Cold Case

This episode's case is similar to the real-life cold case of Cathleen Krauseneck. A young New York mother was murdered with an axe while her 3-year-old child was in the house with her. The crime scene was staged to look like a robbery. No one was ever arrested for the crime, although the police reportedly suspected the husband, a junior executive at Kodak at the time. The case also bears a resemblance to the Christa Worthington murder case on Cape Cod. In January, 2002, Christa was found stabbed to death and half naked on the floor of her house in Truro, Massachusetts with her 2-year-old daughter clinging to her. At the time this episode aired, the case was still unsolved but finally cracked in November 2006 when her garbage man was convicted for the murder.