Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou
A dark secret lies beneath the murky depths, but determined investigators, loved ones, and allies won't rest until it's exposed, proving that no misdeed can remain hidden forever.
- 2024-2025
- 1 season
- A&E Network
- Documentary, Suspense
- TV-14
A dark secret lies beneath the murky depths, but determined investigators, loved ones, and allies won't rest until it's exposed, proving that no misdeed can remain hidden forever.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2024 - 2025
Episode 1
A Trinity River Murder
Fri, Dec 27, 2024 43 mins
When the supposed great-niece of Marilyn Monroe, Krystal Jean Baker, 13, appears dead beneath a bridge in Texas' Bayou Country, investigators are stumped; the quest to track down her killer will take investigators 14 years, and lead to a new law.
Episode 2
The Devil in Hammond
Fri, Jan 3, 2025 43 mins
When a young mother, Selonia Reed, 26, is found murdered in her car, detectives turn over every rock in search of her killer; her case languishes for more than 30 years before justice is served.
Episode 3
Lost Soul in Lafayette
Fri, Jan 10, 2025 43 mins
In 2008, the body of Bonnie Ruphard, 47, is discovered by a jogger in a wooded area of Lafayette, Louisiana. The case remains cold for a decade until a routine DNA swab exposes her killer.
Episode 4
Horror in Starkville Mississippi
Fri, Jan 17, 2025 43 mins
When Betty Jones and Kathryn Crigler are brutally attacked in a home invasion, the tiny community of Starkville, Mississippi, is left living in fear; decades pass and a detective devotes himself to cracking the case using new technology.
Episode 5
Evil in Cajun Country
Fri, Jan 24, 2025 43 mins
The town of Alexandria, Louisiana, is rocked when the body if Courtney Coco, 19, is found dumped 200 miles away from home in Winnie, Texas; the case cools until a retired homicide detective turned podcaster discovers her killer hiding in plain sight.
Episode 6
Monster in Bayou Pigeon
Fri, Jan 31, 2025 43 mins
A young father's 1991 disappearance in Louisiana remains unsolved until a body emerges from the bayou 25 years later. Police zero in on a career criminal as they reopen the cold case.