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

Cold Case Files

Fingerprints lifted from two beer bottles help a California detective track down a prostitute's killer; the investigations of a woman's murder and the death of a man killed in a car crash use DNA analysis.

Left for Dead; On the Case

Guns found dumped in a pond help police to solve the 15-year-old murder of Detroit cab company owner; the rape and murder of an Atlanta TV station receptionist goes cold for 20 years before DNA links a man to the crime.

Murder He Wrote; Caught by the Past

A woman is found murdered in her mobile home; an Oregon man is shot dead.

A Deadly Pattern; A Desperate Housewife

A 25-year-old woman is killed in a hotel room in 1978; a 25-year-old woman is shot to death during a jewelry-store robbery in 1980.

A Knock at the Door; Shattered

Detectives are baffled when two young girls are raped, murdered, and dumped in an abandoned house in Akron, Ohio; a 26-year-old mother of three disappears on Christmas Eve in 1995, but the missing person case goes cold when police can find few clues.

Abandoned Houses; A Son's Memory

The 1988 rape and murder of a California woman; a jailhouse snitch.

Cross Country Connection; Eyes at the Window

After U.S. Navy sailor disappears in 68, the Navy claims he went AWOL; but his sister works for over 30 years to prove that he was really killed; DNA from a cigarette butt helps detectives to unravel a 20-year-old case of rape and murder.

NCIS; Exhuming the Truth

A banker is beaten to death in his bed; a man with a guilty conscience helps police.

A Deadly Affair; The Sting Operation

Police go under cover to catch a man they suspect of killing three prostitutes; a letter opener links a priest to the murder of a nun.

The Deadly Stroll; Unholy Secret

In 1947, actress Elizabeth Short's corpse is found nude and bisected in an empty lot.

The Black Dahlia

Detective Danny Reyes investigates the 1990 murder of a Fort Worth, Texas woman.

On the Case: A Child Remembers

In 1995, two women are raped in Louisville, Ky.; in 1982, a young man is found murdered in Deadwood, S.D.

The Taunt; Death in Deadwood

Law enforcers stick with cases for many years.

S6 E12 | A Knock at the Door; Shattered

E15 | Left for Dead; On the Case

E14 | Murder He Wrote; Caught by the Past

E13 | A Deadly Pattern; A Desperate Housewife

E12 | A Knock at the Door; Shattered

E11 | Abandoned Houses; A Son's Memory

E10 | Cross Country Connection; Eyes at the Window

E9 | NCIS; Exhuming the Truth

E8 | A Deadly Affair; The Sting Operation

E7 | The Deadly Stroll; Unholy Secret

E6 | The Black Dahlia

E5 | On the Case: A Child Remembers

E4 | The Taunt; Death in Deadwood