Cold Case Files

Thirty-one-year-old Mike Williams mysteriously vanishes while duck hunting in the Florida swamps in December of 2000. For sixteen years his disappearance remains a mystery. The case heats up when police receive a call from the victim's wife in 2016.

When 36-year-old computer programmer Lisa Valdez fails to show up for work, her apartment manager finds her brutally murdered. Clues point to a co-worker, but two bloody fingerprints clear him as a suspect and the case goes cold for thirteen years.

Sherry Leighty goes missing in 1999 and her family is left wondering how a mother of three could vanish without a trace. A decade later, the cold case heats up when Sherry's sister launches a social media campaign to help solve her sister's disappearance.

25-year-old schoolteacher Christy Mirack is found murdered in her Lancaster, Pennsylvania, apartment in 1992. There is no shortage of suspects but eventually the case goes cold. In 2018, a relative of the killer uploads DNA to a public genealogy website.

In the 1980s, a suspected serial killer preyed on women in small towns located on the banks of the Mississippi River until the murders abruptly ceased and went unsolved.

A 23-year-old teacher, Irene Garza, vanished the evening before Easter after giving confession. Her body was later found floating in a drainage canal. At the time, a key witness hinted that a member of the Catholic clergy may have been responsible.

Near what's known as "the hanging tree," the mutilated body of Timothy Coggins is found in late 1983. The investigation is thwarted and the case freezes for over 30 years, until a newly-elected sheriff vows to bring the killers to justice.

On a bitter morning in 1980, radio intern Helene Pruszynski is found brutalized in a snowy field. After 37 years of fruitless leads, investigators tap into a genealogy website that gives them a lead.

Easter Sunday of 1992, the body of missing woman Lisa Ziegert is found in a field. The investigation yields hundreds of leads but no true suspect. After more than two decades on ice, the case is revived when DNA phenotyping puts a face to the killer.

Just after the last day of school in 1984, 15-year-old Reesa Trexler is found murdered in her grandparents' home. For decades, a stalled investigation only fuels the town rumor mill, pointing an accusing finger at Reesa's 13-year-old sister, Jodie.

When a schoolteacher, Jonelle Melton, is found murdered in her New Jersey apartment in the fall of 2009, suspicion is cast on her soon-to-be ex-husband. Long after the case goes cold, a detective embarks on a mission to help the man clear his name.

In August 1972, the body of Jody Loomis is found in the woods. Thirty-four years later, the killer's DNA is recovered from Jody's old clothing but it isn't matched until 2018.

On February 2, 2010, two masked gunmen commit a violent robbery and shoot Michael Temple Jr., rendering him a quadriplegic for five years before his death. In this unusual cold case, DNA is used to create a sketch of the killer.

Thirteen days after Pam Pitts disappears in 1988, her charred body is found at a popular hangout spot in the Arizona desert. When a second victim is discovered in a mineshaft, detectives suspect the killer may have known them both.

In late 1983, the bodies of five people abducted from a local fast food restaurant are found brutally murdered. The main suspect is long believed to be a well-connected local man, until new evidence reveals the true killers.

When 23-year-old Tonya McKinley is found brutally murdered on New Years Day 1985, a little boy is left motherless. A family must wait 35 years for advancements in forensic science to finally catch a killer using familial DNA.

In March of 1984, Jack Kennedy discovers his daughters brutally murdered. Their mother and niece spend their lives keeping the case alive. DNA leads nowhere, but 30 years later, an informant gives up a name.

In July 1997, the brutal murder of 19-year-old Tiffany Johnston rocks the small town of Bethany, Oklahoma. DNA points to her killer over a decade later and leads investigators across state lines.

In July of 1970, the brutal murder of single mom Loretta Jones leaves four-year-old Heidi motherless. Nearly 40 years later, she vows to solve her mother's cold case.

When a deadly house fire claims the life of a family in rural Oklahoma, investigators suspect foul play and it sends a mother on a decades-long crusade to find out what happened to her missing teenage daughter and best friend.

In June 1985, a 20-year-old "Sucker Day" Festival Queen is found brutalized. The small community of Nixa, Missouri, is certain her blood is on the hands of a local, wealthy businessman, but after 25 years DNA reveals the true killer.

In December 1985, when human bones are discovered in the woods, it puts an end to the search for missing teen David Reed. David's skull fractures point to murder; but it will be decades before investigators can find his killer.

When firefighter Gary Parks is killed in a fire ruled 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 following his gut to track down the real killer.

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. After several decades, a DNA match erases all doubt.

In 1979 Janie Landers disappears from a home for the impaired -- the latest consequence of the home's history of neglect. When her body is found, there are many suspects, but it is years before the killer and the atrocities in the facility are revealed.