When the mutilated body of 17-year-old Lori Billingsley is found in a ditch on the outskirts of town, it's obvious a sadistic killer is on the loose in Oregon. But when the case goes cold, it's her sister who is determined to get justice for Lori.

Deep in Southern Louisiana, the bodies start piling up in a series of deadly home invasions. There's a curious link between the victims and a similar MO, and before long a combined task force is on the hunt for a serial killer.

In a sleepy New Hampshire town, a man answers a knock at the door and is shot dead through the screen. Investigators are stumped. That is, until they uncover a seething grudge and a culprit closer to home than anyone could have imagined.

A high school senior is murdered in her family's Minnesota farmhouse, but with little evidence the case soon goes cold. Years later, a fresh set of eyes spots an overlooked clue, but cold case detectives will need more to convict the killer.

A respected widow is beaten to death in her Salt Lake City home. Investigators suspect the victim knew her killer, but it will take 20 years before a set of children's fingerprints can put him at the scene of the crime.

When 18-year-old Lisa Monzo is murdered in San Lorenzo, California, investigators look for a connection to other unsolved murders in the area. But it will take several years and help from an unlikely source before they can track down her killer.

18-year-old Debra Ann Dill had just quit high school to get married to a local police officer. Dill leaves one night for a date with her fiancé, but the next morning, her body is discovered next to her car. Twelve state police investigators are assigned to the case, but after interviewing hundreds of people, the case goes cold. That is, until 15 years later when a phone call from a Connecticut prison changed everything.

Kimberly Dunkin's body is found with a single gunshot to the head. At first, investigators suspect she was the victim of a gang war. It will take 15 years, a deck of playing cards, and a lucky break before the case finally begins to unravel.

While building their dream home, Matthew Monahon discovers his pregnant wife Kelsey hogtied on the floor and clinging to life. When she dies days later, a $300,000 life insurance policy casts him as the number one suspect.

31-year-old bartender Deborah Fielding’s body is dumped in an Orlando park. And as detectives connect the dots, a spate of seemingly random beatings, carjackings, and murders tells the story of a one-man crime spree.

The body of Marilyn Habian, a popular teacher with a passion for dance, is found in the basement of her home. There are no witnesses or signs of forced entry, but evidence from the crime scene suggests Habian caught the perpetrator in the act before she was shot in the heart.

On her last day as a high school freshman, 14-year-old Jessica McHenry vanishes. The victim of a shocking and brutal murder, her badly burned body is found in a field just outside of town. While her sleepy community deals with the aftermath, police hunt for a monster.

14-year-old Gloria Pointer is snatched off the street, assaulted and murdered on her way to school. Detectives work the case day and night, but a lucky break nearly 30 years later will put the culprit behind bars. Now her mother, Yvonne Pointer is dedicated to serving others.

Modern cold-case detectives have plenty of high-tech tools at their disposal. But their hard work may not only expose a killer; it can sometimes reveal missteps and missed opportunities in the original investigation.

In 1999, 19-year-old journalism student, Brook Baker, is murdered in her apartment sending shock waves through the once peaceful Vincennes, Indiana, and setting in motion a desperate police investigation.

A hard-working single mom is murdered in a Michigan town where violent crime rates are nearly four times the national average. And while a TV celebrity leads a major media campaign, the search is on for a mysterious man known only as ‘B’.

Police often wait 48 hours to start looking for missing adults. When Carla Larson goes missing investigators jump on the case right away. Lead Detective John Linnert explains why.

In 1974, Barbara Lloyd is stabbed to death in her Buffalo, NY home while her children are sound asleep. Police immediately question, how could they have slept through such a brutal murder? Could it be that her killer is someone they knew and loved?

In 2004, local authorities call in blood stain pattern analyst, Stuart James, when Cathy Lamb is found dead in Palm Beach County, Florida. What does the blood in her house tell him about the murder?

31-year-old bartender Deborah Fielding’s body is dumped in an Orlando park. And as detectives connect the dots, a spate of seemingly random beatings, carjackings, and murders tells the story of a one-man crime spree.

In a sleepy New Hampshire town, a man answers a knock at the door and is shot dead through the screen. Investigators are stumped. That is, until they uncover a seething grudge and a culprit closer to home than anyone could have imagined.

Detective Dennis Delano, of the Buffalo PD Cold Case Squad, describes the challenges of investigating a 29 year-old murder. He explains how the passage of time allowed them to see the facts in their totality and helped solve this cold case.

Detectives from Spring Valley PD in New York travel to Haiti to interview a man rumored to have information in the 14-year-old murder case of Rene Charles.

Jim Larson has faced far too much tragedy in his life. A man known as the Gainsville Ripper killed his sister and Jim's wife Carla helped him deal with his grief. Seven years later Carla is murdered.

Kimberly Dunkin's body is found with a single gunshot to the head. At first, investigators suspect she was the victim of a gang war. It will take 15 years, a deck of playing cards, and a lucky break before the case finally begins to unravel.

A hard-working single mom is murdered in a Michigan town where violent crime rates are nearly four times the national average. And while a TV celebrity leads a major media campaign, the search is on for a mysterious man known only as ‘B’.

Deep in Southern Louisiana, the bodies start piling up in a series of deadly home invasions. There's a curious link between the victims and a similar MO, and before long a combined task force is on the hunt for a serial killer.

Detective Jim Scharf explains how he adapted an innovative tool from the Iraq War to create the Cold Case Playing Cards. The cards that eventually helped solved the 32-year-old case ... and why Susan Schwarz was chosen to be Queen of Hearts.

In 1999, 19-year-old journalism student, Brook Baker, is murdered in her apartment sending shock waves through the once peaceful Vincennes, Indiana, and setting in motion a desperate police investigation.

When the mutilated body of 17-year-old Lori Billingsley is found in a ditch on the outskirts of town, it's obvious a sadistic killer is on the loose in Oregon. But when the case goes cold, it's her sister who is determined to get justice for Lori.

While building their dream home, Matthew Monahon discovers his pregnant wife Kelsey hogtied on the floor and clinging to life. When she dies days later, a $300,000 life insurance policy casts him as the number one suspect.

Attorney Angela Ordonez finds herself pulled into the murder case of teenage mom, Noemi Roman. She becomes personally involved in tracking down the murderer - an emotional journey that lasts more than fifteen years.