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Cold Case: Season 3

6 episodes Premiered Nov 15, 2022 Updated Oct 11, 2026
Previously on Cold Case

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Cold Case Season 2.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (3): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S3·E1 Mytharc

Amber-Lee Cruickshank

Nov 15, 2022 · 44 min

Amber-Lee was last seen at a house in Kingston on 17 October 1992. The 2-year-old’s disappearance is one of New Zealand’s most enduring mysteries.

S3·E2 Core

Eddie Peters

Nov 22, 2022 · 45 min

Four years since Eddie Peters was found viciously beaten and later died in the hospital, no one has been held accountable but detectives are convinced the community holds answers t

S3·E3 Core

Jessica Boyce

Mar 19, 2024 · 43 min

Jessica Boyce was 27 when she vanished from Marlborough. In this special episode, Police investigating her homicide are releasing new information for the first time in the hope of

S3·E4 Core

Simon Buis

Nov 4, 2024 · 44 min

In the early hours of Good Friday 1980, Simon Buis was found dead in Auckland’s Gribblehurst Park. 4 decades on, Police are determined to find who was responsible for killing the 5

S3·E5 Mytharc

Brett Fraser

Mar 3, 2025 · 45 min

Brett Fraser was killed in his home, 10 years on no one has been held accountable for the 51 year old father’s death and many questions still remain.

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