Episode
Cold Case Files: The Clock Strikes Murder
Overview
When 23-year-old Tonya McKinley is found brutally murdered on New Years Day 1985, a little boy is left motherless. A family must wait 35 years for advancements in forensic science to finally catch a killer using familial DNA.
Details
- Series
- Cold Case Files
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2022-02-25
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
The Clock Strikes Murder is Episode 16 in Season 2 of Cold Case Files. It aired on 2022-02-25. The runtime is 43 min.
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