Cold Case Files

When 31-year-old real estate appraiser Mike Williams mysteriously vanishes while duck hunting in the Florida swamps in December 2000, authorities suspect he accidentally drowned.

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; her body is riddled with stab wounds, and the walls are covered in blood.

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 Sherry's sister launches a social media campaign.

When 25-year-old schoolteacher Christy Mirack is found brutally murdered in her Lancaster, Pa., 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.

Twenty-three-year-old teacher Irene Garza is a former beauty queen and devout Catholic who vanishes the evening before Easter; residents of her close-knit border town do their best to locate her, but her body is 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 a newly elected sheriff vows to bring the killers to justice.

In 1980, radio intern Helene Pruszynski is found brutalized in a snowy field; after 37 years of fruitless leads, investigators tap into a public genealogy website that leads them across the country to the killer they've been hunting.

On Easter Sunday of 1992, the body of missing woman Lisa Ziegert is found in a field; the investigation yields many 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 beloved schoolteacher is found murdered in her Neptune, N.J., apartment in the fall of 2009, suspicion is cast on her soon-to-be ex-husband.

In 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 when genetic genealogy helps point to one suspect.

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 from a knife 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.

The bodies of five people abducted from a restaurant in 1983 are found in an oil field; the main suspect is long believed to be a well-connected local man, until evidence reveals the true killers had been hiding in plain sight for decades.

When 23-year-old Tonya McKinley is found brutally murdered on New Year's Day 1985, a boy is left motherless; a family waits 35 years for advancements in forensic science to finally catch a killer using familial DNA.

In 1984, Jack Kennedy discovers his daughters brutally murdered; their mother and niece spend their lives keeping the case alive; thirty years later, an informant gives up a name, but the family's ordeal is far from over.

In July 1997, the brutal murder of 19-year-old Tiffany Johnston rocks the small town of Bethany, Okla.; DNA evidence points to her killer over a decade later and leads to the buried bodies of two other missing women in Texas.

In July 1970, the brutal murder of single mom Loretta Jones leaves 4-year-old Heidi Jones motherless; nearly 40 years later, Heidi vows to solve her mother's cold case and calls on an old high school friend to help her find justice for Loretta.

When a deadly house fire claims the life of a family in rural Oklahoma, investigators suspect foul play and a mother goes on a decadeslong 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, Mo., is certain her blood is on the hands of a local wealthy businessman, but after 25 years DNA reveals the true killer.

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

When firefighter Gary Parks is killed in a fire ruled to be 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 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; decades later, a DNA match erases all doubt.

In 1979, Janie Landers disappears from a home for the impaired; when Janie's body is found, there are many suspects, but it is years before the killer and the atrocities in the facility are revealed.

When Cree woman Shirley Soosay goes missing in 1980, her niece Violet promises her grandmother that she will bring Shirley home; Violet never dreamed the search for Shirley -- and justice -- would take a lifetime.

In early 1984, 3-year-old Vanessa Bennett becomes the lone survivor of her family's brutal murder; initial investigators suspect a serial killer is at large, but decades pass before DNA narrows the suspect pool to one man.