Episode
Cold Case Files: The Smoking Gun
Overview
A 2007 cold case resurfaces when a detective reopens the investigation into the brutal killing of Audrey Giannotti, 20, in rural Pennsylvania. Uncovering hidden secrets, he races against time to bring justice to a family desperate for answers.
Details
- Series
- Cold Case Files
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2024-12-13
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
The Smoking Gun is Episode 5 in Season 4 of Cold Case Files. It aired on 2024-12-13. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 4: A Bullet to the Heart
When night manager Rodney Castlin is gunned down in the lobby of his hotel three weeks before Christmas, detectives scour Georgia for his killer. Two decades pass before an informant's shocking testimony breaks the case wide open.
Episode 6: Viciously Murdered
When Susan Schwarz is found shot to death in her apartment in 1979, police suspect a robbery gone wrong. Thirty-two years pass before a witness reveals a much darker motive that breaks the case wide open and leads to Susan's killer.
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