NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - A Deadly Heist
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/17/2023
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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - Horror in the Dark
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/17/2023
When teens Llianna Adank and Eric Goldstrand are found shot to death at an Oregon park in 1977, every parent’s nightmare comes true. Detectives doggedly pursue leads for 40 years until a single piece of evidence leads them to a suspect 3 states away.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - Justice for Mary
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/17/2023
When Mary Scott, 23, is found murdered in her San Diego home in 1969, a case with few leads quickly loses steam. Years later, Mary’s daughters grow determined to find answers about the mother they barely knew, and a crime that’s 50 years cold.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - Fought Like Hell
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/17/2023
When the blood-smeared car of 27-year-old Stefanie Watson is found in a Maryland parking lot her family hold out hope she’s still alive. But when a jawbone is dumped in a local neighborhood, a missing persons investigation becomes a murder.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - A Deadly Premonition
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/17/2023
When 31-year-old Linda Slaten is brutally strangled in her Lakeland, FL home in 1981, a complex web of suspects emerges. The case takes a dramatic turn when a DNA hit expose the sinister underbelly of a seemingly peaceful community.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - Killed for the Cash
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/17/2023
When a Texas gas store owner, Subir Chatterjee, 58, is shot inside his check cashing booth in 2002, detectives suspect his killer is someone Subir knew. With the murderer’s DNA in hand, one detective refuses to retire until the case is solved.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - Deadly Web of Lies
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/17/2023
When gambler Scott Martinez, 47, is found eviscerated by a sword in his La Mesa, CA home, investigators can't tell who is telling the truth within his inner circle. It will take 13 years and an advance in DNA analysis to find his killer.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - Death Downstream
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/17/2023
When the battered body of Shawna Yandell, 16, is found floating in Washington State’s Yakima River in 1993, detectives first suspect those closest to her. The case grew cold until new DNA technology revealed a callous killer that no one suspected.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - Death of a Yellow Rose
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/17/2023
When Susan Woods, 30, is found beaten and drowned in her tub in America’s Cowboy Capitol, suspicion falls on her estranged husband. With a suspect’s DNA in hand, detectives go back to the basics to unmask a killer-cowboy living in plain sight.
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1.0/101 votesLoading...#10 - A Fatal Path
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/17/2023
When 14-year-old Nacole Smith is brutally murdered in 1995 on a wooded path in Atlanta, the police and community rally around her mother as she seeks justice. It will take decades and a second brutal assault to finally reveal Nacole's killer.
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The Worst Episodes of Cold Case Files: DNA Speaks
Every episode of Cold Case Files: DNA Speaks ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Cold Case Files: DNA Speaks!
Bill Kurtis examines cold cases that are solved through advancements in DNA, along with help from victims’ families, law enforcement and the public. Each episode...
Genres:DocumentaryCrime
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Worst Episodes Summary
"A Deadly Heist" is the worst rated episode of "Cold Case Files: DNA Speaks". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/17/2023. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Horror in the Dark".