Cold Case Files - Season 3
1 - Cop Killer/Evil Twin
Air Date: January 1, 2001
Included: Los Angeles detectives solve a 46-year-old murder case; and DNA leads to a suspected killer who has a twin brother. Host: Bill Kurtis.
2 - The Zodiac Killer
3 - The Accidental Killer/Little Sister Lost
4 - The Merry Widow/The Bad Cop
Air Date: January 22, 2001
Included: the case of Douglas J. Wright, a former state trooper whose 1993 murder of his wife brought a conviction in 2003. Also: the murder of a Navy seaman. Host: Bill Kurtis.
5 - Daddy Knows Best/Dawn of the Dead
6 - The Killer's Tattoo
Air Date: February 5, 2001
The search for a killer with a distinctive tattoo is recalled. Host: Bill Kurtis.
7 - The Green River Killer
8 - A Hitchhike to Murder/Never Forgotten
9 - The DNA Link/The Secret Slide
10 - Death Before I Do/Hollywood Homicide
Air Date: March 5, 2001
Included: the 1988 murder of actress Myra Davis, Janet Leigh's stand-in for “Psycho,” brings a conviction in 2001. Also: a phone tip helps solve a cold case.
11 - Blood Money/Precious Doe
12 - Unholy Bible/A Daughter's Justice
13 - Officer Down/Secret Twin
14 - Weepy-Voiced Killer/The Mr. Big Sting
15 - Blood on the Badge/Bump in the Night
16 - The Lady Killer/A Husband's Secret
17 - Mistaken for a Killer/A Woman Scorned
18 - The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist
19 - The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist
Air Date: May 7, 2001
20 - Cowboys on the Case/Office Politics
21 - Murder Checks In / Killer in the City
22 - The Shopping Cart Killer
Air Date: May 28, 2001
The case of serial killer and rapist Arohn Kee is recalled. Host: Bill Kurtis.
23 - The Hit makers/Favor For A Friend
24 - Lil' Miss /Skeletons In The Closet
25 - Innocent Prey/The Punishment
Air Date: June 25, 2001
Police play a wild hunch that pays off in the capture of a serial rapist. And after 26 years, investigators finally solve the murder of a 6-year-old girl who had been forced to take a cold-water bath as punishment for painting her nails with pink polish without permission.