Episode guide
Cold Case Files: Season 3
25 episodes · premiered Jan 1, 2001
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- Episode 1: Cop Killer/Evil Twin Jan 1, 2001 · 1h Included: Los Angeles detectives solve a 46-year-old murder case; and DNA leads to a suspected killer who has a twin brother. Host: Bill Kurtis.
- Episode 2: The Zodiac Killer Jan 8, 2001 · 1h With access to the San Francisco Police Department's work, including saliva samples taken from letters the infamous Zodiac Killer sent 30 year ago, we reevaluate the case of the serial…
- Episode 3: The Accidental Killer/Little Sister Lost Jan 15, 2001 · 1h While hiking with husband Dennis in Montana, Leslee Larson fell into Wolf Creek. Then Dennis is convicted of murdering his wife, while in Main. And 15-year-old papergirl Penny Parker goes…
- Episode 4: The Merry Widow/The Bad Cop Jan 22, 2001 · 1h Included: the case of Douglas J. Wright, a former state trooper whose 1993 murder of his wife brought a conviction in 2003. Also: the murder of a Navy seaman. Host: Bill Kurtis.
- Episode 5: Daddy Knows Best/Dawn of the Dead Jan 29, 2001 · 1h A detective works for 15 years to nab a man who murdered his wife and dismembered her body to hide the sexual abuse of his children. Then, 20 years after the shooting murder of a gas…
- Episode 6: The Killer's Tattoo Feb 5, 2001 · 1h The search for a killer with a distinctive tattoo is recalled. Host: Bill Kurtis.
- Episode 7: The Green River Killer Feb 12, 2001 · 1h Cold Case discusses the story of the nearly 20-year hunt for the man responsible for the murders of 49 prostitutes and other women in the Seattle, Washington area.
- Episode 8: A Hitchhike to Murder/Never Forgotten Feb 19, 2001 · 1h Police must wait nearly 30 years before advances in DNA technology give them the chance to convict the killer of a young hitchhiker, and Philadelphia police wage a 16-year hunt for the man…
- Episode 9: The DNA Link/The Secret Slide Feb 26, 2001 · 1h Detectives from three different departments in Westchester County, NY team up to track down a serial killer; and a man known as the Bus Stop Rapist becomes the lead suspect decades after a…
- Episode 10: Death Before I Do/Hollywood Homicide Mar 5, 2001 · 1h Included: the 1988 murder of actress Myra Davis, Janet Leigh's stand-in for “Psycho,” brings a conviction in 2001. Also: a phone tip helps solve a cold case.
- Episode 11: Blood Money/Precious Doe Mar 12, 2001 · 1h Testimony about the growth of larvae in dead bodies helps convict the man who stabbed a couple to death and strangled their 4-year-old daughter in 1993. And the 2001 murder of a young…
- Episode 12: Unholy Bible/A Daughter's Justice Mar 19, 2001 · 1h A Texas woman's murder is solved when the killer's plan to murder another woman and stuff her into a duffel bag goes awry; and a reporter doing a story on unsolved homicides helps crack a…
- Episode 13: Officer Down/Secret Twin Mar 26, 2001 · 1h After 23 years, investigators finally track down the killers of an Atlanta policeman when the ex-wife of one of the killers phones in a tip; and a mother keeps the skeletal remains of the…
- Episode 14: Weepy-Voiced Killer/The Mr. Big Sting Apr 2, 2001 · 1h A prostitute who fights off a screwdriver-wielding man helps police track down a serial killer; and undercover agents acting as mobsters conduct an elaborate sting to solve a murder case…
- Episode 15: Blood on the Badge/Bump in the Night Apr 9, 2001 · 1h A woman who takes down the license plate number of a car that had been following her helps police solve the murder of another young woman.; a phone call gives police the lead they need to…
- Episode 16: The Lady Killer/A Husband's Secret Apr 16, 2001 · 1h The testimony of three prison inmates helps convict a man who viciously killed a woman out for a bike ride nearly two decades prior; and a self-admitted sex addict who strangled his cat is…
- Episode 17: Mistaken for a Killer/A Woman Scorned Apr 23, 2001 · 1h DNA technology that take place over 20 years help police to finally identify the man who brutally stabbed two women to death; and an anonymous caller leads police to the killer of a…
- Episode 18: The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist Apr 30, 2001 · 1h Police suspect brothers J.R. and Coco Duvall beat two Michigan hunters to death, chopped up the bodies, and fed them to pigs; and a serial rapist, who holds a mini-flashlight in his mouth…
- Episode 19: Cowboys on the Case/Office Politics May 7, 2001 · 1h Four retired law enforcement officers, known as the Cold Case Cowboys, help track down the killer of a man wanted for rape and robbery; and police await for advancements in DNA technology…
- Episode 20: The Flaming Gorge Falls/Caught in the Mail May 14, 2001 · 1h A man suspected of the cold case murder of his wife and son hatches a new plot to kill his mother and father; and detectives solve the 20-year-old murder of a teenager by tricking her…
- Episode 21: Murder Checks In / Killer in the City May 21, 2001 · 1h Police hunt for a man who killed three women in three different hotels, not far from one another in Des Moines, Iowa. And police get a killer to confess when they tell him prosecutors will…
- Episode 22: The Shopping Cart Killer May 28, 2001 · 1h A dry cleaning tag inside a sweatshirt left at a crime scene helps police track down a serial killer and rapist who had been eluding them for years.
- Episode 23: The Hit makers/Favor For A Friend Jun 4, 2001 · 1h A scheme to bribe a country music magazine to manipulate the charts leads to murder in Nashville and a 13-year hunt for the killer; and a murderer's plan to hide his gun is foiled when the…
- Episode 24: Lil' Miss /Skeletons In The Closet Jun 11, 2001 · 1h An eerie note left on a grave helps solve a 12-year-old case of murder, and an exhaustive questioning of a mother helps police unravel the mysterious deaths of three of her
- Episode 25: Innocent Prey/The Punishment Jun 18, 2001 · 1h Police play a wild hunch that pays off in the capture of a serial rapist. And after 26 years, investigators finally solve the murder of a 6-year-old girl who had been forced to take a…