Episode
Cold Case: Churchgoing People
Overview
Lilly re-investigates the case of a murdered church organist, when his Alzheimer's-stricken widow begins having flashbacks of the night in question.
Details
- Series
- Cold Case
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2003-10-19
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Churchgoing People is Episode 4 in Season 1 of Cold Case. It aired on 2003-10-19. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 3: Our Boy Is Back
A serial rapist sends a letter to the squad announcing his return to Philadelphia after five years and his plan to strike again. Lilly's best hope of catching the rapist comes from a victim who is able to provide a composite sketch.
Episode 5: The Runner
After a drug addict brings in an audio tape she found on which a fatal shooting is heard, Lilly reopens a 1973 murder case involving the death of a twenty-one-year-old rookie cop. The young officer was shot three times in the chest while responding to a call at a drug-infested housing project.
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