Cold Case Files
In early 1984, 3-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.
In early 1984, 3-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.
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In early 1984, 3-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.
When Cree woman Shirley Soosay goes missing in 1980, her niece Violet promises her grandmother that she will bring Shirley home Violet never dreamed the search for Shirley -- and justice -- would take a lifetime.
In 1979, Janie Landers disappears from a home for the impaired when Janie's body is found, there are many suspects, but it is years before the killer and the atrocities in the facility are revealed.
Just two years into their marriage, Chuck and Cheryl Hall are torn apart when Chuck finds Cheryl murdered though Cheryl's family is certain they know her killer, the law isn't as sure decades later, a DNA match erases all doubt.
When Mary Scott, 23, is found murdered in her San Diego home in 1969, the case quickly loses steam with few leads years later, Mary's daughters grow determined to find answers about the mother they barely knew, and a crime that's 50 years cold.
Teens Lianna Adank and Eric Goldstrand are found shot to death at an Oregon park in 1977 detectives doggedly pursue leads for 40 years until a single piece of evidence leads them to a suspect three states away.
When jewelry seller Minerva Cantu, 26, is found bound, gagged and lifeless in her home, police suspect robbery as the motive but who killed this mother as her infant slept in the next room is a mystery that would haunt one detective for 20 years.
In early 1984, 3-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.
In early 1984, 3-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.
When Cree woman Shirley Soosay goes missing in 1980, her niece Violet promises her grandmother that she will bring Shirley home Violet never dreamed the search for Shirley -- and justice -- would take a lifetime.
In 1979, Janie Landers disappears from a home for the impaired when Janie's body is found, there are many suspects, but it is years before the killer and the atrocities in the facility are revealed.
Just two years into their marriage, Chuck and Cheryl Hall are torn apart when Chuck finds Cheryl murdered though Cheryl's family is certain they know her killer, the law isn't as sure decades later, a DNA match erases all doubt.
When Mary Scott, 23, is found murdered in her San Diego home in 1969, the case quickly loses steam with few leads years later, Mary's daughters grow determined to find answers about the mother they barely knew, and a crime that's 50 years cold.
Teens Lianna Adank and Eric Goldstrand are found shot to death at an Oregon park in 1977 detectives doggedly pursue leads for 40 years until a single piece of evidence leads them to a suspect three states away.
When jewelry seller Minerva Cantu, 26, is found bound, gagged and lifeless in her home, police suspect robbery as the motive but who killed this mother as her infant slept in the next room is a mystery that would haunt one detective for 20 years.
In early 1984, 3-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.
In 2001, a group of teens including 15-year-old Brandon kidnap and rape a 21-year-old college student in Youngstown, Ohio tried as an adult, Brandon is sentenced to 141 years in prison without parole.
In 1992, 15-year-old Bobby shoots his girlfriend's parents as they sleep in their Texas home, killing the mother Bobby is sentenced to life in prison despite claims he was manipulated into committing the murder, and hopes to appeal his sentence.
14-year-old Aaron shoots his neighbor, 14-year-old Alana, in her home in Harlem, Ga. Aaron is sentenced to life without parole at 15 but appeals his sentence at the age of 21.
Journalist Susanna Reid follows the cases of juveniles convicted of some of the most shocking crimes imaginable, including Joshua Phillips, who was just 14 when he was convicted of brutally murdering his 8-year-old neighbor.
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