are ever solved. Cold Case Files is narrated by Marisa Pinson.
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Visit website →In November of 1988, 27-year-old Enietra Margette is walking to a party in South Los Angeles, when a neatly dressed man in a souped-up orange pinto offers her a ride. Soon after getting into the car, the driver, Lonnie Franklin, shoots the young pass
In December 1985, when human bones are discovered in the woods, it puts an end to the search for missing teen David Reed. David's disappearance shook a small town, and skull fractures point to murder; but it will be decades before investigators can f
Guns found dumped in a pond outside of Atlantic City, N.J., help police to solve the 15-year-old murder of Detroit cab company owner. And the rape and murder of an Atlanta TV station receptionist goes cold for 20 years before the FBI's Combined DNA I
In August of 1978, 14-year-old Lisa Gilbert and her 13-year-old brother, Randy, were attacked by a stranger in their newly built home in Lansing, Michigan. Their attacker was 23-year-old Don Miller. Miller was also a suspect in multiple local disappe
In June, 1985, a 20-year-old ‘Sucker Day’ festival queen is found brutalized. The small community of Nixa, Missouri are certain that her blood is on the hands of a local, wealthy businessman. But, after 25 years, DNA reveals the true killer.
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On a summer night in 1987 a mother worries and waits for her 19-year-old daughter to come home. But Diana never comes home and she's found raped and strangled near the Hudson River. Investigators suspect her friend, Michael because his alibi is shaky
In 1999, Cynthia Vigil was abducted and held captive for 3 horrific days in Truth or Consequences, NM. Cynthia managed to escape and report her experience to the police. Once her kidnapper, David Parker Ray, is taken to jail, an intense FBI investiga
A house fire claims the lives of a family in rural Oklahoma, and foul play is suspected. Two teenage girls were not found among the charred rubble, and one of their mothers began a decades-long crusade to find out what had happened.
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A police officer helps solve an 18-year-old murder case when he finds the prime suspect-his older brother. And a biker with a bloody finger is the clue that police need to put away a rapist who assaulted 31 women over six years.
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In September of 2008, Vanessa Gay met Anthony Sowell on a sidewalk in Cleveland Ohio. He invited her to share drinks and drugs at his home. She was unaware that she was walking into a house where 11 of his victims had been hidden and buried. Vanessa
Heidi Jones was just four years old when her mother was killed in 1970. Four decades later she vows to solve the cold case and enlists an old high school friend to help.
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A 14-year-old boy is charged with the murder of his sister, but his public defender believes the police coerced the boy's confession and that the real killer is still on the loose. And two deteriorated medical examiner's slides, made in a murder inve
Terri and one of her daughters are taken hostage by Terri’s ex-husband who was a law enforcement officer. James’ home is invaded by two masked men who bind he and his wife before they threaten to blind him. Walter has survived a small plane crash onl
When 19-year-old newlywed Tiffany Johnston is found dead in a small town in Oklahoma, her mother vows to exact justice for her killer. Over a decade later the investigation becomes much bigger than anyone imagined as more victims associated to the sa
After 19 years, Kansas detectives reopen the case of a banker found beaten to death in his bed–and the chief suspect is his cheating wife. And a man with a guilty conscience helps Arkansas police to crack a cold case of murder.
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In 1992, 19-year-old Fabienne Witherspoon was trying to help a man down on his luck when he attacked her in her own home. In this episode, Fabienne describes how she bravely waged a physical and psychological war against the man who tried to kill her
A father discovers his daughters killed in horrific circumstances in March, 1984. The mission to find the person responsible is passed from generation to generation until an informant comes forward with a name.
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After running DNA tests on more than 50 suspects, Ohio police finally get a good a lead on a serial rapist suspected of attacking at least 14 women. And a cigarette butt found at a murder scene helps investigators to smoke out the killer 29 years lat
In November 2011, 48-year-old Scott Davis sat in the backseat of a musty Buick–traveling on a rural highway in the Ohio Appalachia. He thought he was on his way to a gig as a farm caretaker, a job he secured on Craigslist. But it was a murderous trap
23-year-old Tonya McKinley is found brutally murdered on New Years Day in 1985, forcing her boy to grow up without her. It takes 35 long years for familial DNA to pinpoint the killer.
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A detective vows not to shave until he solves the murder of a young Oregon woman. And investigators track down a killer with the help of DNA found on the duct tape used to wrap the victim's head.
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Debbie is taken from her home and sexually assaulted by a man who tells her he and his friend will kill her entire family if she resists. Ray and his friend spend ten hours floating in the Pacific Ocean after engine failure causes their plane to cras
In late 1983, five people were abducted from a fast food restaurant before being found brutally murdered in an oil field. The main suspect is believed to be someone with friends in high places, until evidence reveals the killers had been hiding in pl
A kidnapper grabs 8-year-old Chad Choice from his home in Texas, then torments his parents with two ransom demands; the case goes cold until the parents receive a chilling package in the mail that contains a letter and a skull.
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In November of 1984, 17-year-old Lisa McVey Noland was biking home from her job working the night shift at a local Tampa donut shop when she was suddenly snatched off her bike and abducted. Her assailant, 31-year-old Bobby Joe Long, had already kille
Pam Pitts’ body was found burned at a popular party spot in the Arizona desert. Even when a second victim is discovered in a mineshaft it takes decades for the truth to come out.
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A serial rapist seals his own fate when he sends a taunting letter to police. And when a man is found dead in South Dakota, his head bashed in by a 50-pound rock, investigators go on a 20-year search for the killers.
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In January of 1981, 18-year-old Cheryl Bartlett Fann was walking home late at night with her fianc Bud, when they were suddenly abducted and taken to an abandoned garage. The assailants, Anthony and Nathaniel Cook had already kidnapped and killed at
A violent robbery in February, 2010 caused Michael Temple Jr. to become quadriplegic for five years before his death. DNA taken from a knife used in the attack helps to create a profile of the killer.
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In Rhode Island, policewomen go undercover in as street walkers to nab the man suspected of murdering three prostitutes. And a dagger-shaped letter opener is the key piece of evidence that links a priest to the grisly 1980 murder of a nun in Toledo,
When a gunman opens fire in a crowded cafeteria Suzanna sees her father shot dead right in front of her. Kirby, a pastor also caught in the gunfire, sees seven of his friends slaughtered. Raegan’s ex-boyfriend viciously attacks her and her new partne
For 34 years Jody Loomis’ killer goes undetected. And even when genetic genealogy leads to a suspect, their guilt must be proven in court.
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After 30 years, serial killer Joel Rifkin is providing clues to New York State Police in order to identify two of his 17 victims--the only victims that remain nameless. The information he’s given has brought investigators closer than ever before to n
Anita is abducted and put through a horrifying eight day ordeal by a man who forces her to live inside a metal box. Brothers Jim and Glen are struck by lightning on top of the highest mountain in the continental United States. Sabret is working as a
When beloved Red Bank middle school teacher Jonelle Melton is found murdered in her Neptune City, New Jersey apartment in the fall of 2009, suspicion is cast on her soon-to-be ex-husband, who eventually helps solve the crime years later.
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After 30 years, serial killer Joel Rifkin is providing clues to New York State Police in order to identify two of his 17 victims--the only victims that remain nameless. The information he’s given has brought investigators closer than ever before to n
After a train derails near their home, Wayne and Mary wake up to find the area surrounded by a cloud of chlorine gas. Linda is run off the road, attacked and left for dead by a group high on meth. Holly and her boyfriend are beaten and tied up by a m
Just after the last day of school in 1984, 15-year-old Reesa Trexler is found murdered in her grandparents' home; for decades, a stalled investigation only fuels the town rumor mill, pointing an accusing finger at Reesa's 13-year-old sister, Jodie.
Serial killer Joel Rifkin took the lives of 17 women in New York before he was caught red handed in 1993. Almost thirty years later, after interviewing Rifkin for a documentary, a TV producer leverages his relationship with New York’s most prolific s
Crystal is violently attacked and raped by her husband as his abuse continues to escalate over time. Johanna’s ex boyfriend sexually assaults her after they break up, but when she reports him he returns to her house with a shotgun.
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The Prosecutors is a true crime podcast with a different point of view. Every week, Alice and Brett bring their unique perspective as prosecutors to the most famous cold case mysteries of all time. Murder, mayhem, disappearances, you name it. If it's
The body of 24-year-old Lisa Ziegert is found stabbed to death in a field in Agawam, Massachusetts on Easter Sunday of 1992. The investigation yields several leads, but there is no prime suspect. After more than two decades, DNA phenotyping puts a fa
Serial killer Joel Rifkin took the lives of 17 women in New York before he was caught red handed in 1993. Almost thirty years later, after interviewing Rifkin for a documentary, a TV producer leverages his relationship with New York’s most prolific s
Jennifer fights back with incredible courage when an intruder breaks into her apartment and sexually assaults and stabs her. Sampson, a corn farmer in Kershaw County, was attempting to dislodge a corn cob stuck in his harvester when his hand is pulle
In 1980, 21-year-old radio intern, Helene Pruszynski, is found bound and stabbed in a snowy field in Denver, Colorado. After 37 years of dead ends, investigators turn their attention to a public genealogy website.
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Thirty-two years after the killing of University of Michigan law student Jane Mixer, police use DNA found on her pantyhose to finally track down the killer. And psychologists help solve a cold case by suggesting the lead detective take a page from th
8-year-old MIdsi is abducted on her way home from school and held in a car for days where she is sexually assaulted. Tammy is viciously attacked by a man with a knife and must scramble up a 100-foot hill to escape. Leona and her husband are shot by a
In the fall of 1987, Fred Wilkerson disappeared. He didn't leave a note. There was no sign of foul play. And yet his son, Tim, knew in his heart what the whole town came to suspect - that Fred had been murdered. Sixteen years later, investigators tak
A review of the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, popularly known as the "Black Dahlia" because of her black bouffant hairstyle. Her dismembered body was found near a sidewalk in L.A., and is the oldest unsolved case in LAPD files. Several suspects are
A terrified mother is abducted in broad daylight and assaulted by a man who threatens to shoot her baby. A plane crash leaves a man swimming for his life 17 miles from shore. And a young woman must play dead in order to survive.
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23-year-old former beauty queen and devout Catholic Irene Garza, vanishes in April 1960 after giving confession in her town of McAllen, Texas. Her body is eventually found floating in a drainage canal. Rumors run rampant that a member of the Catholic
In 1980s Los Angeles, a killer is terrorizing South Central, murdering African American women and discarding their bodies in the street. As the victim count rises–suspects are few–fear and anger take hold in a community often overlooked by the police
Daniel and Danielle confront a sudden, violent crisis together. Brothers James and David fight to survive a brutal encounter where escape seems impossible. Karli faces multiple terrifying attacks alone, relying on instinct and determination to live.
In the 1980s, a suspected serial killer preyed on women in small towns located on the banks of the Mississippi River until the murders abruptly ceased and went unsolved. In 2006, 26 years later, a cold case detective and producer on the set of "Cold
This serial killer preyed on women in South Central Los Angeles for a staggering 25 years, leaving a community traumatized and overlooked.
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A heavily pregnant woman is viciously attacked by a woman obsessed with making the unborn child her own. A couple cling to the rafters of their home as Hurricane Ike unleashes its fury on them. A woman fends off a man who has hidden in her family hom
When 25-year-old school teacher Christy Mirack is found brutally murdered in her Lancaster, Pennsylvania, apartment in 1992, there is no shortage of suspects. Twenty-six years after her murder, cold case detectives get a break when the sister of the
The Monster: Police are convinced they have caught the rapist/murderer of an elderly woman, even after DNA evidence is exculpatory. They keep him in custody until an identical incident occurs. Later, the culprit is caught in the act of attacking a te
A woman's psychotic boyfriend attacks her with a meat cleaver. A man and his father are dumped in an icy Alaskan river. An intruder sexually assaults a woman and cuts her throat after she gets home from shopping.
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When Sherry Leighty goes missing in 1999, her family is left wondering how a dedicated mother of three could vanish without a trace. A decade later, the cold case heats up when Sherry's sister launches a social media campaign to help solve her sister
The longest running cold case of a law enforcement officer in the United States was the murder of Sheriff's Lt. Joe Clark.
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Two women fight for their lives when an attacker ambushes them on a mountain trail; two men survive 14 hours adrift at sea.
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The 1998 brutal murder of 36-year-old computer analyst Lisa Valdez inside her San Francisco studio condominium was a mystery until advances in forensic technology helped solve the case 13 years later.
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In 1987, 28-year-old Carol Murphy is found dead in a wooded area of Boulder, Colorado. It will take 20 years and a new technology to finally solve her murder.
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A woman survives being choked and raped by a new friend that hid his criminal past. A young mother survives over 25 stab wounds from her ex-boyfriend.
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When 31-year-old real estate appraiser Mike Williams mysteriously vanishes while duck hunting in the Florida swamps in December 2000, authorities assume that he accidentally drowned in Lake Seminole. But the case is re-examined sixteen years later af
In a big city like Philadelphia, it's easy for an unsolved murder to slip into the cold files and be forgotten. But in this case, one victim's boyfriend was set on doing everything possible to make sure people didn't forget, and that police didn't st
A 17 yr old woman is taken to a secluded forest and sexually assaulted. A man's hand gets caught in farm equipment. A friend stabs and slashes a 14 yr old girl's throat.
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A serial rapist is terrorizing women around Portland, Oregon, and investigators are faced with an endless list of potential suspects until a hunch finally pays off.
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New York denizen Arohn Kee is a lesser known serial killer, but no less odious. He preyed on teenage girls in Harlem.
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A 15-year-old is snatched off the street on an early morning run. A man goes head-to-head with a killer chimpanzee, and a woman is shot and left for dead in a freezer.
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When a police officer is murdered in Atlanta, the suspect list is vague at best. The case seems destined to stay on the cold case shelf forever... until a brave little girl speaks up about her attacker and investigators close in on the man responsibl
Carolyn Jansen, 43, is found dead, stuffed into a duct-taped container in Aurora, Colorado . Detectives have two suspects but no clear way to tell who is the killer. Forensics, and a fearless DA, will finally reveal her murderer.
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Teri is jammed into a trash can filled with snow and left to die by her ex-husband. Angela scrambles to escape a gruesome pile up of injured bodies after an escalator malfunctions at a sports stadium. Ed is jumped by three men with knives in a random
In 1996, Aimee Willard was home for the summer in Northern Pennsylvania. One night, her car was found abandoned on a highway off-ramp with blood on the nearby pavement. Investigators are left to figure out where she is... and what happened to her.
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Police in Albany, N.Y., get a surprise when a killer they think targets only older women is suspected in the murder of an elderly man. The contents of a secret storage shed holds the grisly clues to a murder that has gone cold for more than 14 years.
Tanya is 14 years old when she is seduced and brainwashed by a 38 year old security guard at her school. Andy is hiking when he is attacked by a mountain lion with only a pocket knife to defend himself. Denise is returning home from work when she is
In this special episode, Cold Case Files follows Sacramento County deputy district attorney Anne Marie Schubert as she hunts for a killer. Her target is a murderer who brutally stabbed a man to death in his home 16 years earlier, and she plans to fin
The story of the hunt for one of the most notorious serial killers in recent American history--the BTK killer, who terrorized the Wichita, Kansas, area for years. After committing at least seven brutal murders, BTK (for Bind, Torture, Kill) vanished
Debbie is attacked and kidnapped and held by a man after he killed her husband. Christine and Heidi are visiting Greece when the ferry they are on crashes on the rocks forcing all the passengers to abandon ship. Jim is attacked with a knife by his ne
In this special episode, Cold Case Files follows the Chicago Police Department’s Women's DNA initiative, a program that funds the testing of backlogged rape evidence kits and help victims find justice.
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When a Christian ranch hand, Dan Lavigne, 52, is shot dead on his porch in Montana, 2002, deputies find no shortage of suspects. What follows is an 8-year quest for justice that stretches across three states before police finally unmask Dan’s killer.
Kristine is attacked by her bipolar boyfriend who stabs her in the chest and head in her home. Jon’s arm gets stuck in the boiler in his basement rapping him for three days. Amanda is abducted by a man while on her lunch break who forces her to smoke
In 1989, 38-year-old Sharon Bloom disappears. A week later, her body is discovered. In the initial investigation, police have a suspect: a jealous coworker with a motive and blood evidence in his home, but investigators struggle to make the case stic
DNA evidence found on a murder victim whose body had been dumped in a Dairy Queen drive-thru leads to the arrest of Houston’s notorious tourniquet killer. A young woman is found shot and burned in a California olive orchard.
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Eduardo and Jayne are married, living on a ranch in Mexico with their children. After dropping their kids off at school, Eduardo and Jayne are attacked by men who kidnap Eduardo. While holding him for ransom the kidnappers torture Eduardo and send th
In this special episode, Cold Case Files follows Detective Manny Reyes as he works two cases. First, Detective Reyes investigates the 1990 murder of a Fort Worth, Texas woman, which hinges on a 2-year-old witness. Then, as Reyes closes in on a suspec
Police in Overland Park, Kansas, hunt for over 15 years for a serial killer who lures women to Kansas for sadomasochistic sexual trysts at hotels.
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Michelle worked as a bank manager when three gunmen break into her home and take her and her daughter hostage. She has explosives strapped to her and is given instructions to rob the bank she works at. Teenagers Troy and Josh are swept out to sea by
A taxi driver is dispatched on his last call of the night outside Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Hours later, the driver’s body is found face down by the side of the road, and forty years will pass before the murderer is brought to justice.
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When Pam Shelly, 31, is found in her Cuero, Texas bathroom with a fatal gunshot wound to the head, her death is initially ruled a suicide. Yet a tenacious investigator's instincts and his suspicion of foul play eventually cracks the case wide open.
Philip is a missionary working in Haiti when he is ambushed, shot and held for ransom by a gang. Karen finds out her husband has been living a double life. After confronting and kicking him out, he breaks in and viciously assaults her. Tunneler Ali r
In part two of this special edition of Cold Case Files follows detectives as they pursue every lead and work to solve the 1995 rape and murder of 14-year-old Nacole Smith, one of Atlanta's most notorious unsolved crimes.
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Indiana police are baffled by the murder of an 86-year-old woman, found dead in her bedroom. A small drop of blood on a curtain holds the key to unlock their mystery.
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Kaye is home with her son when she is stabbed over 45 times by a man who brakes in. Johnny is trapped for 16 days in his wrecked car in a deep ravine. Scott and his friend Michael are college freshmen when they are carjacked by a man who takes them t
This special two-part edition of Cold Case Files offers an inside look at an active cold case investigation as detectives work to solve the 1995 rape and murder of 14-year-old Nacole Smith, one of Atlanta's most notorious unsolved crimes.
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A North Carolina man looking to clear his conscience gives police the information they need to solve a murder.
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A gun-wielding man carjacks and sexually assaults Lisa and her friend. Chris is with his dogs when a tornado sweeps through his house. Jeannette is 9-years-old when she is kidnapped and sexually assaulted for three days.
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A scrapyard owner makes a gruesome discovery, which leads investigators to question a mother who may be killing her children.
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The murder of a 73-year-old man leads investigators on a long chase for an accomplished identity thief. Their best lead is a rose tattoo with the name Phyllis.
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A machete-wielding intruder terrorizes Jessica in her apartment where he sexually assaults her. Jeff and Mark are on a hunting trip when a savage attack by a grizzly bear leaves Mark partially scalped and miles from help. Kerri is blindfolded and abd
A young woman is shot to death during a jewelry store robbery in 1980, but without the ability to test DNA evidence the case goes cold until the killer strikes again two decades later.
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When nine-year-old Candy Rogers, turns up dead after selling mints door-to-door, Spokane detectives launch a dogged campaign to find her killer. What follows is one of the longest Cold Case investigations in the State history.
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Abducted in the trunk of her own car, Michelle suffers unimaginable horror at the hands of her three captors. Trapped in the ruins of her tornado ravaged apartment building, Terri-Lynn and her boyfriend prepares to die. At eight-years-old, Jennifer i
When a convenience store clerk is murdered in cold blood, an investigator goes undercover as a mafia boss in an elaborate sting that will snare a killer.
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A look at the case of James Allen Selby, a serial rapist who eluded police for years while attacking 11 women in Oklahoma, Nevada, California, Arizona, and Colorado.
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Amy meets a man at a party who attacks her after offering to take her for a ride. Tyler is 14 years old when he and a friend are attacked by a classmate after a school dance who sexually assaults him and sets him on fire. Jeff is on a snowmobile trip
A woman drops her daughter off at daycare then disappears. Without any evidence or clues, Los Angeles investigators have no leads until an anonymous tipster gives the detectives a name that may crack the case.
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When a Nevada couple demands the return of a baby they had sold to another couple, the burned body of the baby turns up in Arizona. Then, a man discovers a barrel in his crawlspace that contains the body of a woman who has been dead for decades.
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Harold, store manager, and his staff are held up and shot by two killers. John is 18-years-old when he has both his arms torn off in an accident on the family farm. At 17-years-olds Lisa is kidnapped and assaulted by a serial killer.
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Despite several mysterious and concerning clues, the drowning death of 6-year-old Sally Cheesboro is deemed a tragic accident. Over two decades later, Sally's sister is all grown up and determined to keep a promise she made to her baby sister.
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When 8-year-old April Tinsley is found dead in a Fort Wayne, Indiana ditch the community is shaken. Disturbing letters then appear, penned by her killer, targeting other young girls. Police scramble to catch April's murderer before he strikes again.
Julie and her two young children are abducted and taken into the Florida Everglades by a man who sexually assaults Julie. John is taking his dogs for a walk when he is mauled by a hungry black bear, forcing him to fight for his life in the driveway o
When Kimberly White – the estranged wife of a former state trooper – is found shot to death, her ex-husband swears that she took her own life. But as the investigation unfolds, the trooper's story doesn't quite add up.
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Law enforcement officials fear they may have to release perhaps the U.S.’s most prolific serial killer, Coral Eugene Watts, from prison until a 24-year-old murder case gives them a chance to lock him up for good.
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Martin is 13-years-old when he is abducted and raped by a serial pedophile who chains him up in a buried box on a hill. Jason, Dave and Joe are on a canyoneering trip when a flash flood launches them over a cliff and intro a fight for survival.
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The community is shocked when nursing student Jana Reynolds is raped and murdered. Without DNA testing available the case goes cold, but when the killer strikes again a detective with a hunch puts the pieces together.
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A new fingerprint identification system helps detectives track down a killer after three years of searching. A Georgia investigator gets to the bottom of a 16-year-old murder case when he discovers the victim’s body… in the bottom of a well.
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Kara is 15-years-old when she is abducted and raped by a serial killer. Dan is a photographer documenting aid work in Haiti when an earthquake collapses the hotel he is in. Tamecka is attacked by her neighbor with scissors after allowing him to use h
Clydine Dallas is murdered in her own home, and despite fingerprint evidence her case goes cold until a special squad tasked with re-opening tough cases picks up the investigation.
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When 18-year-old model Dawn Koons heads to California with dreams of stardom, her family back in Yonkers worry she's made a mistake. After her body is found in her bathtub, police have a suspect but unmasking her killer takes nearly 40 years.
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Jennifer is abducted and tortured by a serial killer who has already murdered four other women. Neely Ann is with her four year old daughter when they are trapped in the attic of their house by a flash flood.
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A 16-year-old girl is killed and her brother is the first to come upon her murder scene. The teenager's diary leads detectives to her killer...
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Teka is pregnant when she is kidnapped by a woman that tries to steal her unborn baby. Robert is a field geologist working in Alaska, while collecting samples he is mauled by a grizzly bear. Debbie is shot by her boyfriend's irrational drunk brother
When a bank cashier is brutally murdered in his own bed, initial evidence points to a bank robbery plot. But as investigators follow the trail, they discover that the perpetrator might be much closer to home.
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One family faces two unsolved murders of loved ones and authorities finally uncover the missing clue that leads to solve the case 13 years after the murders occurred.
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Danielle is shot by a 14 yr old boy after she reluctantly agrees to give him a ride. Amy is hiring in the Sierra Nevada mountains when she falls off a 60 foot ledge breaking her legs. While docking at a Mexican marina, a stranger boards Mark’s boat a
A college student is murdered - and two viable suspects surface almost immediately - but it will take 20 years to pin down the killer...
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When 81-year-old Helen Gale is found in her burned-out car, investigators in Southfield, Michigan wonder who would murder this pillar of the community. It will be eight years before a blown alibi brings them face-to face with her killer.
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After returning home from work Tennille is abducted and brutally raped in the backseat of her own car. Chris is on a diving trip when their boat is run over by a barge leaving them adrift in an inflatable escape pod. Joyce is working as a restaurant
When a beloved fixture of a Colorado community goes missing, his neighbors are shocked to learn that the man they thought they knew never existed, and a con man is in the wind again.
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Lily and Alonzo knock on Anna Mae's door. They've come to take their elderly sister shopping. Instead, her door flies open and a young woman runs past them - covered in blood. Alonzo tries to grab her but she literally slips through his fingers. Insi
Gracia and her husband are abducted and held for ransom by the Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines. Richard is attacked in his home by a masked intruder with a knife. Michelle is impaled by a branch while on a wilderness ride with her husband.
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A worried father lays a trap for the mysterious prowler who has been peeping on his young son, but the man doesn't realize he's facing something far more sinister than he could have imagined.
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When a teenager goes missing in a small town investigators are desperate to identity a culprit, but few are willing to talk. Following a series of several dead ends and false leads, officers struggle to uncover who killed Shannon Siders.
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At 11 years old, Tere survives on a raft after her family is murdered and the yacht they were on sinks. Christa is doing volunteer work in Haiti when a 7.0 earthquake hits collapsing the house around her. Brian is a truck driver at a rest stop for th
In 1978, beauty queen Tana Woolley moves into her first apartment alone. Not long after her move, Tana is found murdered and everyone in her apartment building becomes a suspect.
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When 37-year-old Lee Rotatori is found dead in her hotel room in 1982, police suspect the work of a professional. It will take four decades to identify her killer and, in the process, reveal a shocking truth.
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Amber is 9 years old when her adoptive parents move the family to Utah where they become involved in a fundamentalist mormon cult known as the Zionist society. Khalil is a college student when a friend introduces him and his fiancée to the Nation of
The day before her 28th birthday, Kiva Bible is murdered. Detectives search for over a decade with just one scrap of evidence: a single eyelash.
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A mother is suspected in the murders of two of her daughters, when her third daughter finally convinces police to reopen two cold cases.
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17 year old Danielle is attacked by her mother’s boyfriend who stabs her repeatedly and leaves her for dead. Deborah is part of a crew delivering a yacht when it sinks along with their life raft. Gordy and Betty are terrorized in their home by an esc
A newspaper carrier is found murdered execution style, and the investigator on the case has known the victim for over 30 years. Determined to find his friend's killer, the investigator will search for more than a decade before finally bringing the ki
College student Brad Perry shows up to work his graveyard shift at the gas station and is never seen alive again. It will take twenty years, the uncovering of an illegal drug ring in a squeaky-clean Mormon town, and the development of new forensic te
Lori and Pat are on an RV trip in Baja Mexico when they are attack by two armed men who begin to fire into the vehicle. David is out for a jog when he is caught in a tornado on the Stones River Greenway. Kevin is home alone when he is viciously attac
An elderly woman is assaulted in her own home, and suffers a deadly heart attack during the assault. Her stolen checkbook is the only solid lead in a decades-long search for a killer.
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When beloved matriarch, Sherry Black, 64, is murdered in her rare books store in Salt Lake City, investigators suspect theft as the motive. The case goes cold until her daughter teams with a wily investigator to bring Sherry's killer to justice.
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The disappearance of a 8-year-old Rima Traxler kicks off a manhunt for a shadowy figure seen driving away with Rima the day she went missing. When police finally capture the culprit, they'll discover that Rima isn't his only victim.
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When an elderly couple is robbed and brutally murdered in a quiet logging community, accusations fly. No stone is left unturned, but the killer never surfaces, leaving the family of Ed and Minnie Maurin with nothing but unanswered questions and cripp
Barbara and her friend are on their way home from school when they are abducted by a man in fatigues wielding a large knife who ties them up and leads them into the woods. Glen is on his way through South America on a motorcycle expedition when he is
When 21-year-old Julie Hill goes missing, everyone assumes she has just run off again. Fourteen years later, Julie's cousin starts to question the reason for her disappearance, and a murder investigation begins to unfold.
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Halloween in a small town is cancelled indefinitely when a young girl is kidnapped and killed on her way home from a costume party. Two decades later, a detective's obsessive attention to detail exposes a shocking mistake that kept the case's most ob
Stephanie’s ex husband attacks her in her home where he shoots her in the head three times. Craig and Crystal are in the library of Columbine High school when two shooters commit mass murder. Rich and Laura are with their five children on a hike in t
A gas station attendant is brutally murdered in the middle of the night, and investigators struggle to indict their prime suspect despite eye witness testimony. Over a decade later, a lead surfaces that might finally close the case.
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When a mystery woman's burning body is found in an oil field in 2006, the rural community of Kilgore and a determined Texas lawman show why you don't mess with the Lone Star State. It takes 13 years to ID this Lavender Doe and nab her callous killer.
Frederic is 11 years old when he and his mother are stabbed multiple times by an intruder in the night. Henry and Becky are with their children flying back from a missionary trip to the Bahamas when their pilot loses consciousness. 15 year old twins
The death of Alma Napier was ruled an accident when her car was discovered overturned and smoldering one night in 1980. It would remain a closed case, until 1998 when two women help uncover that Alma’s death involved foul play and her murderer is on
A killer authors a book about his con-man past that becomes the key to solving a 29-year-old cold case of two high school sweethearts--and three other cold case murders--leading police to believe he could be the Zodiac Killer.
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When fourteen-year-old Tina Faelz never comes home from school, her murder leads investigators on a path from school bullies to serial killers and back again.
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Susan is attacked in her home by a man with a hammer, when she decides to fight back there are deadly consequences. John and Jean are living with their four children on a catamaran out at sea when they hit a reef in shark infested waters. Penny is a
A 74 year-old woman was assaulted and stabbed in her home. The case goes cold. Until another woman is attacked. And another. And this time, there’s an eyewitness.
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In 1991 Curtis "Cochise" Smith, 29, heads out for diapers in Plaquemine, Louisiana and vanishes. Twenty-five-years later, a body surfaces in the bayou and Cochise's murder case reignites. A local with a long rap sheet becomes the prime suspect.
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The town of Alexandria, Louisiana is rocked when the body of Courtney Coco, 19, is found dumped 200 miles from home in Winnie, Texas. The case cools until a retired homicide detective, turned podcaster, discovers her killer hiding in plain sight.
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16-year-old Brandy is abducted and assaulted by two gunmen. James is used as a human shield when a gunman goes on a rampage in his school cafeteria. Steve must drag himself up a dry creek bed for help after falling from a tree and breaking both his l
In 1980, Jane Alexander was newly widowed. When a new man came into her life, telling stories of exotic world travels and an off-shore trust fund, Jane fell fast. What followed was a tale of exploitation, betrayal... and murder.
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When Betty Jones, 65, and Kathryn Crigler, 81, are brutally attacked in a 1990 home invasion, the tiny community of Starkville, MS is left living in fear. Decades pass, until a detective devotes himself to cracking the case using new technology.
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Jill and Ron fight for their lives in a terrifying home invasion. Randy is electrocuted while working alone up a 35 foot power pole. Julie is attacked by her ex-boyfriend after agreeing to go talk with him.
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In 1992, outside of a Seguin, TX carnival... officers discover the body of 15 year old, Eglena Diaz DeLeon. Their best lead: a bloody bandana found in a nearby storm drain.
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When the body of free-spirited Bonnie Ruphard, 47, is spotted by a runner in Lafayette, LA, police suspect domestic violence. The case sits for a decade until DNA places a sprawling Bayou family under the microscope for her murder.
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Terry and his family are attacked in their beds by his daughter’s boyfriend and an accomplice. Anne and her friend Debi are mountain biking when Anne is attacked by a mountain lion. Earleen is attacked at work by a man posing as a guest in the hotel.
When Pegye Bechler goes missing in a mysterious boating accident, all signs point towards her husband Eric. Without a body, the case goes cold until Eric’s new girlfriend teams up with investigators to bring the correct criminal to justice.
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When a young mother, Selonia Reed, 26, is found brutally murdered in her car, detectives turn over every rock in small town Hammond, Louisiana in search of her killer. Selonia's case languishes for more than 30 years before justice is finally served.
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An elderly man, loved by his community, is found dead at the bottom of a well. But the case goes cold until the murder weapon is found, three years later.
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When the supposed great-niece of Marilyn Monroe, Krystal Jean Baker, 13, is found dead beneath a bridge in Texas' Bayou Country, investigators are stumped. The quest to track down her killer will take investigators 14 years, and lead to a new law.
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15-year-old Sydney is attacked by men who have broken into her family home looking for money. Dena and Roger are trapped when a wildfire engulfs their home before they can evacuate. Jennifer is attacked by her ex-boyfriend when he breaks into her hom
A woman is found murdered in a Michigan park, bound with police-grade, plastic handcuffs. Investigator’s prime suspect is found with identical cuffs in his possession, but without any additional clues detectives must get creative to link his cuffs to
The 1964 murder of 9-year-old Marise Chiverella leaves the devout town of Hazelton, PA, in fear. An intense manhunt yields numerous suspects but no killer. Five decades pass before a student moonlighting as a genetic genealogist reignites the case.
April is brutally assaulted then set on fire by an acquaintance after taking them and her ex-boyfriend for a ride. Mark is forced to amputate part of his leg after it is caught in a drive shaft of an oil well. An act of kindness backfires on Jesse wh
A district attorney uses a clever technique - a "John Doe indictment" - to give law enforcement officials the time they need to track down the a serial rapist from Rochester, N. Y.
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When 19-year-old Chris Green is found beaten to death in a snowy Bangor, Michigan ditch in 2002, his family fear their son's murder will never be solved. Years pass before shocking revelations from an informant emerge and blow the case wide open.
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Dawn and her two daughters are at a friend's beach house when four armed men break in looking for money. Jens and Jim are flying with their fathers on the way to a fishing trip when their plane crashes in the ocean miles from shore. Agnes is working
A hitchhiker is murdered, and a mysterious stack of business cards leads police on a 38-year hunt for her killer.
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The quiet town of Redding, California is rocked by the disappearance of Frank McAlister - a teen with a recent cash windfall who leaves only a blood-stained car behind. Twenty-five years will pass before someone makes a stunning on-air confession.
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Scott and Sean are fishing on the Appalachian Trail when they meet a stranger who ends up attacking them with a gun after sharing dinner. Stacey and her best friend move into their first apartment when only two weeks later a man breaks in and proceed
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When 34-year-old Freddie Farah is gunned down in his Florida grocery store, police urgently seek his killer. Decades later, Farah's son will have a chance encounter with a cold case detective which brings the case back to life and exposes a killer.
Three survivors from UA Flight 232 relive the terrifying moments leading up to and after one of America's worst ever aviation disasters. A young woman is violently assaulted by two men just outside her home.
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A sudden memory flash leads detectives to a killer’s door and closes a case 25 years in the making.
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When the body of a woman turns up in a field in Huntington Beach, CA, in 1968, police simultaneously seek a killer and the identity of the victim herself. It takes 52 years for detectives to solve this dual mystery and expose a vicious predator.
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A massive search unfolds in Chandler, Oklahoma when two women and a child go missing from a Walmart parking lot in 1992. It will take 23 years and a tip from an unlikely source to piece together a heinous plot of misdirection and murder.
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After five highjackers take control of an EgyptAir flight and begin executing passengers, a woman silently says goodbye to her loved ones when the hijackers pick her to be the next one to die. A surfer loses half of the blood in his body when a great
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When Susan Schwarz is found shot to death in her apartment in 1979, police suspect a robbery gone wrong. Thirty-two years pass before a witness emerges to reveal a much darker motive and bring justice to Susan’s Killer.
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When 19-year-old Tara Sidarovich goes missing from her Punta Gorda home, Florida police consider her a runaway until her body turns up in a swamp. Years later, shocking prison recordings will send detectives on a nationwide hunt for her killers.
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In 1977 Florida, nurse Deborah Clark, 23, is found brutally slain in her home. Detectives unearth an affair, a jilted wife, and a web of money and power, but no true suspect. It will take 40 years and advanced DNA testing to expose Deb's killer.
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When Susan Woods, 30, is found beaten and drowned in her tub in America's cowboy capital, suspicion falls on her estranged husband; with a suspect's DNA in hand, detectives go back to the basics to unmask a killer cowboy living in plain sight.
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Along with her best friend Liz, Brandi Hicks is abducted by a man they picked up at a video store. Joseph and Lorenzo are lost at sea during a fishing trip in Mexico. Sam and Suzanne are held hostage by a wanted killer while driving home in Arkansas.
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When gambler Scott Martinez, 47, is found eviscerated by a sword in his La Mesa, CA home, investigators can’t tell who is telling the truth within his inner circle.. It will take 13 years and an advance in DNA analysis to find his killer.
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A man is shot point blank. And with no suspect, the only thing police know is that this murder was committed with intent. When the weapon is found years later, the case reopens and takes a closer look at a suspect who knew the victim best: His wife.
When the battered body of Shawna Yandell is found floating in Washington State’s Yakima River in 1993, detectives first suspect those closest to her. The case grew cold until new DNA technology revealed a callous killer that no one suspected.
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A mother of three goes missing on Christmas eve in 1994, and suspicion surrounds her sudden disappearance. In 2004, her case is still unsolved, until her son opens up about a memory that’s been buried for a decade.
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When 31-year-old Linda Slaten is brutally strangled in her Lakeland, FL home in 1981, a complex web of suspects emerges. The case takes a dramatic turn when a DNA hit exposes the sinister underbelly of a seemingly peaceful community.
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Erinn is abducted at gunpoint while leaving work. After driving to a parking lot she is subjected to physical, sexual and mental abuse. Amanda accompanies her boyfriend Ethan to sell some land to a neighbor, but after Ethan is knocked unconscious Ama
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When 23-year-old Mary Scott is found murdered in her San Diego home in 1969, a case with few leads quickly loses steam. Years later, Mary’s daughters grow determined to find answers about the mother they barely knew, and a crime that’s 50 years cold.
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When jewelry seller Minerva Cantu, 26, is found bound, gagged and lifeless in her home, police suspect robbery as the motive. But who killed this mother as her infant slept in the next room is a mystery that would haunt one detective for 20 years.
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Teenage sisters Erin and Claire are living at home in Texas when they are attacked by a masked gunman who comes through an unlocked door. Kim is abducted by four armed men who hold her captive as they sexually assault her in multiple locations for 15
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When teens Llianna Adank and Eric Goldstrand are found shot to death at an Oregon park in 1977, their parent’s worst nightmare had come true. Detectives pursue leads for 40 years until a single piece of evidence leads them to a suspect 3 states away.
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When the blood-smeared car of 27-year-old Stefanie Watson is found in a Maryland parking lot, her family holds out hope she's still alive. When part of her remains are found in a neighborhood, the missing persons investigation becomes a hunt for a mu
Shauna and Brad are living with roommates in a house in Los Angeles when Shaunna’s ex boyfriend shoots the occupants and sets the house on fire before turning the gun on himself. Lee is on his way to sell the sandals that he makes when he is hit by a
Singer is an experienced rock climber on an expedition in Kyrgyzstan with his three partners when they are taken hostage by rebels. After another hostage gets executed the group looks for their opportunity to escape. Romina and John are on vacation i
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When 14-year-old Nacole Smith is brutally murdered in 1995 on a wooded path in Atlanta, the police and community rally around her mother as she seeks justice. Decades and a second brutal assault later investigators finally reveal Nacole's killer.
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After the murder of Barbara Jean Galliher goes cold investigators are left with few options. Almost three decades later, after being caught in a compromising situation by his wife and admitting to a sex addiction, Donald Vanderbent has something else
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In the 1980s the police discovered no fewer than 44 bodies along the Green River near Seattle, making the Green River Killer the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. The investigation would become the largest ever performed in King County and
When a woman and her son find the mummified remains of two infants while cleaning out their new trailer, investigators are tasked first with finding the identity of the mother. After Susan Connell admits to leaving both infants the even more difficul
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When a young woman is murdered, investigators believe they have the perfect suspect, until DNA advancements prove they might be looking in the wrong direction.
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In February of 1984 Susan Eigen and her 17-year-old son Richard are found murdered in their home. 18 Years later, the fingerprints found at the scene finally produce a hit, but it is the previously erroneous DNA that proves to be the linchpin in case
Audrey is attacked by her estranged husband with a knife, a hammer, and gasoline. After a diabetic episode, Todd gets lost in an Idaho snowstorm traveling cross-country with his dog Lola. Kim is attacked by a stranger in her new home shortly after he
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In 1978, beauty queen Tana Woolley moves into her first apartment alone. Not long after her move, Tana is found murdered and everyone in her apartment building becomes a suspect.
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Tricia and Linae are abducted by two armed gunman after both parents and their grandmother were shot by the assailants. Jason and two friend are caught in an avalanche while out snowmobiling. Mary is held hostage by an ex employee whom she had to let
When an alleged rapist's remains are found 30 years after his disappearance, the PD calls in The Cowboys - a retired team of cold case investigators - to work the case.
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After a predator known as the second story rapist terrorizes Sacramento Country in California investigators are unable to pin down a suspect. Years later,when the statute of limitations is nearly up, the DA uses and unprecedented legal strategy in th
Shannon’s ex husband hold her and her two year old son hostage as he attempts a murder suicide. Ken and his friend Ed went for a fishing trip on Ken’s new boat, but when the boat sinks the men are forced to swim in the freezing cold water looking for
Two little girls go missing in Akron under the exact same circumstances. When their bodies are discovered, the families and investigators are desperate to stop the killer before he strikes again.
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When a San Diego man is found in a burnt vehicle, investigators first job is to identify the body. After David Stevens is identified, the question of who killed him presents an even greater hurdle.
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Keith and Marc’s plane crash-lands during a routine drug surveillance mission over the Colombian jungle and they are immediately captured by FARC guerrillas who hold them hostage for five years.
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In a dark corner of Miami, several women are found murdered and their bodies burned. A mysterious footprint, a bottle of gasoline, and a Santeria priestess help lead detectives to the serial killer.
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15 year old Penny Parker goes missing while delivering newspapers on a spring afternoon in 1977. When her body is discovered by a volunteer with a questionable past, investigators think they know who did it. The problem lies in how to prove it.
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Hours after detonating a car bomb in Norway's capital, Oslo, the bomber, now disguised as a policeman, makes his way to Utoya Island where 530 teenagers are attending a summer camp. During an 80 minute rampage he stalks and shoots the defenseless tee
In 1997, a couple moves into a brand new home in rural Ontario. During renovations, they discover a buried clue that is the key to solving a brutal double murder.
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After his first wife dies in an apparent accident in Wolfe Creek Montana, Dennis Larson collects the insurance and moves to Maine in search of another wife. When she too dies in an alleged accident shortly after another insurance policy was taken out
In 2008 Jere, a journalist specializing in the area, is traveling in Afghanistan to meet with a member of the Taliban he had known years before. While looking for his former contact, Jere and the team he is traveling with are kidnapped and held for r
When a 19-year-old girl goes missing, her family suspects the mafia is involved...but it will take another 16 years for her body to surface and nearly 20 years to bring the killers to justice.
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A young boy is the sole survivor when his family is massacred in their Minnesota home. Two decades later - he helps cold case detectives catch the serial killer responsible.
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A. J, Carolyn and Stacy are all in separate groups shopping at a Salt Lake City Mall a couple days before Valentine’s day. A lone gunman shoots A.J and his father in the parking lot before opening fire into the card shop where Carolyn, her daughter K
When three women go missing in Woonsocket, Rhode Island - investigators follow a trail that leads them to the state landfill in search of human remains.
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After the disappearance of Fran Gladden-Smith, her family looks into her husband John’s past only to find he had a previous wife who also disappeared never to be heard from again. Ultimately, it is the guilty conscience of John’s family that leads th
Kim is an aspiring model at 20 years old when she is attacked by her friend and neighbor. After sexually assaulting her, the attacker stabs her and pours bleach on her body. John was on a guided trek in the jungle of Ecuador with his daughter when he
A young boy is the sole survivor when his family is massacred in their Minnesota home. Two decades later - he helps cold case detectives catch the serial killer responsible.
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After a pregnant woman is found sexually assaulted, strangled and dumped in her bathtub in New Hampshire attempts at a DNA match are unsuccessful. 10 Years later a presentation on another unsolved homicide, in a similar manner, helps investigators to
Paul is woken when two assailants enter his home in the middle of the night. After the intruders stab him multiple times, they set his house on fire and leave Paul for dead. Tressell is on a fishing trip with two of his friends when their boat capsiz
On the south side of St. Louis, a series of sexual assaults appears to follow the exact same pattern - leading police to dub the perpetrator, "The South Side Rapist." The last step in his modus operandi...was to disappear completely.
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In 1985, Enrique Elizarbe, a recent immigrant from Peru trying to find a better life, was robbed and beaten by a co-worker in the warehouse where he worked in northern Virginia before eventually succumbing to his injuries in the hospital. 15 years la
Arkesha is on her way home from a school dance when she is robbed and sexually assaulted by two young men. While looking for help she explains what has happened to a passerby only for him to assault her as well. Jeremy and Jenny were strangers on a t
When a toddler dies under the care of a babysitter, everyone assumes it was the result of a tragic accident. That is until eight years later, when a second child dies in the care of the same babysitter.
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After a grisly murder in a Roy Rogers restaurant ,the initial conclusion was a robbery gone wrong. !4 years later, those conclusions don’t sit right with investigators who develop a suspect and rely on DNA from a cigarette to get their conviction.
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Albert is a 17 year old enlisted as a paratrooper at Fort Bragg, when his best friend, fellow soldier, takes him out to a dump for target practice but instead shoots Albert in the stomach and chases him into the forest. Matt is an outdoor enthusiast
After his second wife’s tragic fall from a cliff in the Grand Canyon, investigators look closer into the grisly murders of Robert Spangler’s previous family. Few could have imagined his stoicism while recounting the details of his crimes.
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Jessica endures years of abuse from her neighbor from the age of 9. After her abuser escalates to abducting the child it takes another 104 days to finally bring the traumatic ordeal to a conclusion. Derek is taking a solo day trip up Mount Adams in W
Investigators in Virginia have a the body of a murdered sailor, prime suspects and a timeline that fits their narrative, but they will still need patience to see justice served.
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Frankin and his wife are aboard an aircraft that gets hijacked and rerouted towards Australia. After running out of fuel the plane attempts an emergency water landing that sends it tumbling. Jeff and Frank are firefighters sent out to rescue a group
A 911 call for a house on fire leads to the discovery of a dead body in the home and the remains of the occupants dog in a shed outback. 6 years after the case had gone cold, DNA evidence from man’s best friend gives investigators the proof they need
Rudrani is with a meditation group in Mumbai India when terrorists attack the hotel she is staying at. Shot in the arm and leg, Rudrani is left for dead after witnessing the deaths of the other members of her group. Tracey is 14 years on when her hou
After confidential informant Christine Elkins disappears before she can testify against her former boss, the trail goes cold. Six years later, when the case is reopened, it is a team of scientists and divers with a specialty in finding clandestine gr
Mary is a 15-year-old hitchhiking in Florida when the man who gives her a ride sexually assaults her, cuts her arms off and throws her off a cliff leaving her for dead. Brooke is pregnant when she, along with her daughter, goes to visit her own paren
A Serial rapist is terrorizing Louisville, Kentucky as he blinds his victims by holding a mini-flashlight in his mouth. When he drops the tool after a victim’s boyfriend chases him from their home, a DNA profile is developed from saliva and his days
Scott and Sean are enjoying a fishing trip on the Appalachian Trail when they meet a stranger and share dinner. After dinner, however, the man in their company pulls out a gun and proceeds to shoots both men. Stacey and her best friend have recently
Two Michigan hunters get in an altercation with local ne’er-do-wells the Duvalls. It ends with the long time friends beaten to death and fed to pigs.
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Gwen is a librarian and Lloyd is a Sheriff’s deputy, both are among the 18 hostages held captive by an armed assailant with a dead man’s switch in a Salt Lake City library. Rose discovers she is with child shortly before an intense storm leads to an
A young man grapples with memories of an unaccounted for twin sister sparking a conversation with his other sister and eventually an investigation.
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After their California home was invaded over a case of mistaken identity Darren and Chastity’s ordeal only worsens as their 11 year old son arrives and joins their captivity. Ryan works in a train yard in Pennsylvania, when the breaks fail on multipl
23 years after Atlanta policeman Sam Guy is slain moonlighting as security, investigators finally get the tip they need to charge the two men Sam’s son David, also a police officer, suspected all along.
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Lonnie rekindles an old relationship only for her beau to take credit cards out in her name and when she confronts him about it he shoots her in the head. Rulon is an olympic wrestler and gold medalist out or a day of snowmobiling with friends when h
A home video found wrapped inside a coat along the side of a California freeway documents a teenager’s disturbing crimes and breathes life into the hunt for a serial arsonist.
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Dorothy is leaving the grocery store with her daughters when they are attacked by a pair of young men who rape Dorothy and shoot her in the head. Jim is out picking blueberries alone and without his cellphone when he is bitten by a rattlesnake. Bud a
Advances in forensic modeling helps investigators identify a murder victim whose skin was stripped from her head, neck and legs. However, it’s a specially trained dog with a nose for blood that proves to be the prosecution’s smoking gun.
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14 year old Reagan's trip to the beach with her friend Lynn takes an unimaginable turn when they are picked up by a pair of cousins on a spree of rape and murder. Gary and Scott are colleagues in the Alaska air national guard. After a mostly unsucces
After his mother goes to meet up with his ex-step father and doesn’t make it home, a Colorado teen fears the worst. Despite his suspicions from the outset, it takes Brett Ludwig 24 years and a blood donation to finally help police catch his mother’s
37 years after his first killing, a career criminal is finally brought to justice. DNA collected from saliva on sealed envelopes connects the unsuspecting murderer to a series of vicious attacks spanning multiple states and decades.
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A prison inmate looking to make a deal doesn’t have the information investigators are looking for. What he does have, information that will help solve a 15 year old murder and expose a love triangle turned deadly.
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After four house fires, the death of his first wife and the near death of his second wife and child, John Veysey's "unluck" is up. Federal prosecutors finally take a closer look at the tally of tragedy stretching back for the better part of a decade
Tali Shapiro describes her chilling abduction and assault when she was 8 years old. Rodney Alcala, the man who attacked her, would come to be known as "The Dating Game Killer."
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A woman's life is shattered when her house is broken into, she's assaulted, her husband is murdered, and her home is set aflame. To make matters worse, police consider her a suspect in her own attack and her husband's death. Years later, Lynn Lopez s
Morgan Rowan describes how she was brutally attacked in 1968 by Rodney Alcala during a party at his Hollywood home. She never told her parents what happened and always wondered if he would go on to hurt someone else.
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Leslie Powers opened a box of family photographs to discover a Great Aunt she never knew existed. A Great Aunt who was murdered, and whose case was never solved. That is, until Leslie starts asking questions, and gets police to re-open the case.
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In November of 2016, Tiffany Taylor is held captive and brutally assaulted in Essex County, New Jersey after agreeing to give a ride to a man in exchange for some much-needed cash. What she doesn't realize however, is that her passenger is a serial k
In November of 2016, Tiffany Taylor is held captive and brutally assaulted in Essex County, New Jersey after agreeing to give a ride to a man in exchange for some much-needed cash. What she doesn't realize however, is that her passenger is a serial k
In September 1975, 14-year-old David McVicker is abducted while hitchhiking home from a friend's house in Garden Grove, California. His assailant, William Bonin, has an appetite for assaulting young men and boys. David wasn’t his first victim, nor wo
When an 18-year-old hitchhiker is found in a ravine, the autopsy reveals her killing is perhaps the most brutal the examiner has ever seen. Detective McManus is struck by this case, and so he makes a promise. He's going to find the person who committ
Paul Dennis Reid Jr., a country-star wannabe, spends nights robbing fast food joints and killing innocent workers. One of those workers, Jose Ramirez Gonzalez, recounts the night he faced off with Reid in a stock room and managed to survive.
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'Lil Miss' Lisa Marie Kimmel was 18 years old in 1988. She was working at a restaurant and driving around in her new, shiny black Honda CRX. One weekend, she was on her way to visit her family in Casper, Wyoming, but she never made it home. What happ
In November 1988, 27-year-old Enietra Margette is walking to a party in South Los Angeles, when a neatly dressed man offers her a ride. After she gets in the car, he shoots her in the chest setting off a lifetime of problems.
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Deacon Phil Perry was having an affair with a member of his congregation. Shortly after he told his own wife, his body was found in the trunk of a car in Mexico. He had been murdered. Who killed Deacon Phil Perry? And how did his body end up south of
In August of 1978, 14-year-old Lisa Gilbert and her 13-year-old brother, Randy, were attacked by a stranger in their newly built home in Lansing, Michigan. A good samaritan helped catch their attacker but started a years-long struggle to keep him beh
In 1995, a prostitute named Pamela Shelley was shot in the back eight times and left in a field. With minimal evidence, the case goes cold. But seven years later, new technology may provide the means for investigators to figure out who murdered Pamel
In 1999, Cynthia Vigil was abducted, held captive and tortured for three days. Her escape from the brink of death would stop The Toybox Killer, David Parker Ray, from harming any other women.
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In the summer of 1996, Bob Duke calls 911 after his wife and young son fall from a high cliff in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Green River, Wyoming. Their deaths are ruled an accident, but to investigators, the circumstances look suspicious. Three y
Vanessa Gay recounts her escape from Anthony Sowell in Cleveland, Ohio. Her mistrust of the police makes her reluctant to report her attack for many years. But eventually, her testimony would put her attacker behind bars.
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A six-year-old girl goes missing from her backyard. The only witness is a five-year-old, who says a strange man took the missing girl. Who was this man? And why was the girl taken?
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In 1992, 19-year-old Fabienne Witherspoon tries to help a man who was down on his luck when he attacked her in her own home. In an effort to stay alive, she wages a physical and psychological war against the man who tries to kill her, Tommy Lynn Sell
Vernon Dahmer was a shop owner in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and President of the local chapter of the NAACP. At midnight on January 10th, 1966, two truckloads of Klansmen drove to his house and firebombed it. Vernon's family never stopped seeking jus
In November 2011, 48-year-old Scott Davis thinks he is on his way to a gig as a farm caretaker, a job he has secured on Craigslist. Unbeknownst to him, it’s actually a murderous trap laid by a psychopathic serial killer named Richard Beasley.
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In the fall of 1996, a 25-year-old school teacher was found murdered in the bathtub of her Arlington, Texas apartment. Three months later, a 22-year-old woman was found murdered in the bathtub of her Arlington, Texas apartment - located in the very s
In November of 1984, 17-year-old Lisa McVey Noland was biking home from her job working the night shift at a local Tampa doughnut shop, when she was suddenly snatched off her bike and abducted. Being abducted was one of the worst things that happened
On April 24, 2018, 72-year-old Joseph DeAngelo was arrested and charged with eight counts of first-degree murder. But who is Joseph DeAngleo? And why does law enforcement suspect he is The Golden State Killer?
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In January of 1981, 18-year-old Cheryl Bartlett Fann was walking home late at night with her fiancé Bud, when they were suddenly abducted and taken to an abandoned garage by two attackers. They would go free for years until DNA revealed who their att
It began with a string of burglaries in the 1970s. Then, a series of sexual assaults. And finally, a dozen murders or more. At least three different crime sprees in California over the course of two decades have now been attributed to one suspect. Th
In September of 1992, 17-year-old Jennifer Asbenson is kidnapped and driven into the most desolate part of Palm Desert, CA. Her attacker, 32-year-old Andrew Urdiales, has already killed multiple women before luring his latest victim into his car. Jen
A Long Island man is preparing to sell his house when he discovers a 55-gallon barrel hidden in his crawlspace. It has seemingly been there for decades - at least for as long as he's owned the home. But when he pries off the lid, he quickly realizes
21-year-old Anita is at home alone, when a man she barely knows bursts in, ties her up, and abducts her. The attacker imprisons her in his home, keeping her locked in a metal box for hours on end. Over the next eight days, Anita clings to life, hopin
A thirteen-year-old girl vanishes, seemingly out of thin air, while her brother is standing just feet away. She was never seen again, and her disappearance would haunt her brother or thirty years. That is until another victim comes forward, and her t
Lynda is still healing from a difficult divorce when she meets a new man online. Their romance fizzles fast, but when the man calls Lynda in desperate need of help, she is lured into his trap.
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After pregnant Diana is attacked in her home, she nearly dies. Despite a severe head injury, she believes she can identify her attacker - her husband, Kevin. Kevin insists he is innocent, and that his wife was attacked by a boogeyman. His story sound
College student Holly and her new boyfriend are walking home from a party when the unthinkable happens. A strange man attacks them in the darkness, and Holly barely makes it out alive.
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Ensign Andrew Muns disappeared from the Navy ship he was serving on during the Vietnam War. His disappearance was officially ruled a desertion, but Andrew's sister, and investigators, never believed that story. They believed he was murdered. And they
When a deranged attacker arrives at her elementary school, principal Norina is the only thing standing between her kindergarten students and the man’s machete. She risks life and limb to protect her kids, and bring down the violent assailant.
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In July of 1988, the owner of a taxi company in Michigan was shot by a disgruntled employee. He survived, until a year later when he was shot once again. The identity of his second attacker would remain a mystery for fifteen years, until an exchange
Eight year old Midsi is on her way home from school, when a strange man abducts her on the street and holds her captive for days. Despite her attacker’s threats, Midsi makes a daring escape and saves herself from certain death.
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For over 20 years, Kirsten was haunted by the unsolved murder of her mother when she was eight years old. And while Kirsten's nightmare drove her to keep working with Cold Case detectives and never stop believing her mother's case would be solved, it
When Karli starts a new relationship with a man from her past, she has no idea that he has some violent enemies. Karli survives not one, but two acid attacks at the hands of complete strangers, and must find a way to rebuild her will to go on.
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There were three Evans brothers: the cop, the truck driver, and the troublemaker. When a rumor surfaces connecting one of the three brothers to a murder case eighteen-years cold, the boundaries of loyalty, morality, and trust between siblings are tes
On a normal Friday morning, Ellen is at home alone when she is brutally attacked by a strange man in all black. Ellen's attacker had been hiding in her home for days, waiting for the right moment to strike.
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TV show producer Jill Blackstone is accused of killing her disabled sister Wendy, and some of their rescue dogs, by leaving them in a garage with a barbecue grill. Jill blames the deaths on accidental monoxide poisoning But police believe she staged
In the spring of 1977, a small town convenience store in Arkansas becomes the site of a robbery and a murder. What makes this case unique, is that the victim was seventy-one years old - and a cop. Solving his case would take a chat with a serial kill
Kim and Nina set out on an early morning hike, when a man emerges from the wilderness armed with a knife. What should have been a fun day trip quickly turns into a fight for their lives.
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After a young girl is murdered in her home while the rest of her family slept, the police investigation zeroes in on the girl's teenage brother. But by focusing so closely on the brother, did investigators miss another suspect?.
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Kendra, a single mom, is one year into a new relationship with a Hollywood actor, when his jealous, controlling behavior forces her to end the relationship. Just when she thinks it's finally over, her ex shows up at her house, and this time he's arme
In Toledo, Ohio in 1980, a woman's body was found in a chapel, covered only by an altar cloth. She had been stabbed 31 times. The woman's name? Sister Margaret Ann Pahl. Somebody had murdered a nun.
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Maggie is just 15 years old when an attacker snatches her off the street during her early morning run. When police close in on him, the attacker gets desperate, and Maggie clings to life.
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It's the late 90's in Houston, Texas and a serial killer is on the loose, having already strangled at least three women to death. His signature? A ligature tied around the neck, and tightened with a tourniquet.
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Teri’s ex-husband attacks her in a jealous rage and leaves her to die, jammed in a garbage can filled with snow. For 27 freezing hours Teri wills herself to stay alive for her children.
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In a big city like Philadelphia, it's easy for an unsolved murder to slip into the cold files and be forgotten. But in this case, one victim's boyfriend was set on doing everything possible to make sure people didn't forget, and that police didn't st
While Debbie is outside gardening, an unknown attacker hides in her home waiting for her to come inside. He abducts Debbie beginning a 5-day nightmare, during which Debbie will discover that she isn't this man's only victim.
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After nearly two decades of silence, a man known as the Smoky Mountain Gypsy comes forward with information that could lead police to solve not one, but two different murders, which had never before been connected.
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When Amanda, a school teacher, is carjacked and abducted by an escaped inmate, she quickly forms a game plan: play along and stay alive. In order to convince her abductor that they are friends and get out alive, she is forced to make decisions she ne
In an ocean-side town in California, a woman is strangled to death in her home and her head is wrapped in duct tape. Police are at a loss for evidence, but there is one eye-witness: the victim's four-year-old son.
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Michelle and her daughter Breea are home alone when three masked gunman burst through the door. The home invasion turns into a high stakes bank robbery, and Michelle's only hope of survival is to help her captors pull it off.
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In the spring of 1969, Jane Mixer becomes one of several young women murdered around the University of Michigan. Police think there may be a serial killer, but does Jane fit the pattern? And years later, how does the DNA of a 4-year-old end up found
One phone call turned Karen’s seemingly happy marriage into a violent nightmare. A prisoner in her own home, Karen outsmarted her husband and escaped with her life twice. Today, she uses her experience for good, helping others survive and learn to he
After a mother hears about allegations that her physically abusive boyfriend has sexually abused her daughter, she goes mysteriously missing for over a decade. A trunk, a storage unit, and a Cold Case detective's dogged determination help solve the m
In September 1975, 14-year-old David McVicker is abducted while hitchhiking home from a friend's house in Garden Grove, California. His assailant, William Bonin, has an appetite for assaulting young men and boys. David wasn’t his first victim, nor wo
In 1991, an eight-year-old boy is kidnapped from home while his mother is at church. Police believe the kidnapper is someone close to the family, but rule out all the obvious suspects. Despite years going by, ransom notes, and briefcase full of cash,
Paul Dennis Reid Jr., a country-star wannabe, spends nights robbing fast food joints and killing innocent workers. One of those workers, Jose Ramirez Gonzalez, recounts the night he faced off with Reid in a stock room and managed to survive.
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In a town most famous for the death of legendary gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok, police try to solve a murder not in the 1880s, but the 1980s. This murder involves a man named David Crockett, another named "Outlaw," a bus full of hippies, and a very lar
In November 1988, 27-year-old Enietra Margette is walking to a party in South Los Angeles, when a neatly dressed man offers her a ride. After she gets in the car, he shoots her in the chest setting off a lifetime of problems.
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Police in Columbus, Ohio spend more than a decade hunting a man who terrorized a neighborhood known as Linden. In the process, he became one of the most prolific rapists in U.S. history.
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In August of 1978, 14-year-old Lisa Gilbert and her 13-year-old brother, Randy, were attacked by a stranger in their newly built home in Lansing, Michigan. A good samaritan helped catch their attacker but started a years-long struggle to keep him beh
In 1993, Charles Murray, an experienced hunter, went missing on the first day of bow hunting season. His family fears that something terrible had happened were quickly realized. But who was it that found Charles out in the middle of the woods? And wh
In 1999, Cynthia Vigil was abducted, held captive and tortured for three days. Her escape from the brink of death would stop The Toybox Killer, David Parker Ray, from harming any other women.
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This week marks the 71st anniversary of one of the most infamous cold cases in America - the gruesome murder of Los Angeles actress Elizabeth Short, more commonly known as The Black Dahlia. We'll go explore what makes this case so complicated, unpack
Vanessa Gay recounts her escape from Anthony Sowell in Cleveland, Ohio. Her mistrust of the police makes her reluctant to report her attack for many years. But eventually, her testimony would put her attacker behind bars.
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On a fall day in 1978, an apartment manager in Reynoldsburg, Ohio takes a call. On the other end of the line is a frantic tenant who says water is pouring out of her ceiling. The super calls a maintenance man who forces his way into the apartment abo
In 1992, 19-year-old Fabienne Witherspoon tries to help a man who was down on his luck when he attacked her in her own home. In an effort to stay alive, she wages a physical and psychological war against the man who tries to kill her, Tommy Lynn Sell
The bodies of two teenage girls are discovered. One set on fire, the other stuffed in a box and thrown in a lake. Both are Jane Does. Both have been murdered. Eight years later, a third woman comes forward and reveals their identities, and how she es
In November 2011, 48-year-old Scott Davis thinks he is on his way to a gig as a farm caretaker, a job he has secured on Craigslist. Unbeknownst to him, it’s actually a murderous trap laid by a psychopathic serial killer named Richard Beasley.
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Jack Irwin is a 71-year-old war veteran who lives by himself in San Bernardino, CA. That is until two young women - Marcia Ann Johnson and Judy Gellert - embed themselves into Jack's affairs, and his finances. Jack's neighbors become concerned, and w
In November of 1984, 17-year-old Lisa McVey Noland was biking home from her job working the night shift at a local Tampa doughnut shop, when she was suddenly snatched off her bike and abducted. Being abducted was one of the worst things that happened
Detectives track a serial killer and predator through the projects of East Harlem, who keeps finding new and creative ways to dispose of bodies, and elude police.
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In January of 1981, 18-year-old Cheryl Bartlett Fann was walking home late at night with her fiancé Bud, when they were suddenly abducted and taken to an abandoned garage by two attackers. They would go free for years until DNA revealed who their att
Bind. Torture. Kill. That was the mantra of one of America's most notorious serial killers. After killing at least seven people in the Wichita, Kansas area during the 1970s, BTK disappeared for nearly three decades. Then in 2004 he re-surfaced, and u
In September of 1992, 17-year-old Jennifer Asbenson is kidnapped and driven into the most desolate part of Palm Desert, CA. Her attacker, 32-year-old Andrew Urdiales, has already killed multiple women before luring his latest victim into his car. Jen
After a pair of attacks on older and middle-aged women, police believe they are on the trail of a sexual predator turned murderer. But when a third victim shows up who doesn't fit the profile, the investigation is forced to take a hard turn.
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21-year-old Anita is at home alone, when a man she barely knows bursts in, ties her up, and abducts her. The attacker imprisons her in his home, keeping her locked in a metal box for hours on end. Over the next eight days, Anita clings to life, hopin
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While police in Michigan and Texas search for what they believe to be two separate killers, women are being strangled, stabbed, and sometimes left alive. When one man is found guilty in Texas, a legal loophole forces Michigan investigators to race to
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In the fall of 1987, Fred Wilkerson disappeared. He didn't leave a note. There was no sign of foul play. And yet his son, Tim, knew in his heart what the whole town came to suspect - that Fred had been murdered. Sixteen years later, investigators tak
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In 1992, Halloween was cancelled in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Just days before, an 11-year-old was kidnapped and brutally murdered. The small town is rocked when Shauna Howe's body is discovered under a bridge, and investigators scramble to figure out
A promise is sacred in North American Indigenous Cree culture, and when Cree woman Shirley Soosay vanishes in 1980, her niece, Violet, promises her grandmother that she will bring Shirley home. But, Violet never imagined that the search for her aunt,
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When the fire that kills firefighter Gary Parks is ruled an arson, the investigation into his death shifts to a homicide. A serial arsonist is believed to be behind the murder, but it will take a determined cold case detective to track down the kille
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Heidi Jones was just four years old when her mother was killed in 1970. Four decades later she vows to solve the cold case and enlists an old high school friend to help.
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Just after the last day of school in 1984, 15-year-old Reesa Trexler is found murdered in her grandparents' home; for decades, a stalled investigation only fuels the town rumor mill, pointing an accusing finger at Reesa's 13-year-old sister, Jodie.
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The body of 24-year-old Lisa Ziegert is found stabbed to death in a field in Agawam, Massachusetts on Easter Sunday of 1992. The investigation yields several leads, but there is no prime suspect. After more than two decades, DNA phenotyping puts a fa
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23-year-old former beauty queen and devout Catholic Irene Garza, vanishes in April 1960 after giving confession in her town of McAllen, Texas. Her body is eventually found floating in a drainage canal. Rumors run rampant that a member of the Catholic
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The death of Alma Napier was ruled an accident when her car was discovered overturned and smoldering one night in 1980. It would remain a closed case, until 1998 when two women help uncover that Alma’s death involved foul play and her murderer is on
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When 22-year-old Sherry Leighty vanishes in 1999, her family is left wondering how a dedicated mother of three could just vanish without a trace. The case takes on a new life a decade later, thanks to Sherry’s sister, who uses new social media outrea
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The brutal 1998 murder of 36-year-old computer analyst Lisa Valdez has San Francisco police stumped. The case goes cold until advances in forensic technology leads to a shocking suspect 13 years later.
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When Pegye Bechler goes missing in a mysterious boating accident, all signs point towards her husband Eric. Without a body, the case goes cold until Eric’s new girlfriend teams up with investigators to bring the correct criminal to justice.
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A woman is found murdered in a Michigan park, bound with police-grade, plastic handcuffs. Investigator’s prime suspect is found with identical cuffs in his possession, but without any additional clues detectives must get creative to link his cuffs to
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An 11-year old girl is assaulted and drowned, but the killer is never arrested. It’s not until decades later, when one detective uncovers a trail of abuse and potential confessions, that the killer must atone for his actions.
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A mother disappears and her voicemails lead detectives to the body. But the case goes cold until over a decade later when an informant discloses critical clues to turn the suspect into a convicted murderer.
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A man is shot point blank. And with no suspect, the only thing police know is that this murder was committed with intent. When the weapon is found years later, the case reopens and takes a closer look at a suspect who knew the victim best: His wife.
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A heinous murder, an innocent victim, and an unsolved homicide investigation reopens a year after the crime when a new tip leads detectives to a teen with a disturbing history.
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A serial rapist is terrorizing Louisville, Kentucky, and despite his tell-tale MO - it will take investigators seven years to bring the perpetrator to justice.
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Flight 191 crashed in Chicago in 1979, killing nearly 300 people on board. It was the deadliest plane accident in American history. A single mother, Diane Chorba, also died that day, but was she aboard flight 191, or was the crash the perfect cover-u
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A picture perfect marriage is shattered when the husband is shot and killed. But the woman who appears to be his grieving widow...soon becomes investigator's main suspect.
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When an alleged rapist's remains are found 30 years after his disappearance, the PD calls in The Cowboys - a retired team of cold case investigators - to work the case.
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Two little girls go missing in Akron under the exact same circumstances. When their bodies are discovered, the families and investigators are desperate to stop the killer before he strikes again.
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A young boy is the sole survivor when his family is massacred in their Minnesota home. Two decades later, he helps cold case detectives catch the serial killer responsible.
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When a police officer is murdered in Atlanta, the suspect list is vague at best. The case seems destined to stay on the cold case shelf forever... until a brave little girl speaks up about her attacker and investigators close in on the man responsibl
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In 1989, 38-year-old Sharon Bloom disappears. A week later, her body is discovered. In the initial investigation, police have a suspect: a jealous coworker with a motive and blood evidence in his home, but investigators struggle to make the case stic
In this special episode, Cold Case Files follows Detective Manny Reyes as he works two cases. First, Detective Reyes investigates the 1990 murder of a Fort Worth, Texas woman, which hinges on a 2-year-old witness. Then, as Reyes closes in on a suspec
A taxi driver is dispatched on his last call of the night outside Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Hours later, the driver’s body is found face down by the side of the road, and forty years will pass before the murderer is brought to justice.
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In part two of this special edition of Cold Case Files follows detectives as they pursue every lead and work to solve the 1995 rape and murder of 14-year-old Nacole Smith, one of Atlanta's most notorious unsolved crimes.
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A scrapyard owner makes a gruesome discovery, which leads investigators to question a mother who may be killing her children.
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A young woman is shot to death during a jewelry store robbery in 1980, but without the ability to test DNA evidence the case goes cold until the killer strikes again two decades later.
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When a convenience store clerk is murdered in cold blood, an investigator goes undercover as a mafia boss in an elaborate sting that will snare a killer.
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A woman drops her daughter off at daycare then disappears. Without any evidence or clues, Los Angeles investigators have no leads until an anonymous tipster gives the detectives a name that may crack the case.
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Despite several mysterious and concerning clues, the drowning death of 6-year-old Sally Cheesboro is deemed a tragic accident. Over two decades later, Sally's sister is all grown up and determined to keep a promise she made to her baby sister.
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When Kimberly White – the estranged wife of a former state trooper – is found shot to death, her ex-husband swears that she took her own life. But as the investigation unfolds, the trooper's story doesn't quite add up.
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A woman's life is shattered when her house is broken into, she's assaulted, her husband is murdered, and her home is set aflame. To make matters worse, police consider her a suspect in her own attack and her husband's death. Years later, Lynn Lopez s
Leslie Powers opened a box of family photographs to discover a Great Aunt she never knew existed. A Great Aunt who was murdered, and whose case was never solved. That is, until Leslie starts asking questions, and gets police to re-open the case.
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When an 18-year-old hitchhiker is found in a ravine, the autopsy reveals her killing is perhaps the most brutal the examiner has ever seen. Detective McManus is struck by this case, and so he makes a promise. He's going to find the person who committ
'Lil Miss' Lisa Marie Kimmel was 18 years old in 1988. She was working at a restaurant and driving around in her new, shiny black Honda CRX. One weekend, she was on her way to visit her family in Casper, Wyoming, but she never made it home. What happ
Deacon Phil Perry was having an affair with a member of his congregation. Shortly after he told his own wife, his body was found in the trunk of a car in Mexico. He had been murdered. Who killed Deacon Phil Perry? And how did his body end up south of
In 1995, a sex worker named Pamela Shelley was shot in the back eight times and left in a field. With minimal evidence, the case goes cold. But seven years later, new technology may provide the means for investigators to figure out who murdered Pamel
In the summer of 1996, Bob Duke calls 911 after his wife and young son fall from a high cliff in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Green River, Wyoming. Their deaths are ruled an accident, but to investigators, the circumstances look suspicious. Three y
A six-year-old girl goes missing from her backyard. The only witness is a five-year-old, who says a strange man took the missing girl. Who was this man? And why was the girl taken?
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In the fall of 1996, a 25-year-old school teacher was found murdered in the bathtub of her Arlington, Texas apartment. Three months later, a 22-year-old woman was found murdered in the bathtub of her Arlington, Texas apartment - located in the very s
A thirteen-year-old girl vanishes, seemingly out of thin air, while her brother is standing just feet away. She was never seen again, and her disappearance would haunt her brother or thirty years. That is until another victim comes forward, and her t
After pregnant Diana is attacked in her home, she nearly dies. Despite a severe head injury, she believes she can identify her attacker - her husband, Kevin. Kevin insists he is innocent, and that his wife was attacked by a boogeyman. His story sound
Ensign Andrew Muns disappeared from the Navy ship he was serving on during the Vietnam War. His disappearance was officially ruled a desertion, but Andrew's sister, and investigators, never believed that story. They believed he was murdered. And they
In July of 1988, the owner of a taxi company in Michigan was shot by a disgruntled employee. He survived, until a year later when he was shot once again. The identity of his second attacker would remain a mystery for fifteen years, until an exchange
For over 20 years, Kirsten was haunted by the unsolved murder of her mother when she was eight years old. And while Kirsten's nightmare drove her to keep working with Cold Case detectives and never stop believing her mother's case would be solved, it
There were three Evans brothers: the cop, the truck driver, and the troublemaker. When a rumor surfaces connecting one of the three brothers to a murder case eighteen-years cold, the boundaries of loyalty, morality, and trust between siblings are tes
In the spring of 1977, a small town convenience store in Arkansas becomes the site of a robbery and a murder. What makes this case unique, is that the victim was seventy-one years old - and a cop. Solving his case would take a chat with a serial kill
In Toledo, Ohio in 1980, a woman's body was found in a chapel, covered only by an altar cloth. She had been stabbed 31 times. The woman's name? Sister Margaret Ann Pahl. Somebody had murdered a nun.
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It's the late 90's in Houston, Texas and a serial killer is on the loose, having already strangled at least three women to death. His signature? A ligature tied around the neck, and tightened with a tourniquet.
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In a big city like Philadelphia, it's easy for an unsolved murder to slip into the cold files and be forgotten. But in this case, one victim's boyfriend was set on doing everything possible to make sure people didn't forget, and that police didn't st
After nearly two decades of silence, a man known as the Smoky Mountain Gypsy comes forward with information that could lead police to solve not one, but two different murders, which had never before been connected.
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After a young girl is murdered in her home while the rest of her family slept, the police investigation zeroes in on the girl's teenage brother. But by focusing so closely on the brother, did investigators miss another suspect?
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In an ocean-side town in California, a woman is strangled to death in her home and her head is wrapped in duct tape. Police are at a loss for evidence, but there is one eye-witness: the victim's four-year-old son.
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In the spring of 1969, Jane Mixer becomes one of several young women murdered around the University of Michigan. Police think there may be a serial killer, but does Jane fit the pattern? And years later, how does the DNA of a 4-year-old end up found
After a mother hears about allegations that her physically abusive boyfriend has sexually abused her daughter, she goes mysteriously missing for over a decade. A trunk, a storage unit, and a Cold Case detective's dogged determination help solve the m
In 1991, an eight-year-old boy is kidnapped from home while his mother is at church. Police believe the kidnapper is someone close to the family, but rule out all the obvious suspects. Despite years going by, ransom notes, and briefcase full of cash,
In a town most famous for the death of legendary gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok, police try to solve a murder not in the 1880s, but the 1980s. This murder involves a man named David Crockett, another named "Outlaw," a bus full of hippies, and a very lar
The community is shocked when nursing student Jana Reynolds is raped and murdered. Without DNA testing available the case goes cold, but when the killer strikes again a detective with a hunch puts the pieces together.
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A man is shot point blank. And with no suspect, the only thing police know is that this murder was committed with intent. When the weapon is found years later, the case reopens and takes a closer look at a suspect who knew the victim best: His wife.
A mother of three goes missing on Christmas eve in 1994, and suspicion surrounds her sudden disappearance. In 2004, her case is still unsolved, until her son opens up about a memory that’s been buried for a decade.
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Clydine Dallas is murdered in her own home, and despite fingerprint evidence her case goes cold until a special squad tasked with re-opening tough cases picks up the investigation.
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A 16-year-old girl is killed and her brother is the first to come upon her murder scene. The teenager's diary leads detectives to her killer...
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When a bank cashier is brutally murdered in his own bed, initial evidence points to a bank robbery plot. But as investigators follow the trail, they discover that the perpetrator might be much closer to home.
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In 1978, beauty queen Tana Woolley moves into her first apartment alone. Not long after her move, Tana is found murdered and everyone in her apartment building becomes a suspect.
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The day before her 28th birthday, Kiva Bible is murdered. Detectives search for over a decade with just one scrap of evidence: a single eyelash.
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A newspaper carrier is found murdered execution style, and the investigator on the case has known the victim for over 30 years. Determined to find his friend's killer, the investigator will search for more than a decade before finally bringing the ki
An elderly woman is assaulted in her own home, and suffers a deadly heart attack during the assault. Her stolen checkbook is the only solid lead in a decades-long search for a killer.
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The disappearance of a 8-year-old Rima Traxler kicks off a manhunt for a shadowy figure seen driving away with Rima the day she went missing. When police finally capture the culprit, they'll discover that Rima isn't his only victim.
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When 21-year-old Julie Hill goes missing, everyone assumes she has just run off again. Fourteen years later, Julie's cousin starts to question the reason for her disappearance, and a murder investigation begins to unfold.
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A gas station attendant is brutally murdered in the middle of the night, and investigators struggle to indict their prime suspect despite eye witness testimony. Over a decade later, a lead surfaces that might finally close the case.
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Police in Columbus, Ohio spend more than a decade hunting a man who terrorized a neighborhood known as Linden. In the process, he became one of the most prolific rapists in U.S. history.
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In 1993, Charles Murray, an experienced hunter, went missing on the first day of bow hunting season. His family fears that something terrible had happened were quickly realized. But who was it that found Charles out in the middle of the woods? And wh
On a fall day in 1978, an apartment manager in Reynoldsburg, Ohio takes a call. On the other end of the line is a frantic tenant who says water is pouring out of her ceiling. The super calls a maintenance man who forces his way into the apartment abo
Jack Irwin is a 71-year-old war veteran who lives by himself in San Bernardino, CA. That is until two young women - Marcia Ann Johnson and Judy Gellert - embed themselves into Jack's affairs, and his finances. Jack's neighbors become concerned, and w
After a pair of attacks on older and middle-aged women, police believe they are on the trail of a sexual predator turned murderer. But when a third victim shows up who doesn't fit the profile, the investigation is forced to take a hard turn.
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A California Highway Patrol officer spots a fire in an olive orchard and pulls off to investigate. He finds a woman's body, shot and set ablaze. It doesn't take police long to develop a theory on who did it... but why, where, how, and who else all re
John Robinson is a con artist. He has a history of scamming vulnerable women, convincing them that he has the best of intentions, and then taking their money. But over the course of nearly three decades, it isn't just the money going missing, it's al
Indiana police are baffled by the murder of an 86-year-old woman, found dead in her bedroom with a pillow and a footstool on top of her head. With few leads and no conceivable motive the case remains unsolved for years, until a single piece of eviden
A murdered man in his 70's, a tube of hydrocortisone cream, a stolen identity, and a plea deal involving the Super Bowl. What do all of these things have in common? They're connected by a tattoo of a bouquet of roses, inscribed with the name, "Phylli
From 1999 to 2002, eleven young girls and women were sexually assaulted in a similar way. Despite these cases spanning across five states, in all of them, the same man kept popping up as a suspect. The problem wasn't figuring out who had committed th
When the burned body of an infant is found in the Arizona desert, investigators search for the child's identity and come up empty-handed. Four years later, officers in another county respond to a tip about a couple who sold their baby daughter in an
In the fall of 1987, Fred Wilkerson disappeared. He didn't leave a note. There was no sign of foul play. And yet his son, Tim, knew in his heart what the whole town came to suspect - that Fred had been murdered. Sixteen years later, investigators tak
Everyone in the family knew that Zilpha was the cool aunt, but to Jeremiah she was more. They had a special bond, almost like brother and sister. So in the Fall of 1992 when Jeremiah disappeared, Zilpha knew something was very wrong. Then just eight
Lily and Alonzo knock on Anna Mae's door. They've come to take their elderly sister shopping. Instead, her door flies open and a young woman runs past them - covered in blood. Alonzo tries to grab her but she literally slips through his fingers. Insi
When a teenager goes missing in a small town, investigators are desperate to identity a culprit. But few are willing to talk. Following a series of several dead ends and false leads, officers struggle to uncover who killed Shannon Siders.
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A teenage couple disappears from a wedding in rural Wisconsin. Did they simply run off or was it something more sinister? When their bodies surface two months later, the town is turned upside down by the shocking brutality of the crime. Investigators
A college student in Utah is brutally murdered while working the graveyard shift at a local gas station. His death shakes this small Mormon community to its core, but all police have to go on are some bloody dollar bills, and two eye-witnesses who sk
A mother of three goes missing on Christmas Eve in 1994, and suspicion surrounds her sudden disappearance. In 2004, her case is still unsolved... until her son opens up about a memory that’s been buried for a decade.
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A man on Long Island is preparing to sell his house when he discovers a 55-gallon barrel hidden in his crawlspace. It has seemingly been there for decades, at least for as long as he's owned the home. But when he pries off the lid, he quickly realize
Flight 191 crashed in Chicago in 1979, killing nearly 300 people on board. It was the deadliest plane accident in American history. A single mother, Diane Chorba, also died that day, but was she aboard flight 191, or was the crash the perfect cover-u
In 1992, Halloween was cancelled in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Just days before, an 11-year-old was kidnapped and brutally murdered. The small town is rocked when Shauna Howe's body is discovered under a bridge, and investigators scramble to figure out
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Women are being murdered in Minnesota's twin cities, and police are desperate to catch the murderer who keeps calling to confess his crimes.
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Vernon Dahmer was a shop owner in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and President of the local chapter of the NAACP. At midnight on January 10th, 1966, two truckloads of Klansmen drove to his house and firebombed it. Vernon's family never stopped seeking jus
A serial killer targets women who live on the fringes of society - with little to no connection to the mainstream world. As victims, this makes them incredibly difficult to investigate. That is... until the killer inadvertently hands investigators a
The bodies of two teenage girls are discovered. One set on fire, the other stuffed in a box and thrown in a lake. Both are Jane Does. Both have been murdered. Eight years later, a third woman comes forward and reveals their identities, and how she es
Cold Case Files presents episode two of A&E’s new podcast, I Survived. Michelle and her daughter Breea are home alone when three masked gunman burst through the door. The home invasion turns into a high stakes bank robbery, and Michelle's only hope o
Cold Case Files presents the first episode of A&E’s new podcast, I Survived. One phone call turned Karen’s seemingly happy marriage into a violent nightmare. A prisoner in her own home, Karen outsmarted her husband and escaped with h er life twice. T
The death of Alma Napier was ruled an accident when her car was discovered overturned and smoldering one night in 1980. It would remain a closed case, until 1998 when two women help uncover that Alma’s death involved foul play and her murderer is on
A hitchhiker is found murdered, and police spend three decades chasing down their only lead. Then an unexpected twist brings a brand new suspect to light...
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A 74 year-old woman was assaulted and stabbed in her home. The case goes cold. Until another woman is attacked. And another. And this time, there’s an eyewitness.
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From 1997 to 2002, Long Beach, CA detectives attempt to track down a serial predator known as the Belmont Shore Rapist.
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In 1980, Jane Alexander was newly widowed. When a new man came into her life, telling stories of exotic world travels and an off-shore trust fund, Jane fell fast. What followed was a tale of exploitation, betrayal... and murder.
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In 1992, outside of a Seguin, TX carnival... officers discover the body of 15 year old, Eglena Diaz DeLeon. Their best lead: a bloody bandana found in a nearby storm drain.
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An elderly man, loved by his community, is found dead at the bottom of a well. But the case goes cold until the murder weapon is found, three years later.
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A woman is found murdered in a Michigan park, bound with police-grade, plastic handcuffs. Investigator’s prime suspect is found with identical cuffs in his possession, but without any additional clues detectives must get creative to link his cuffs to
When an elderly couple is robbed and brutally murdered in a quiet logging community, accusations fly. No stone is left unturned, but the killer never surfaces, leaving the family of Ed and Minnie Maurin with nothing but unanswered questions and cripp
A district attorney uses a clever technique - a "John Doe indictment" - to give law enforcement officials the time they need to track down the a serial rapist from Rochester, N. Y.
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A hitchhiker is murdered, and a mysterious stack of business cards leads police on a 38-year hunt for her killer.
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Nine years after a mother and her teenage daughters are murdered... the killer’s sisters helps crack the case.
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A sudden memory flash leads detectives to a killer’s door and closes a case 25 years in the making.
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When three women's bodies are found in Iowa hotels, all within miles of each other, police realize they are on the hunt for a serial killer.
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A husband and wife fall victim to a seemingly random shooting... and the key piece of evidence stays buried for more than a decade.
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The killing of a woman in a Virginia hotel room goes unsolved for a quarter of a century before investigators are finally able to zero in on the killer.
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A mysterious set of bones is discovered in the California wilderness, more than a decade after a 13-year-old boy was reported missing. The new information sets detectives on a path to catch a dangerous predator.
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The image of a perfect couple is torn down when the wife goes missing and the husband, a pastor, may be hiding some ugly secrets. With no body, the case goes cold for three years, until a detective stumbles upon an unpleasant discovery.
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An 11-year old girl is assaulted and drowned, but the killer is never arrested. It’s not until decades later, when one detective uncovers a trail of abuse and potential confessions, that the killer must atone for his actions.
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A serial rapist leaves a trail of death and destruction unchecked for years... until one victim survives.
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A mother disappears and her voicemails lead detectives to the body. But the case goes cold until over a decade later when an informant discloses critical clues to turn the suspect into a convicted murderer.
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A man is shot point blank. And with no suspect, the only thing police know is that this murder was committed with intent. When the weapon is found years later, the case reopens and takes a closer look at a suspect who knew the victim best: His wife.
A mother of three goes missing on Christmas eve in 1994, and suspicion surrounds her sudden disappearance. In 2004, her case is still unsolved, until her son opens up about a memory that’s been buried for a decade.
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A brutal murder and suspected sexual assault of a 13-year-old goes cold... until 22 years later when detectives turn their attention to untested DNA from the crime scene.
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While police in Michigan and Texas search for what they believe to be two separate killers, women are being strangled, stabbed, and sometimes left alive. When one man is found guilty in Texas, a legal loophole forces Michigan investigators to race to
Vernon Dahmer was a shop owner in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and President of the local chapter of the NAACP. At midnight on January 10th, 1966, two truckloads of Klansmen drove to his house and firebombed it. Vernon's family never stopped seeking jus
On April 24, 2018, 72-year-old Joseph DeAngelo was arrested and charged with eight counts of first-degree murder. But who is Joseph DeAngleo? And why does law enforcement suspect he is The Golden State Killer?
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It began with a string of burglaries in the 1970s. Then, a series of sexual assaults. And finally, a dozen murders or more. At least three different crime sprees in California over the course of two decades have now been attributed to one suspect. Th
On this episode, we'll cover one of the most infamous cold cases in America - the gruesome murder of Los Angeles actress Elizabeth Short, more commonly known as The Black Dahlia. We'll explore what makes this case so complicated, unpack the prevailin
Bind. Torture. Kill. That was the mantra of one of America's most notorious serial killers. After killing at least seven people in the Wichita, Kansas area during the 1970s, BTK disappeared for nearly three decades. Then in 2004 he re-surfaced, and u
A serial rapist is terrorizing Louisville, Kentucky, and despite his tell-tale MO - it will take investigators seven years to bring the perpetrator to justice.
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When a 9-year-old girl is abducted from her own home and brutally murdered, shock waves spread throughout the community. Detectives refuse to give up until her killer is behind bars.
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In 2004, 58-year-old Phyllis New was found dead, the victim of an apparent home invasion. However, when a second murder comes to light, police suspect the killer might be right under their noses...
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Flight 191 crashed in Chicago in 1979, killing nearly 300 people on board. It was the deadliest plane accident in American history. A single mother, Diane Chorba, also died that day, but was she aboard flight 191, or was the crash the perfect cover-u
In the 1980s the police discovered no fewer than 44 bodies along the Green River near Seattle, making the Green River Killer the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. The investigation would become the largest ever performed in King County and
A young woman is murdered in her bed, and investigators' key witness soon becomes their prime suspect.
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Two little girls go missing in Akron under the exact same circumstances. When their bodies are discovered, the families and investigators are desperate to stop the killer before he strikes again.
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In 1997, a couple moves into a brand new home in rural Ontario. During renovations, they discover a buried clue that is the key to solving a brutal double murder.
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When three women go missing in Woonsocket, Rhode Island - investigators follow a trail that leads them to the state landfill in search of human remains.
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A young boy is the sole survivor when his family is massacred in their Minnesota home. Two decades later - he helps cold case detectives catch the serial killer responsible.
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On the south side of St. Louis, a series of sexual assaults appears to follow the exact same pattern - leading police to dub the perpetrator, "The South Side Rapist." The last step in his modus operandi...was to disappear completely.
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When a toddler dies under the care of a babysitter, everyone assumes it was the result of a tragic accident. That is until eight years later, when a second child dies in the care of the same babysitter.
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A woman's life is shattered when her house is broken into, she's assaulted, her husband is murdered, and her home is set aflame. To make matters worse, police consider her a suspect in her own attack and her husband's death. Years later, Lynn Lopez s
Leslie Powers opened a box of family photographs to discover a Great Aunt she never knew existed. A Great Aunt who was murdered, and whose case was never solved. That is, until Leslie starts asking questions, and gets police to re-open the case.
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A serial killer targets women who live on the fringes of society - with little to no connection to the mainstream world. As victims, this makes them incredibly difficult to investigate. That is... until the killer inadvertently hands investigators a
When an 18-year-old hitchhiker is found in a ravine, the autopsy reveals her killing is perhaps the most brutal the examiner has ever seen. Detective McManus is struck by this case, and so he makes a promise. He's going to find the person who committ
'Lil Miss' Lisa Marie Kimmel was 18 years old in 1988. She was working at a restaurant and driving around in her new, shiny black Honda CRX. One weekend, she was on her way to visit her family in Casper, Wyoming, but she never made it home. What happ
Deacon Phil Perry was having an affair with a member of his congregation. Shortly after he told his own wife, his body was found in the trunk of a car in Mexico. He had been murdered. Who killed Deacon Phil Perry? And how did his body end up south of
In 1995, a prostitute named Pamela Shelley was shot in the back eight times and left in a field. With minimal evidence, the case goes cold. But seven years later, new technology may provide the means for investigators to figure out who murdered Pamel
In the summer of 1996, Bob Duke calls 911 after his wife and young son fall from a high cliff in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Green River, Wyoming. Their deaths are ruled an accident, but to investigators, the circumstances look suspicious. Three y
A six-year-old girl goes missing from her backyard. The only witness is a five-year-old, who says a strange man took the missing girl. Who was this man? And why was the girl taken?
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Vernon Dahmer was a shop owner in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and President of the local chapter of the NAACP. At midnight on January 10th, 1966, two truckloads of Klansmen drove to his house and firebombed it. Vernon's family never stopped seeking jus
In the fall of 1996, a 25-year-old school teacher was found murdered in the bathtub of her Arlington, Texas apartment. Three months later, a 22-year-old woman was found murdered in the bathtub of her Arlington, Texas apartment - located in the very s
On April 24, 2018, 72-year-old Joseph DeAngelo was arrested and charged with eight counts of first-degree murder. But who is Joseph DeAngleo? And why does law enforcement suspect he is The Golden State Killer?
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It began with a string of burglaries in the 1970s. Then, a series of sexual assaults. And finally, a dozen murders or more. At least three different crime sprees in California over the course of two decades have now been attributed to one suspect. Th
A Long Island man is preparing to sell his house when he discovers a 55-gallon barrel hidden in his crawlspace. It has seemingly been there for decades - at least for as long as he's owned the home. But when he pries off the lid, he quickly realizes
A thirteen-year-old girl vanishes, seemingly out of thin air, while her brother is standing just feet away. She was never seen again, and her disappearance would haunt her brother or thirty years. That is until another victim comes forward, and her t
After pregnant Diana is attacked in her home, she nearly dies. Despite a severe head injury, she believes she can identify her attacker - her husband, Kevin. Kevin insists he is innocent, and that his wife was attacked by a boogeyman. His story sound
Ensign Andrew Muns disappeared from the Navy ship he was serving on during the Vietnam War. His disappearance was officially ruled a desertion, but Andrew's sister, and investigators, never believed that story. They believed he was murdered. And they
In July of 1988, the owner of a taxi company in Michigan was shot by a disgruntled employee. He survived, until a year later when he was shot once again. The identity of his second attacker would remain a mystery for fifteen years, until an exchange
For over 20 years, Kirsten was haunted by the unsolved murder of her mother when she was eight years old. And while Kirsten's nightmare drove her to keep working with Cold Case detectives and never stop believing her mother's case would be solved, it
There were three Evans brothers: the cop, the truck driver, and the troublemaker. When a rumor surfaces connecting one of the three brothers to a murder case eighteen-years cold, the boundaries of loyalty, morality, and trust between siblings are tes
In the spring of 1977, a small town convenience store in Arkansas becomes the site of a robbery and a murder. What makes this case unique, is that the victim was seventy-one years old - and a cop. Solving his case would take a chat with a serial kill
After a young girl is murdered in her home while the rest of her family slept, the police investigation zeroes in on the girl's teenage brother. But by focusing so closely on the brother, did investigators miss another suspect?
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In Toledo, Ohio in 1980, a woman's body was found in a chapel, covered only by an altar cloth. She had been stabbed 31 times. The woman's name? Sister Margaret Ann Pahl. Somebody had murdered a nun.
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It's the late 90's in Houston, Texas and a serial killer is on the loose, having already strangled at least three women to death. His signature? A ligature tied around the neck, and tightened with a tourniquet.
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In a big city like Philadelphia, it's easy for an unsolved murder to slip into the cold files and be forgotten. But in this case, one victim's boyfriend was set on doing everything possible to make sure people didn't forget, and that police didn't st
After nearly two decades of silence, a man known as the Smoky Mountain Gypsy comes forward with information that could lead police to solve not one, but two different murders, which had never before been connected.
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In an ocean-side town in California, a woman is strangled to death in her home and her head is wrapped in duct tape. Police are at a loss for evidence, but there is one eye-witness: the victim's four-year-old son.
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In the spring of 1969, Jane Mixer becomes one of several young women murdered around the University of Michigan. Police think there may be a serial killer, but does Jane fit the pattern? And years later, how does the DNA of a 4-year-old end up found
After a mother hears about allegations that her physically abusive boyfriend has sexually abused her daughter, she goes mysteriously missing for over a decade. A trunk, a storage unit, and a Cold Case detective's dogged determination help solve the m
In 1991, an eight-year-old boy is kidnapped from home while his mother is at church. Police believe the kidnapper is someone close to the family, but rule out all the obvious suspects. Despite years going by, ransom notes, and briefcase full of cash,
In a town most famous for the death of legendary gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok, police try to solve a murder not in the 1880s, but the 1980s. This murder involves a man named David Crockett, another named "Outlaw," a bus full of hippies, and a very lar
Police in Columbus, Ohio spend more than a decade hunting a man who terrorized a neighborhood known as Linden. In the process, he became one of the most prolific rapists in U.S. history.
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In 1993, Charles Murray, an experienced hunter, went missing on the first day of bow hunting season. His family fears that something terrible had happened were quickly realized. But who was it that found Charles out in the middle of the woods? And wh
This week marks the 71st anniversary of one of the most infamous cold cases in America - the gruesome murder of Los Angeles actress Elizabeth Short, more commonly known as The Black Dahlia. We'll go explore what makes this case so complicated, unpack
On a fall day in 1978, an apartment manager in Reynoldsburg, Ohio takes a call. On the other end of the line is a frantic tenant who says water is pouring out of her ceiling. The super calls a maintenance man who forces his way into the apartment abo
The bodies of two teenage girls are discovered. One set on fire, the other stuffed in a box and thrown in a lake. Both are Jane Does. Both have been murdered. Eight years later, a third woman comes forward and reveals their identities, and how she es
Jack Irwin is a 71-year-old war veteran who lives by himself in San Bernardino, CA. That is until two young women - Marcia Ann Johnson and Judy Gellert - embed themselves into Jack's affairs, and his finances. Jack's neighbors become concerned, and w
Detectives track a serial killer and predator through the projects of East Harlem, who keeps finding new and creative ways to dispose of bodies, and elude police.
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After a pair of attacks on older and middle-aged women, police believe they are on the trail of a sexual predator turned murderer. But when a third victim shows up who doesn't fit the profile, the investigation is forced to take a hard turn.
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Bind. Torture. Kill. That was the mantra of one of America's most notorious serial killers. After killing at least seven people in the Wichita, Kansas area during the 1970s, BTK disappeared for nearly three decades. Then in 2004 he re-surfaced, and u
A California Highway Patrol officer spots a fire in an olive orchard and pulls off to investigate. He finds a woman's body, shot and set ablaze. It doesn't take police long to develop a theory on who did it, but why, where, how, and who else all rema
John Robinson is a con artist. He has a history of scamming vulnerable women, convincing them that he has the best of intentions, and then taking their money. But over the course of nearly three decades, it isn't just the money going missing, it's al
A Kentucky teenager goes missing before school. Her bed is unmade, her car is in the driveway, and in the front seat is her purse, one shoe, and her cell phone with the numbers "9" and "1" entered on the screen. Her disappearance ignites a manhunt, a
In 1992, Halloween was cancelled in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Just days before, an 11-year-old was kidnapped and brutally murdered. The small town is rocked when Shauna Howe's body is discovered under a bridge, and investigators scramble to figure out
A teenage couple disappears from a wedding in rural Wisconsin. Did they simply run off or was it something more sinister? When their bodies surface two months later, the town is turned upside down by the shocking brutality of the crime. Investigators
A fourteen-year-old girl walks home from school to avoid bullies on the bus. On the way through "The Culvert," she's murdered, and the police are left with nothing but questions. What happened that led her to take that shortcut? What's the deal with