Cold Case Files “Blood Red Snow” (A&E, Friday, January 24, 2025)

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Is there anything more satisfying than a decades-old cold case finally getting cracked? It’s like finding a twenty in an old coat pocket, but instead of a lukewarm latte, you get justice. A&E’s “Cold Case Files” understands this primal human need for closure and delivers it weekly with the precision of a seasoned detective dusting for prints. This week’s episode, “Blood Red Snow,” revisits the brutal 2002 murder of 19-year-old Chris Green in Bangor, Michigan. Green’s body was found beaten to death in a snowy ditch, a case that quickly went cold despite the best efforts of local law enforcement.

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Years passed, the file gathered dust, and hope dwindled. But as any true crime aficionado knows, sometimes the smallest detail can reignite a dormant investigation. In Green’s case, it was a newly discovered informant who, against all odds (or perhaps motivated by a sudden attack of conscience), finally provided the information that blew the case wide open.

“Blood Red Snow” chronicles the painstaking work of the detectives who pieced together the fragments of this long-forgotten case, finally offering a measure of closure to Green’s family.

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“Cold Case Files” airs Friday, January 24th at 9 p.m. on A&E.

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