Closed case
Directed by Greg YaitanesWritten by Kim Newton
First Air Date : Sunday, 9 November 2003
Flashback year : 1981 (22 years ago)
Based on real case : 1995 murder of Adrianne Jones at the hands of Texas Navy cadets Diane Zamora and David Graham
A petty crook, Ricky, hoping to get a reduced sentence, relates witnessing a young man washing blood out of his car the night a teen track runner was murdered. The young athlete, Paige Pratt, was found shot, and her boyfriend Al Clarkson was originally imprisoned for the crime.
Bennet : Jane and I used to say that we were as... we were as rare as Halley's Comet.
Lilly : Don't like bastards getting away with murder.
Directed by Nelson McCormickWritten by Meredith Stiehm
First Air Date : Sunday, 23 May 2004
Flashback year : 1986 (18 years ago)
Based on real case : Soria murders
When DNA evidence reveals that a wrong man was convicted for killing 15-year-old Eve Kendall back in 1986, the team re-opens her case in an attempt to find the real killer.
Directed by Tim MathesonWritten by Chris Mundy
First Air Date : Sunday, 3 October 2004
Flashback year : 2003 (1 years ago)
Lilly returns to her last case before joining the Cold Case Squad as she re-investigates the brutal triple homicide of a restaurant owner and his family, murdered in the restaurant bathroom in 2003. Also the other team member have personal reasons to closing the case; Jeffries grew up in the predominantly black neighborhood while Vera was the one assigned to the case when Det. Rush left.
Directed by Tim MathesonWritten by Gina Gionfriddo
First Air Date : Sunday, 20 March 2005
Flashback year : 1982 (23 years ago)
Based on real case : Sam Sheppard
A man claims that he was wrongfully convicted of the 1982 murder of his rich wife. The case is reopened when the victim's rare ring is discovered worn by a recently deceased junkie.
- You two remember the Lindsay Chase murder?
- Doctor kills his wife for the insurance money?
- for 23 years, Steven Chase has been in prison telling the same story about that night. (...) Well, the doctor swore he heard a gunshot, came downstairs, and saw a shaggy man and
a blond woman running out the door.
- She was desperate. To save you.
- Then we both hit our lowest point. Funny thing is that's when we found each other again.
Directed by Michael SchultzWritten by Andrea Newman
First Air Date : Sunday, 18 December 2005
Flashback year : 2001 (4 years ago)
The team re-opens the 2001 case of a robbed and murdered deli owner when the brother of the man convicted of the crime brings forth new evidence, suggesting the man may have been wrongfully accused.
Directed by Alex ZakrzewskiWritten by Sean Whitesell
First Air Date : Sunday, 16 April 2006
Flashback year : 1994 (12 years ago)
The 1994 case of a raped and murdered 16-year-old girl is re-opened when Det. Jeffries gets a call from a prisoner on death-row -- scheduled to be executed in just three days.
- No, everyone's got their own point, see, their, their own bottom, when there's no place lower you can go but there. And when you hit that, you die. Or you close your eyes and believe.
- Believe what?
- There's something bigger out there than what's eating you alive. Something better.
Directed by Craig Ross Jr.Written by Tyler Bensinger
First Air Date : Sunday, 7 May 2006
Flashback year : 1984 (22 years ago)
When a new witness steps forward, Lilly and the team are prompted to re-open the 1984 shooting of a respected and beloved ER doctor who had a secret he had been hiding from his family.
- Here comes the river.
- What's that?
- Last common card dealt. It's called the river 'cause your hand's fate depends on it.
- Very existential.
- I love that.
- That's what I loved about playing cards.
- What's that?
- The not-knowing what the river was gonna bring me.
Directed by Mark PellingtonWritten by Veena Cabreros Sud
First Air Date : Sunday, 24 September 2006
Flashback year : 1995 (11 years ago)
Based on real case : Columbine High School massacre
In 1995, two teenage boys went on a shooting spree at a local mall and committed suicide shortly afterwards. The team is prompted to re-open the case when new evidence suggests that there may have been a third shooter who got away.
Directed by Alex ZakrzewskiWritten by Veena Cabreros Sud
First Air Date : Sunday, 23 September 2007
Flashback year : 1994 (13 years ago)
Based on real case : West Memphis Three
Recovered from the shooting, Lilly wants to convince her boss that she's ready to get back to work. The team re-opens the 1994 case of three 10-year-old kids who were beaten to death when Lilly suspects the teens convicted of the killings may have been wrongfully incarcerated.
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

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