
Cold Case — Season 5

Having recovered from her injuries, Lilly is determined to persuade her supervisor that she is fit for a return to her duties. The team revisits the unsolved 1994 case of three ten-year-old children who were murdered, a case that has recent…

The discovery of a garment belonging to the victim stirred the team to reopen the dormant investigation of a 1998 murder. The case centered on a high school girl whose reputation had preceded her, marked by a perceived lack of discretion in…

The team reopened the 2006 disappearance of an Amish girl when her younger sister sought them out. The girl had been murdered while in Philadelphia, during her "rumspringa"—the Amish rite of passage.

A renewed examination of the 1953 death of a promising nineteen-year-old rock and roll singer is launched following the emergence of compelling new evidence that casts doubt upon the accepted location of his demise.

The team reopened the 1989 case of the unidentified woman after her death in the hospital. She had been in a coma since the day she was shot, a victim of a crime eighteen years prior.

Investigators have reopened the 2002 case of a fourteen-year-old boy with exceptional mathematical ability, a talent tragically exploited by his half-brother for criminal purposes, including card counting and safe cracking.

The discovery of human remains in a well stirs up the dormant file of a 1938 disappearance: a housewife vanished the night Orson Welles broadcast his infamous adaptation of *War of the Worlds*.

The discovery of the boy’s body within the cargo container, alongside the remains of three other individuals who had disappeared between 1999 and 2003, confirmed a chilling truth for the team: they were confronting a serial killer.

The team reopened the 1963 case of a teenage girl, then presumed to have taken her own life. Recent evidence now suggests a different possibility: that she was murdered for her unconventional behavior and attire, which mirrored that of a bo…

The investigation into the 1982 death of a promising young man has been reopened. He was fatally shot following accusations of sexual assault made by multiple female students at the time.

The team reopened the case of a Japanese-American man murdered in 1945, a victim of neighborhood prejudice that flared after the attack on Pearl Harbor. At the same time, Lieutenant Stillman had made the decision to retire from the police f…

Investigators have renewed their focus on the pipe bombing attacks of 1999, 2001, and 2003, tragedies that claimed two lives and left another permanently blind. The perpetrator, a serial bomber, remains at large, a clear threat who has yet …

The investigation into the 1998 murder of a seventeen-year-old girl is revived following the arrest of her father on charges of child assault.

The discovery of traces of blood connected to a missing teenager prompted the team to reopen the 2006 disappearance of a boy from a school for the deaf.

The team reopened the suspected murder of a bride, a case dating back to 2007, when she was abducted on the very day of her engagement party. Lilly and Scotty journeyed to West Virginia to bring the prime suspect to Philadelphia, and during…

The discovery of a severed hand at the drug bust site stirred a forgotten case. The team reopened the file on a convicted criminal, long presumed to be in hiding since 1997.

The investigation into a 1962 death has been reopened. A woman, long presumed to have taken her own life, now has a granddaughter who has presented evidence suggesting the note discovered at the scene – previously accepted as a suicide note…

Haunted by the loss of her son in a 2005 apartment fire, a woman battling addiction now insists she has recently seen him again, in the park.


