Episode
Cold Case: Detention
Overview
When a note connected to a supposed suicide is found, the team re-opens the 1994 case of a high-school kid who fell from the roof of the school building after having served detention. In 1994 the death was deemed a suicide, but the newly-found note indicates that the victim might have been fearing for his life.
Details
- Series
- Cold Case
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2006-01-15
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Detention is Episode 12 in Season 3 of Cold Case. It aired on 2006-01-15. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 15: Sanctuary
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Episode 8: Honor
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Episode 16: One Night
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Episode 18: Willkommen
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