Cold Case Files

When 36-year-old computer programmer Lisa Valdez fails to show up for work, her apartment manager finds her brutally murdered in her tiny studio.

When Sherry Leighty goes missing in 1999, her family is left wondering how a dedicated mother of three could vanish without a trace. A decade later, the cold case heats up.

When 25-year-old school teacher Christy Mirack is found murdered in her apartment in 1992, there is no shortage of suspects.

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 vanished the evening before Easter after giving confession. Her body was later found floating in a drainage canal.

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 now.

On a bitter morning in 1980, Helene Pruszynski is found brutalized in a field.

Easter Sunday of 1992, the body of a missing woman is found. The investigation yields hundreds of leads but no true suspect. After more than two decades on ice the case is revived.

Just after the last day of school in 1984, 15-year-old Reesa Trexler is found murdered in her grandparents' home.

When a schoolteacher is found murdered in the fall of 2009, suspicion is cast on her soon to be ex-husband. Now, 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. 34 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 gunmen shoot a man, rendering him a quadriplegic for five years before his death. DNA from a knife is used to create a sketch of the killer.

13 days after Pam Pitts disappears in 1988 her body is found at a hangout spot in the Arizona desert. Then a second victim is discovered.

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.

When a woman is 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 catch a killer.

March 1984. Jack Kennedy discovers his daughters brutally murdered. Their mother and niece spend their lives keeping the case alive.

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.

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.

In June 1985, a 20-year-old "Sucker Day" Festival Queen is found brutalized. After 25 years DNA reveals the true killer.

In December 1985, human bones are discovered in the woods and it puts an end to the search for missing teen David Reed. It will be decades before investigators can find his killer.

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.

Chuck and Cheryl Hall are torn apart when Chuck finds Cheryl murdered. Cheryl's family is certain they know her killer. 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 facility's history of neglect.

In Cree culture, a promise is sacred. When Cree woman Shirley Soosay goes missing in 1980, her niece Violet promises her grandmother that she will bring Shirley home.

In early 1984, three-year-old Vanessa Bennett becomes the lone survivor of her family's brutal murder.