Episode
Cold Case Files: Innocent Prey/The Punishment
Overview
Police play a wild hunch that pays off in the capture of a serial rapist. And after 26 years, investigators finally solve the murder of a 6-year-old girl who had been forced to take a cold-water bath as punishment for painting her nails with pink polish without permission.
Details
- Series
- Cold Case Files
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 25
- Air date
- 2001-06-18
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Innocent Prey/The Punishment is Episode 25 in Season 3 of Cold Case Files. It aired on 2001-06-18. The runtime is 60 min.
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