Cold Case/The Letter

The Letter
Season 1, Episode 13
Airdate	January 25, 2004
Production Number	176713
Written by	Veena Sud
Directed by	Tim Hunter
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Cold Case — Season One

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The Letter is the thirteenth 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: Josh Hopkins (ADA Jason Kite), Geoffrey Lewis (Nathan "Jonesy" Jones), Meta Golding (Sadie Douglas), Ryan Alosio (Pierce McClintock), Lou Beatty Jr. (Manross Delaney), Sven Holmberg (Frankie), Lillian Lehman (Blanche Debbins), Leslie Silva (Sarah Tucker), Adam Weiner (Nathan "Jonesy" Jones (39)), Ryan Francis (Frankie), Grant Garrison ()

Co-Starring: Keke Palmer (Arlene (39)), Nadine Ellis (Blanche (39)), Zoe Cotton (Arlene (04)), Matt C. Rochester (Woman #3), Shacolby Randell (Manross (39)), Dennis W. Hall (Clerk), Tom Knickerbocker (Clive), Anne Marie Howard (Jennifer), Dan Desmond (Barnsley)

Plot Overview

The date is August 31, 1939. A refined young black lady who was suspected of being a prostitute is raped and suffocated. Years later, her granddaughter found a letter in her mother's possession that prompts Lilly to reopen the long dormant case. After meeting with the dead woman's friend, Lilly discovers that they were being harassed by a pair of white milkmen, one of whom is the leader of a supremacist group, and that she was being targeted for a possible attack by the group.

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The Show

Songs featured in this episode: "Stars Fell On Alabama" by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong and "Blue Moon" by Ella Fitzgerald.