Cold Case/Boy in the Box

Boy in the Box
Season 1, Episode 14
Airdate	February 15, 2004
Production Number	176712
Written by	Meredith Stiehm
Directed by	Karen Gaviola
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Cold Case — Season One

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Boy in the Box is the fourteenth episode of the first season of Cold Case.

Starring: Kathryn Morris (Detective Lilly Rush), Danny Pino (Detective Scotty Valens), John Finn (Lt. John Stillman), Jeremy Ratchford (Detective Nick Vera), Thom Barry (Senior Detective Will Jeffries)

Guest Starring: Samantha Eggar (Sister Vivian Dole (2003)), Garrett M. Brown (Roger (2003)), Molly Cheek (Gretchen Culliver (2003)), Bruce Gray (Dr. Milton Thayer (2003)), Charles Noland (Walter Rafferty (2003)), Autumn Reeser (Sister Grace Ashley), Jacqueline Scott (Sally Bower (2003)), Lyndon Smith (Arnold Culliver), Johanna Watts (Sister Vivian Dole (1958))

Co-Starring: Jason Frasca (Young Man (1958)), Andrew Heald (Roger (Cowboy-1958)), Gathering Marbet (Young Woman (1958)), Blaire Restaneo (Gretchen (1958)), Justin Roney (Fred (Indian-1958), Brent Schraff (Dr. Thayer (1958)), Ryan Tasz (Clayton Weathers (1958)), Delaney Williams (Fred Calvin (2003))

Plot Overview

The date is April 6, 1958. The body of a six-year-old boy is found in a box in a field in Fox Grove. The most notorious cold case in Philadelphia's history is reopened, thanks to the tenacity of the college student who found the boy all those years ago. Lilly and Scotty eventually discover that the boy was a resident of an orphanage and was a troublesome young lad who was returned to the facility by two different Foster families. Suddenly, the spotlight is on the orphanage and alleged abuses that went on there. Could one of the nuns who ran the place have accidentally killed the boy trying to discipline him?

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The Show

Songs featured in this episode: "You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" by Johnny Cash, "All I Have to Do Is Dream" by the Everly Brothers, "Walkin' After Midnight" by Patsy Cline, "Catch a Falling Star" by Perry Como, "Sweeter Than You". "Poor Little Fool" and "Lonesome Town", the last three by Ricky Nelson.