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Cold Case Files•Season 3•Episode 5

Daddy Knows Best/Dawn of the Dead

7.8/10 · 19 votesJan 29, 200160 min

Ranked #2 of 25 in Season 3•+0.8 vs season avg

A detective works for 15 years to nab a man who murdered his wife and dismembered her body to hide the sexual abuse of his children. Then, 20 years after the shooting murder of a gas station attendant, detectives get a lead.

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Seasons5

Season 3 Episodes25

Cop Killer/Evil Twin

The Zodiac Killer

The Accidental Killer/Little Sister Lost

The Merry Widow/The Bad Cop

E5 7.8Now viewing

Daddy Knows Best/Dawn of the Dead

The Killer's Tattoo

The Green River Killer

A Hitchhike to Murder/Never Forgotten

The DNA Link/The Secret Slide

Death Before I Do/Hollywood Homicide

Blood Money/Precious Doe

Unholy Bible/A Daughter's Justice

Officer Down/Secret Twin

Weepy-Voiced Killer/The Mr. Big Sting

Blood on the Badge/Bump in the Night

The Lady Killer/A Husband's Secret

Mistaken for a Killer/A Woman Scorned

The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist

Cowboys on the Case/Office Politics

The Flaming Gorge Falls/Caught in the Mail

Murder Checks In / Killer in the City

The Shopping Cart Killer

The Hit makers/Favor For A Friend

Lil' Miss /Skeletons In The Closet

Innocent Prey/The Punishment

Cast1

Bill Kurtis

Bill Kurtis

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Episode Summary

"Daddy Knows Best/Dawn of the Dead" is episode 5 of Cold Case Files season 3. It scored 7.8/10 from 19 votes, ranking #2 of 25 episodes this season (season average 7.0). It aired on January 29, 2001.

Next: E6 · The Killer's Tattoo Best of Season 3