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In 1977, Fla. Nurse Deborah Clark, 23, is found slain in her home; detectives unearth an affair, a jilted wife, and a web of money and power, but no true suspect; it takes 40 years and advanced DNA testing to expose her killer.
When 19-year-old Tara Sidarovich goes missing from her Punta Gorda home, Florida police consider her a runaway; then her body turns up in a swamp; shocking prison recordings will send detectives on a nationwide hunt for her killer.
When beloved mother and sister Janora Stevens is found brutally stabbed in her Tulsa, Oklahoma, home, her family is divided and increasingly suspicious of each other; the case chills until a trail of tell-tale fibers leads cops to her killer.
When night manager Rodney Castin is gunned down in the lobby of his hotel three weeks before Christmas, detectives scour Georgia for his killer; two decades pass before an informant's shocking testimony breaks the case wide open.
A 2007 cold case resurfaces when a detective reopens the investigation into the brutal killing of Audrey Giannotti, 20, in rural Pennsylvania; uncovering hidden secrets, he races against time to bring justice to a family desperate for answers.
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 reveals a much darker motive that breaks the case wide open and leads to Susan's killer.
A massive search unfolds in Chandler, Okla., 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.
When the body of a woman turns up in a field in Huntington Beach, California, 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 predator.
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.
Frank McAlister disappears from the quiet town of Redding, California; he is a teen with a recent cash windfall who leaves only a blood-stained car behind; 25 years will pass before someone makes a stunning on-air confession.
When Chris Green, 19, is found beaten to death in a snowy Bangor, Michigan, ditch in 2002, his family fears their son's murder will never be solved; years pass before shocking revelations from an informant emerge and blow the case wide open.
The 1964 murder of 9-year-old Marise Chiverella leaves the 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.
When 8-year-old April Tinsley is found dead in a Fort Wayne, Ind., 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.
When the body of 81-year-old Helen Gale is found in her burned-out car, investigators in Southfield, Mich., 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.
When 37-year-old Lee Rotatori is found dead in her hotel room in 1982 with a single stab wound to the heart, police suspect the work of a professional; it takes four decades to identify her killer and, in the process, reveal a shocking truth.
When model Dawn Koons, 18, heads to California with dreams of stardom, her family back in Yonkers worry she's made a mistake; within months, her body is found in her bathtub; police have a suspect but unmasking her killer takes nearly 40 years.
When 9-year-old Campfire Girl, Candy Rogers, turns up dead after selling mints door-to-door; spokane detectives launch a dogged campaign to find her killer; one of the longest Cold Case investigations in Washington State history.
A body is found in Cobbs Creek on the west side of Philadelphia; two girls befriend an elderly rich man who winds up missing.
The 1991 slaying of 8-year-old Chad Choice brings a death sentence for his killer in 1999. Host: Bill Kurtis.
In the heart of Cajun country, young mother Brenda DuPont is found murdered in her home in May 1988. The initial investigation sputters and turns cold, but Brenda's older sister Linda vows to solve Brenda's murder, no matter how long it takes.
Landlord Bruce Blackwood disappears without a trace in March 2006; though there is no body, the NYPD is sure this is a homicide and they, along with Bruce's brother Ed, spend the next nine years searching for answers and a killer.
The body of Lori Nesson is found in a ditch in 1974, but the search for her killer finally begins when the cause of death is changed to homicide 40 years later.
A fire in January 2007 claims the life of WWII vet Bennie Angelo; a closer look at the crime scene reveals Bennie was dead before the fire, bumping an arson case up to homicide.
When 30-year-old mother Lisa Gaudenzi fails to report for duty in Virginia, the Army lists her as AWOL; her family immediately suspects foul play, so they embark on a 13-year quest for answers before an eyewitness blows the case wide open.
When 13-year-old Jennifer Bastian is abducted and murdered in August 1986, residents of Tacoma, Wash., panic; convinced a predator is on the loose, police embark on a 32-year inquiry to catch the killer.
When 31-year-old real estate appraiser Mike Williams mysteriously vanishes while duck hunting in the Florida swamps in December of 2000, authorities suspect he accidentally drowned.
When 36-year-old computer programmer Lisa Valdez fails to show up for work, her apartment manager finds her brutally murdered in her tiny studio; her body is riddled with stab wounds, and the walls are covered in blood.
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.
When 25-year-old schoolteacher Christy Mirack is found brutally murdered in her Lancaster, Pa., apartment in 1992, there is no shortage of suspects.
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.
Twenty-three-year-old teacher Irene Garza is a former beauty queen and devout Catholic who vanishes the evening before Easter; residents of her close-knit border town do their best to locate her, but her body is found floating in a drainage canal.
Near what's known as the hanging tree, the mutilated body of Timothy Coggins is found in late 1983; the investigation is thwarted and the case freezes for over 30 years, until a newly elected sheriff vows to bring the killers to justice.
In 1980, radio intern Helene Pruszynski is found brutalized in a snowy field; after 37 years of fruitless leads, investigators tap into a public genealogy website that leads them across the country to the killer they've been hunting.
On Easter Sunday of 1992, the body of missing woman Lisa Ziegert is found in a field; the investigation yields many leads, but no true suspect; after more than two decades on ice, the case is revived when DNA phenotyping puts a face to the killer.
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.
When a beloved schoolteacher is found murdered in her Neptune, N.J., apartment in the fall of 2009, suspicion is cast on her soon-to-be ex-husband.
In 1972, the body of Jody Loomis is found in the woods; thirty-four years later, the killer's DNA is recovered from Jody's old clothing but it isn't matched until 2018 when genetic genealogy helps point to one suspect.
Two masked gunmen commit a violent robbery and shoot Michael Temple Jr., rendering him a quadriplegic for five years before his death; in this unusual cold case, DNA from a knife is used to create a sketch of the killer.
Thirteen days after Pam Pitts disappears in 1988, her charred body is found at a popular hangout spot in the Arizona desert; when a second victim is discovered in a mineshaft, detectives suspect the killer may have known them both.
The bodies of five people abducted from a restaurant in 1983 are found in an oil field; the main suspect is long believed to be a well-connected local man, until evidence reveals the true killers had been hiding in plain sight for decades.
When 23-year-old Tonya McKinley is found brutally murdered on New Year's Day 1985, a boy is left motherless; a family waits 35 years for advancements in forensic science to finally catch a killer using familial DNA.
In 1984, Jack Kennedy discovers his daughters brutally murdered; their mother and niece spend their lives keeping the case alive; thirty years later, an informant gives up a name, but the family's ordeal is far from over.
In July 1997, the brutal murder of 19-year-old Tiffany Johnston rocks the small town of Bethany, Okla.; DNA evidence points to her killer over a decade later and leads to the buried bodies of two other missing women in Texas.
In July 1970, the brutal murder of single mom Loretta Jones leaves 4-year-old Heidi Jones motherless; nearly 40 years later, Heidi vows to solve her mother's cold case and calls on an old high school friend to help her find justice for Loretta.
When a deadly house fire claims the life of a family in rural Oklahoma, investigators suspect foul play and a mother goes on a decadeslong crusade to find out what happened to her missing teenage daughter and best friend.
In June 1985, a 20-year-old Sucker Day Festival Queen is found brutalized; the small community of Nixa, Mo., is certain her blood is on the hands of a local wealthy businessman, but after 25 years DNA reveals the true killer.
When human bones are discovered in the woods in December 1985, it puts an end to the search for missing teen David Reed; skull fractures point to murder, but it will be decades before investigators can find David's killer.
When firefighter Gary Parks is killed in a fire ruled to be arson, the investigation into his death shifts to homicide; a serial arsonist is thought to be the culprit, but it takes a dogged cold-case detective to track down the real killer.
Just two years into their marriage, Chuck and Cheryl Hall are torn apart when Chuck finds Cheryl murdered; though Cheryl's family is certain they know her killer, the law isn't as sure; decades later, a DNA match erases all doubt.
In 1979, Janie Landers disappears from a home for the impaired; when Janie's body is found, there are many suspects but it is years before the killer and the atrocities in the facility are revealed.
When Cree woman Shirley Soosay goes missing in 1980, her niece Violet promises her grandmother that she will bring Shirley home; Violet never dreamed the search for Shirley -- and justice -- would take a lifetime.
In early 1984, 3-year-old Vanessa Bennett becomes the lone survivor of her family's brutal murder; initial investigators suspect a serial killer is at large, but decades pass before DNA narrows the suspect pool to one man.
Ten years after a young girl is kidnapped and killed on her way home from a costume party, a mistake comes to light.
The murder of two grandparents tears a family apart; two decades later, a detective races to solve the cold case that has haunted him since he was a child.
A rookie cold-case detective investigating the brutal stabbing death of a bullied teenager notices a clue in an old crime scene photo that may help solve the 27-year-old case.
A killer's book about his shady past becomes the key to solving the 29-year-old cold case of two high-school sweethearts and three other unsolved murders, leading police to believe he could be the Zodiac Killer.
Two unsolved murders of loved ones plague a family; detectives uncover a hidden crime scene that may help solve the 13-year-old cold case.
A college student disappears from his graveyard shift at a gas station; new forensic technology and the discovery of an illegal drug ring in a squeaky-clean town helps police solve the case two decades later.
A 17-year-old girl from a small Kentucky town goes missing, then is found strangled two weeks later; a police investigation into the crime uncovers a terrible family secret.
After 33 years, police finally unravel the case of a law-enforcement officer who was shot execution-style in his home.
A special cold-case unit needs a small town's help to solve the 22-year-old murder of a Michigan teenager whose body was found in the woods.
Police learn the key witness in the stabbing death of a beloved aunt was an imposter; a return to the crime scene reveals a clue hidden in plain sight.