Watch Cold Case Files Classic Season 5

Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker

Aired on Aug 25, 200544m

After running DNA tests on more than 50 suspects, Ohio police finally get a good a lead on a serial rapist suspected of attacking at least 14 women. And a cigarette butt found at a murder scene helps investigators to smoke out the killer 29 years later.

S5 E2

A Sister Lost/Rumors of Murder

Aired on Sep 15, 200543m

A high school janitor is suspected in the murder of a young girl, but police must let the case go cold. And after watching an episode of 'Cold Case Files' on television, a woman asks police to reopen the 24-year-old case of her cousin's disappearance.

S5 E3

Innocent Prey/Smoky Mountain Mystery

Aired on Sep 29, 200544m

Police play a hunch that pays off in the capture of a serial rapist. Investigators solve the murder of a 6-year-old girl. A man looking to clear his conscience gives police vital information. And police are baffled by the murder of an 86-year-old woman.

S5 E4

Rear Window / The Peeper

Aired on Oct 06, 200544m

The brutal stabbing murder of a Florida woman is solved when police find crucial DNA evidence in spit left on a pavement. And a man is put away for rape and murder when his footprint matches the footprint he left at the crime scene 18 years before.

S5 E5

The Closers/Caught by an Eyelash

Aired on Oct 27, 200543m

A bloody dagger and a phone tap help detectives solve a 20-year-old murder case. And DNA taken from an eyelash found on a dead prostitute's body brings a killer to justice.

S5 E6

Snatched/A Detective's Promise

Aired on Nov 17, 200543m

The dogged work of a detective pays off when he tracks down the man who raped and murdered a 6-year-old girl. And when police search for the killer of an 18-year-old hitchhiker, they find that the victim's diary is one of their best clues.

S5 E7

Manhunt

Aired on Nov 24, 200543m

A look at the case of James Allen Selby, a serial rapist who eluded police for years while attacking 11 women in five states: Oklahoma, Nevada, California, Arizona and Colorado.

S5 E8

Finding BTK

Aired on Dec 01, 200545m

The story of the hunt for one of the most notorious serial killers in recent American history--the BTK killer, who terrorized the Wichita, KS, area for years.

S5 E9

Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer

Aired on Dec 15, 200545m

We look at the 20-year hunt for the Green River Killer. Dave Reichert, the detective who made finding the killer his obsession, walks us through the case.

S5 E10

Death of a Deacon/A Wife's Mission

Aired on Jan 14, 200644m

When an adulterous church deacon is found shot to death in the back seat of his car, it looks like police may have stumbled upon a multi-party murder plot. And a wife remains a key suspect in her husband's murder case for six years.

S5 E12

The Tourniquet/Burning Desire

Aired on Feb 04, 200645m

DNA evidence found on a murder victim leads to the arrest of Houston's notorious "tourniquet killer." A young woman is found shot and burned in a California olive orchard.

S5 E13

Caught on Tape/A Son Remembers

Aired on Feb 25, 200644m

A video tape made at an ATM machine helps police in Louisville, KY, to nab a man suspected of raping 13 women. And a DA investigator in Georgia helps crack a murder case that his father, a police chief, first worked on 30 years before.

S5 E14

On the Case: Nacole's Killer

Aired on Mar 11, 200644m

We follow Det. Vince Velazquez of Atlanta and Capt. Russell Popham of East Point, Ga., as they work to solve the 1995 rape and murder of 14-year-old Nacole Smith, one of Atlanta's most notorious unsolved crimes.

S5 E15

Killer on Campus/The Bow Hunter

Aired on Apr 01, 200644m

Thirty-two years after the killing of a law student, police use DNA found on her pantyhose to finally track down the killer. And psychologists suggest that a detective take a page from the game of romance, and play hard to get with the killer.

S5 E16

Something Snapped/A Killer's Dream

Aired on Apr 08, 200644m

A woman is found raped and strangled in 1986. Her friend remains the chief suspect for 17 years, until DNA fingers another man. In 1983, a young mother is raped and murdered at work, and in 2003, detectives reopen the case.

S5 E17

The Family/The Clue That Stuck

Aired on Apr 15, 200644m

A detective vows not to shave until he solves the murder of a young Oregon woman. And in a California case, investigators track down a killer with the help of DNA found on the duct tape used to wrap the murder victim's head.

S5 E18

A Confession for Carmen/The Girls

Aired on Apr 22, 200642m

A forensic scientist's painstaking examination of a rape kit helps solve the murder of a teenage girl. And when California investigators probe the murder of a 71-year-old man, they get help from a surprising source - a top suspect's former therapist.

S5 E19

Daddy Dearest / A Pastor's Wife

Aired on May 06, 200645m

Nine years after the murders of a mother and her teenage daughters, a wiretapped conversation between the suspected killer and his sister helps police crack the case. And the baffling murder of a Virginia woman is solved when human bones are discovered.