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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

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.

Lone Survivor

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.

Missing and Murdered

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.

The Lost Patient

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.

'Til Death Do Us Part

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.

A Is for Arson

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.

The Bone Keeper

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.

Queen of the Ozarks

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.

Cold Ashes

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.

Written in Blood

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.

One Tough Mother

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.

Sisters in Death

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.

The Clock Strikes Murder

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