7.3/1077 votes#1 - The Voice in the Lake
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 8/21/2021
When 31-year-old real estate appraiser Mike Williams mysteriously vanishes while duck hunting in the Florida swamps in December of 2000, authorities suspect he accidentally drowned. For sixteen years Mike’s disappearance remains a mystery. The case heats up when police receive a distress call from the victim’s wife in 2016. Featuring interviews with detectives and the victim’s mother as well as rare footage of the crime scene and recorded audio confessions with the accused, the episode explores how the disappearance unfolded into a sinister plot to cash in on millions of dollars of life insurance.
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- 7.0/1063 votes
#2 - Devil at the Door
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 8/28/2021
When 36-year-old computer programmer Lisa Valdez fails to show up for work, her apartment manager finds her brutally murdered in her tiny studio. Her body is riddled with stab wounds, the walls are covered in blood. Evidence shows the killer cut off her long, dark hair, taking it as an apparent trophy. Detectives ask, could she be the victim of a brutal serial killer? Or was Lisa murdered by someone she knew? Clues left on an answering machine point to a co-worker who was known to have feelings for Lisa, but two bloody fingerprints left on a toilet seat clear him as a suspect, and the case goes cold for thirteen years. Things heat up when a detective gets a hit during a search of the state's DNA database, leading to an unsuspected person from Lisa's past.
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- 6.8/1067 votes
#3 - Missing in Altoona
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/4/2021
When Sherry Leighty goes missing in 1999, her family is left wondering how a dedicated mother of three could vanish without a trace. A decade later, the cold case heats up when Sherry's sister launches a social media campaign to help solve her sister's mysterious disappearance. An online tip unearths the killer truth and a sinister family secret. Featuring an interview with Shelly Leighty, who never gave up on solving her sister's case, along with rare home video of Sherry and her family.
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- 7.1/1056 votes
#4 - The School Teacher
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/11/2021
Twenty-six years after a schoolteacher's murder, cold-case detectives get a break when a relative of the killer uploads DNA to a public genealogy website.
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- 7.0/1050 votes
#5 - The Heartland Killer
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/18/2021
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- 7.2/1058 votes
#6 - The Devil in Disguise
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 9/25/2021
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- 7.1/1053 votes
#7 - Love and Hate
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 1/7/2022
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- 7.2/1055 votes
#8 - Ice Cold in Denver
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1/7/2022
On a bitter morning in 1980, radio intern Helene Pruszynski is found brutalized in a snowy field. After 37 years of fruitless leads, investigators tap into a public genealogy website that leads them across the country to the killer they've been hunting.
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- 7.0/1052 votes
#9 - Cold Case Files
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 1/8/2022
Easter Sunday of 1992, the body of missing woman Lisa Ziegert is found in a field. The investigation yields hundreds of leads but no true suspect. After more than two decades on ice, the case is revived when DNA phenotyping puts a face to the killer.
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- 7.1/1052 votes
#10 - Suspicious Minds
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/2022
Just after the last day of school in 1984, 15-year-old Reesa Trexler is found murdered in her grandparents' home. For decades, a stalled investigation only fuels the town rumor mill, pointing an accusing finger at Reesa's 13-year-old sister, Jodie.
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- 7.1/1044 votes
#11 - A Lesson in Homicide
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/2022
When a beloved schoolteacher is found murdered in her Neptune, New Jersey apartment in the fall of 2009, suspicion is cast on her soon to be ex-husband. Long after the case goes cold, a detective embarks on a mission to help the man clear his name and track down the real killers.
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- 6.9/1047 votes
#12 - Woman in the Woods
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/2022
In August 1972, the body of Jody Loomis is found in the woods. 34 years later, the killer's DNA is recovered from Jody's old clothing but it isn't matched until 2018, when genetic genealogy helps point to one suspect--whose guilt must be proven in court.
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- 6.6/1047 votes
#13 - Eyes of a Killer
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2022
On February 2, 2010, two masked gunmen commit a violent robbery and shoot Michael Temple Jr., rendering him a quadriplegic for five years before his death. In this unusual cold case, DNA from a knife is used to create a sketch of the killer.
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- 6.8/1043 votes
#14 - Dark Angel
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2022
13 days after Pam Pitts disappears in 1988 her charred body is found at a popular hangout spot in the Arizona desert. When a second victim is discovered in a mineshaft, detectives suspect the killer may have known them both, but the truth is decades away.
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- 6.6/1042 votes
#15 - Friday Night Ghosts
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/2022
In late 1983, the bodies of five people abducted from a local fast food restaurant are found brutally murdered in an oil field. The main suspect is long believed to be a well-connected local man, until new evidence reveals the true killers.
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- 6.6/1043 votes
#16 - The Clock Strikes Murder
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2022
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.
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- 6.6/1039 votes
#17 - Sisters In Death
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/2022
In March 1984, Jack Kennedy discovers his daughters brutally murdered. Their mother and niece spend their lives keeping the case alive. DNA leads nowhere. Thirty years later, an informant gives up a name. But the family's ordeal is far from over.
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- 6.8/1043 votes
#18 - One Tough Mother
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/2022
The murder of Tiffany Johnston rocks the town of Bethany, Oklahoma. DNA points to her killer over a decade later.
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- 6.7/1040 votes
#19 - Written in Blood
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/2022
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- 6.7/1043 votes
#20 - Cold Ashes
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/25/2022
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- 6.7/1042 votes
#21 - Queen of the Ozarks
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/2/2022
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- 6.5/1041 votes
#22 - The Bone Keeper
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 4/8/2022
In December 1985, when human bones are discovered in the woods, it puts an end to the search for missing teen David Reed. David's skull fractures point to murder; but it will be decades before investigators can find his killer.
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- 6.4/1039 votes
#23 - A is for Arson
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 4/9/2022
When Gary Parks is killed in a fire-ruled arson, the investigation into his death shifts to homicide.
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- 6.4/1040 votes
#24 - Til Death Do Us Part
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 4/15/2022
Just two years into their marriage, Chuck and Cheryl Hall are torn apart when Cheryl is murdered. Though Cheryl's family is certain they know her killer, the law isn't as sure. After several decades, a DNA match erases all doubt.
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- 6.5/1035 votes
#25 - The Lost Patient
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 4/16/2022
Janie Landers disappeared in 1979 from the home for the impaired and later on, her body was found. It took years before the suspect was found and the horrors in the facility are uncovered.
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The Best Episodes of Cold Case Files Season 2
Every episode of Cold Case Files Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cold Case Files Season 2!
There are over 100,000 cold cases in America, and only about 1% are ever solved. With recent advancements in technology and the methods used to...
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Voice in the Lake" is the best rated episode of "Cold Case Files" season 2. It scored 7.3/10 based on 77 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/21/2021. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Devil at the Door".