Cold Case Files 1999
Explore compelling cases that have gone cold for years, chronicling the journeys of the detectives who reopened them. The detectives relive the events of the crimes, reveal new twists and startling revelations, relying on breakthroughs in forensic technology and the influence of social media to help crack these cases.
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1S1·E1 Hour 1 - Cold Case FilesIn the first case in this episode Felicia Prechtl is found raped and murdered in Dallas, Texas/ The only thing the killer left behind was a fingerprint which was…2S1·E2 The Boy and the Monster/Secret in the CellarThe Boy and the Monster
In Wisconsin in the winter of 1991 a young woman's body was found naked, badly beaten and to make it harder to identify her, her fingertips were…3S1·E3 The Texas Drifter/The Fingerprint FileTexas Drifter
Two women in two separate towns in Texas who where raped. The rapist uses a knife to threaten these women then rapes them and leaves his DNA behind. Back…4S1·E4 The Answer in the Box/Maternal InstinctAnswer in the Box
Alison Parrott was a runner. Not only was she was runner she was a great runner, So much so that she had the local media interested in her, So when…5S1·E5 The Hunter Homicides / Skulls in Stanley ParkDNA tests identify a skull of a 14-year-old boy who went missing 6 years earlier. When a second skull is found, investigators fear they have a serial killer in the area.…6S1·E6 Through the Eyes of a Child / Killer Next DoorIn Missouri, a part-time missionary is convicted, 38 years later, of killing her 5-year-old stepdaughter, and the skeleton of a Michigan boy, dead for 10 years, leads…7S1·E7 One Night on the Bayou / Buckeye MisdemeanorAlligators feasting on a human corpse help police to crack a murder investigation. Phoenix police discover that a preacher is the culprit in a 20-year-old murder.8S1·E8 The Mark of Cain / Death on the FreewayA man in Florida is reported missing and his roommate is the main suspect. Then, at first it looks like L.A.P.D. Sgt. George Arthur died in a car crash. But two days…9S1·E9 Terror in Telluride/Signature of a KillerShoot outside her bedroom, Eva Shoen was shot to death. Living in Telluride, on the mountain side. Eva was married to the son of the billion dollar Shoen family who…10S1·E10 Diary Of A Serial Arsonist/The Lost ClueEvery 2 years, a group of fire investigators meet for a conference. While attending the conference in 1987 in Fresno, California, 3 suspicious fires break out near the…11S1·E11 Killer on the Strip/The Doll MurderIn the beautiful byways of West Palm Beach, along the canals a woman was fond dead in the canal. After some research they found that the woman was a prostitute. Even…12S1·E12 Murder Illustrated/Blood RelationsNine years after police had to release the teenage suspect in a woman's murder due to lack of evidence, they find a new lead in the case. Twenty years after a young…13S1·E13 The Burning Secret/Justice DelayedA rapist is captured seven years after the crime, but when he is released on a technicality his victim is determined to fight back. Fifteen years after a fire claimed…14S1·E14 Reconstructing Murder/Fire FlicksIn Wisconsin, advances in forensic clay modeling help investigators identify a murder victim whose skin was stripped from her head, neck, and legs. And in California,…15S1·E15 Killer in the CountyA serial killer of four women, Faryion Wardrip, is brought to justice in Wichita Falls, Texas after a DNA sample is found on a coffee cup.16S1·E16 Presumed Dead/The Tow Truck KillerOne will take 10 years and one will take 17 years to solve but they do get solved. Dedication, science, luck, and even hypnosis is used to make sure justice is done for…17S1·E17 The Missing Informant/Man's Best FriendPolice solve a murder when divers find a skeleton in a car at the bottom of a river, and a dead dog's DNA helps crack open a 6-year-old case.18S1·E18 The Tortured Truth/Portrait Of A KillerThe accidental discovery of a human scalp leads to the conviction of a man for murder 18 years after the killing. And a teenager who likes to kidnap younger boys and…19S1·E19 VanishedThe story of serial killer James Rodney Hicks, who left a trail of bodies and kept police, prosecutors, and the FBI quite busy working on his cases for over 20 years.…20S1·E20 The Missing and the DeadWhen a passing motorist spots a fire along a country road in South Carolina and calls it in, police arrive to discover the badly burned and battered remains of a woman,…21S1·E21 Silent Witness/Innocence LostThe murder of scientist Helena Greenwood, who was helping to develop DNA forensic technology when she died, is solved 12 years later with the help of DNA evidence. And a…22S1·E22 Frozen in Time/Little Girl LostUsing a hair dryer to thaw a frozen corpse, detectives get to the bottom of a grisly murder. And the discovery of a child's skeleton in a Chicago garden puts police on…23S1·E23 Family Secret/Blood TrailForty-one years after the crime, a woman implicates her brother and cousin in the murder of a New Jersey policeman. And members of the Vidocq Society, a group of law…24S1·E24 Bodies In The Bay/Cold HitA sunset boat ride in Florida leads to death for a vacationing woman and her two daughters, and police investigate a Texas man whose three wives all died in mysterious…26S1·E26 Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker
Cast
Crew
- Producers
- Mike West, Tania Lindsay, Mary Frances O'Conner
- Executive Producers
- Laura Fleury, Michael T. Harvey
Details
- First air date
- Jan 1, 1999
- Last air date
- Oct 12, 2007
- Seasons
- 5
- Episodes
- 128
- Episode runtime
- 60 min
- Network
- A&E
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- Kurtis Productions, AMPLE Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
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