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Cold Case Files: Season 5

28 episodes · premiered Dec 15, 2005

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  1. Episode 1: Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer Dec 15, 2005 · 1h In this special 100th edition of Cold Case Files, we look at the biggest serial murder case in U.S. history - the 20-year hunt for the Green River Killer. Dave Reichert, the detective who…
  2. Episode 2: Finding BTK Dec 22, 2005 · 1h 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…
  3. Episode 3: Death of a Deacon/A Wife's Mission Jan 14, 2006 · 1h When an adulterous church deacon is found shot to death in the back seat of his car, it looks like police may have stumbled upon a multi-party murder plot. And, a wife remains a key…
  4. Episode 4: Snatched/A Detective's Promise Jan 21, 2006 · 1h The dogged work of an Alberta, Canada, detective finally pays off when he tracks down the man who raped and murdered a 6-year-old girl 10 years earlier. And when police search for the…
  5. Episode 5: The Sunday Morning Slasher Feb 4, 2006 · 1h Law enforcement officials fear they may have to release a serial killer from prison until a 24-year-old murder case gives them a chance to lock him up for good.
  6. Episode 6: Caught on Tape/A Son Remembers Feb 18, 2006 · 1h A video tape made at an ATM machine helps police in Louisville, KY, to nab a man suspected of raping 13 women. And a DA investigator in Georgia helps crack a murder case that his father, a…
  7. Episode 7: On the Case: Nacole's Killer Mar 11, 2006 · 1h This special edition of Cold Case Files offers an inside look, rarely seen, at an active cold case investigation. We follow Det. Vince Velazquez of Atlanta and Capt. Russell Popham of East…
  8. Episode 8: Killer on Campus/Bow Hunter Apr 2, 2006 · 1h 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…
  9. Episode 9: Something Snapped/A Killer's Dream Apr 9, 2006 · 1h 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…
  10. Episode 10: Daddy Dearest/A Pastor's Wife May 6, 2006 · 1h Nine years after the murders of a mother and her teenage daughters, a wiretapped conversation between the suspected killer and his sister helps police to crack the case. And the baffling…
  11. Episode 11: A Killer's Skin / Where's Peggy? Jun 3, 2006 · 1h 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. And the contents of a secret storage shed holds the…
  12. Episode 12: Innocence Stolen/Danger at the Door Jul 8, 2006 · 1h A district attorney uses a clever technique--a "John Doe indictment"--to give law enforcement officials the time they need to track down the Schoolgirl Rapist from Rochester, N. Y. And…
  13. Episode 13: The Interrogation/The Slide Jul 15, 2006 · 1h 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…
  14. Episode 14: The Taunt / Death in Deadwood Jul 29, 2006 · 1h A serial rapist seals his own fate when he sends a taunting letter to police, who use the DNA extracted from the saliva in the envelope's seal to track him down. And when a man is found…
  15. Episode 15: A Child Remembers Aug 12, 2006 · 1h Our cameras follow Detective Manny Reyes as he investigates the 1990 murder of a Fort Worth, Texas woman. Reyes talks to the woman's two sons, who believe that her husband, Bobby, was the…
  16. Episode 16: The Black Dahlia Sep 9, 2006 · 1h Bill Kurtis examines one of the most infamous cold cases in Los Angeles history -- the 1947 murder of actress Elizabeth Short, who was found nude and cut in half in an empty lot. Though…
  17. Episode 17: The Deadly Stroll / Unholy Secret Sep 23, 2006 · 1h 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…
  18. Episode 18: A Deadly Affair / The Sting Operation Sep 30, 2006 · 1h 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…
  19. Episode 19: NCIS / Exhuming the Truth Oct 7, 2006 · 1h After U.S. Navy sailor Andrew Muns disappears in 1968, the Navy claims that Muns went AWOL from his ship. But his sister works tirelessly for over 30 years to prove that Muns was really…
  20. Episode 20: Cross Country Connection / Eyes at the Window Oct 21, 2006 · 1h DNA found on a marijuana joint in Florida in 2005 helps to solve the 1988 rape and murder of a California woman. And a cold case of murder in Illinois heats up when a jailhouse lawyer…
  21. Episode 21: Abandoned Houses / A Son's Memory Oct 28, 2006 · 1h Detectives are baffled when two young girls are raped, murdered, and dumped in an abandoned house in Akron, Ohio. And a 26-year-old mother of three disappears on Christmas Eve in 1995, but…
  22. Episode 22: A Knock at the Door / Shattered Nov 18, 2006 · 1h 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 likely killer. And, when a 25-year -old…
  23. Episode 23: A Deadly Pattern / A Desperate Housewife Nov 23, 2006 · 1h When a woman is found murdered in her mobile home, police make two shocking discoveries--her husband may not only have been the killer, but he may have also killed his first wife 31 years…
  24. Episode 24: Murder He Wrote / Caught By the Past Dec 31, 2006 · 1h 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…
  25. Episode 25: Left for Dead / On the Case Dec 31, 2006 · 1h A detective in California tracks down a prostitute's killer with the help of a key piece of evidence--fingerprints lifted off two beer bottles found at the murder scene. And two persistent…
  26. Episode 26: The Execution of Michael Johnson Jul 24, 2007 · 1h Michael Johnson was convicted of the senseless killing of Jeff Wetterman, 11 years earlier. While being interviewed in his last days, cameras capture how Michael's family fights to save…
  27. Episode 27: Innocence Files Sep 18, 2007 · 1h Students of the University of Cincinnati and Texas Tech University Innocence Project take on the cases of jailed murderers who claim they're innocent. With exclusive, behind-the-scenes…
  28. Episode 28: Evidence Kit Oct 12, 2007 · 1h The Chicago Police Department launches the Women's DNA initiative to fund the testing of backlogged rape evidence kits and help rape victims find justice. Meanwhile in Sacramento County…