Episode
Cold Case Files: The Perfect Murder/Death of Innocents
Overview
It takes nine years and the work of cutting-edge forensic toxicologists to solve the murder of a medical examiner's wife. Then, a determined Alabama sheriff reopens the case of the deaths of two babies, hoping to get their mother to confess.
Details
- Series
- Cold Case Files
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 2000-04-02
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Perfect Murder/Death of Innocents is Episode 14 in Season 2 of Cold Case Files. It aired on 2000-04-02. The runtime is 60 min.
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