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A member of the Chicago Police Department launches the Women's DNA Initiative to fund the testing of rape kits; a deputy district attorney in Sacramento County, Calif., uses a DNA grant to find a killer.

Cold Case Files

Evidence Kit

College students take on the cases of jailed murderers who claim they are innocent; the students visit the inmates, track down key witnesses and seek DNA testing to prove their clients' innocence.

Innocence Files

Hours before Michael Johnson is scheduled to die by injection, the victim's family awaits justice, and the inmate's family braces for what it believes is unjust punishment.

The Execution of Michael Johnson

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

A Detroit cab-company owner is murdered in 1989; in 1986 a woman is found murdered in her bedroom.

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

Two young girls are raped, murdered and dumped in an abandoned house; a 26-year-old mother of three disappears on Christmas Eve in 1995.

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

A missing sailor's sister works to prove he was killed; 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

Law enforcers stick with cases for many years.

S5 E21 | Abandoned Houses; A Son's Memory