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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.

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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.

No Known Enemies

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.

The Evil Among Us

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.

Damn His Soul to Hell

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.

Blood Red Snow

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.

A Killer Confession

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.

Who Killed My Father

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.

Evil in Huntington Beach

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.

Sooner State Nightmare

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.

Viciously Murdered

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.

The Smoking Gun

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.

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