Cold Case Files tells stories of those who never gave up searching for answers - and finally found justice.

Cold Case Files

Tool mark on a cuff link solves a murder; a killer sets fires for insurance money.

The Cuff Link; The Unluckiest Man

Police play a wild hunch that pays off in the capture of a serial rapist; after 26 years, investigators finally solve the murder of a 6-year-old girl.

Innocent Prey; Smoky Mountain Mystery

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The murder of a 73-year-old man leads police on a long chase for a man suspected of identity theft who bears a rose tattoo.

The Killer's Tattoo; The Perfect Murder

Two officers are gunned down; suspected killer has an identical twin; former officer is a suspect.

Cop Killer; Evil Twin; License To Kill

Montana detectives track down a man who murdered his wife; after a 15-year-old papergirl goes missing, a search volunteer finds her body.

The Accidental Killer; Traces of Murder

A wife goes missing; a New Orleans police officer goes undercover on a riverboat.

Daddy Knows Best; Operation Jambalaya

New DNA technology and the national DNA databank help police hunt down a rapist-killer 11 years after he committed his crimes; a detective's painstaking re-creation of a woman's shooting death proves it wasn't an accident.

The Good Samaritan; Cat and Mouse

A prostitute who fights off a screwdriver-wielding man helps police track down a serial killer; undercover agents acting as mobsters conduct an elaborate sting to solve a murder case that had gone cold for years.

Weepy-Voiced Killer; The DNA Link

Klan leader Sam Bowers goes on trial for ordering the murder of an African-American store owner 32 years prior; reopening the unsolved case of an African-American truck driver who was forced to leap to his death.

Crimes of the KKK; Pride and the Fall

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DNA technology solves two stabbing cases; an anonymous call leads to a child's killer; a 3-year-old boy provides police with evidence in a murder case; a murdered housewife is buried in her own cellar.

Mistaken for a Killer; A Woman Scorned; The Boy and the Monster; The Secret in the Cellar

Prostitute helps police to track down a serial killer; elaborate sting; a fluke audit of a license-plate number leads police to a brutal rapist.

Weepy-Voiced Killer; The Mr. Big Sting; The South Side Rapist

The testimony of three inmates helps to convict a murderer.

The Lady Killer; A Map to Murder

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A license-plate number helps to solve a murder; a phone call gives police the lead they need to solve a 30-year-old crime; DNA technology helps to solve an old case; police search for a child's killer.

Bump in the Night; Blood on the Badge; A Hitchhike to Murder; Never Forgotten