The triple murder of a couple running a restaurant and their employee is reopened when it is revealed in court that the man who was originally charged with the crime was robbing a store at another location at the time of the murders.
Lilly and Scotty are confronted by a battered woman whose pervert husband filmed a super 8 snuff film back in 1979 of a young girl presumably being shot.
Outside a prison, the bones of an inmate who tried to escape during the broadcast of Johnny Cash's prison concert in 1968 are found in an old underground escape tunnel. Suspiciously, that inmate was supposedly killed inside the prison at another time...
The Cold Case team reopens a 1990's murder of a shy, nerdy twelve-year-old who had a sleepover at a mentally disturbed rich girl's house. They discover quickly that something sinister happened that night, but what was it?
Lilly and Scotty reopen the 1983 cold case of an openly gay young man who tried to bring attention to the AIDS epidemic, much to the fear of the rich, closeted men he associated with.
The Cold Case team is assigned to a very disturbing case of a sinister serial killer who kidnaps women and whacks off their heads - and he might be closer to home than they realize.
The team investigates the 2000 slaying of an up-and-coming Connecticut prosecutor who was about to try a high profile murder case. The early investigation discovers that prior to his death he seemed to have been heavily distracted by something.
An underdog boxer dies from a knock-out on a fight that should have been called by the referee and the boxer's corner. The plot was deeper when the team re-investigates this cold case.
The 1980's case of a little girl is reopened after the murder weapon, an automatic gun, is turned in. It's revealed that she was shot to death while at a playground with her mother at night.
Detectives Rush and Valens reopen a murder case from December of 1969 after serving an arrest warrant to a draft dodger who claims he is innocent of murdering his girlfriend.
In the early 90's, the death of a mentally handicapped teen has been reopened. Drawings depicting the incident at the railroad tracks surface, which indicate it may not have been an accident as originally believed.
The Cold Case team investigates the death by drowning of a young boy who disappeared from an outlet mall in the 1990's. They uncover a bizarre, elaborate kidnapping plot in the process.
The 1980's case of a murdered surgeon's wife is reopened, and the team learn that originally it was thought to have been committed by her husband, who was facing a malpractice lawsuit.
The 1995 case of an alcoholic barmaid is reopened. The team learn she was struggling to recover for the sake of her neglected children, and that she was often a target for jokes and harassment.
Jeffries reopens a 1963 case in which he, as a child, found the body of a 16-year-old African American boy who had been planning to attend Martin Luther King's March on Washington.
An old truck is found in a river with human remains inside, leading the team to re-open the case of a girl who disappeared in 1932. When the girl's former best friend is interviewed, questions arise: just best friends, or forbidden love?
When a suspected serial killer resurfaces after walking away from his earlier interrogation, Lilly unravels his childhood, which was filled with abuse, rape, murder and insanity, and he follows her every move.
