Episode
Cold Case: Greed
Overview
The team reopens the 1985 case of a wealthy stock broker. At the time it was deemed that Charles Danville was killed when someone attempted to steal his car, but new evidence suggests that he may, in fact, have been murdered.
Details
- Series
- Cold Case
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2004-04-18
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Greed is Episode 20 in Season 1 of Cold Case. It aired on 2004-04-18. The runtime is 43 min.
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