Cold Case

Lilly Rush works on "cold cases" for the Philadelphia Police Department. Twenty-seven years ago, a maid, Bonita, to a wealthy family partially witnessed the murder of teenager Jill Shelby. Rush reopens the case, in which two brothers were originally suspected but not charged due to their powerful society family.

The fiancée of fireman Rob Deamer asks Lilly to help prove that Albert Miller, a convicted felon about to be paroled on an unrelated crime, is responsible for the murder of Rob's first wife. When Rob's daughter, Gwen, starts threatening Albert, Lilly discovers several disturbing facts about Rob.

Rush confronts an old case that Vera was unable to solve involving a serial rapist who preys on single women. When the rapist sends a letter to the detective squad announcing he's returned to Philadelphia after a five-year absence and plans to strike again, Rush and Vera attempt to catch the criminal before he acts.

When Charlotte Bayes, a woman suffering from Alzheimer's Disease, experiences flashbacks about the 1990 murder of her husband, Rush reopens the file. Rush finds something amiss with the murder scene when she discovers that the body of the victim, Mitchell "Mitch" Bayes, was found in an alley amidst a pile of clothing and pornographic magazines.

Rush reopens a 1973 case involving the unsolved murder of a young police officer who responded to a call at a drug-infested housing project. After a woman, who appears to be under the influence of drugs, delivers new evidence in the case, Rush decides to investigate.

Rush reopens the murder case of a 16-year-old girl after a prison inmate, bargaining for a reduced sentence, relates a conversation he overheard 22 years ago, intimating that the wrong man is currently serving time for the murder. She uncovers evidence that suggests a loner named Will Harrell is responsible for the crime.