Episode
Cold Case Files: Lone Survivor
Overview
In early 1984, three-year-old Vanessa Bennett becomes the lone survivor of her family's brutal murder. Initial investigators suspect a serial killer is at large, but decades pass before DNA narrows the suspect pool to one man.
Details
- Series
- Cold Case Files
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 27
- Air date
- 2022-04-23
Episode context
Lone Survivor is Episode 27 in Season 2 of Cold Case Files. It aired on 2022-04-23.
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