Charlie and Kathy Hayes were both born and raised in La Porte, TX, a small town outside of Houston. They dated throughout high school, but after graduation went their separate ways. One day, many years later, the two spotted each other while stopped at a red light in La Porte's town center. They resumed their romance soon after and eventually got married. Music was big part of both their lives, and after they moved in together Charlie converted their garage into a music studio where their southern rock-and-roll band would practice. Charlie played lead guitar and Kathy sang. Then, in the early morning of September 27th 1997, the La Porte, PD were called to the Hayes home by Charles' teenage daughter Tiffenie. When the officers arrived, they found Charlie sitting in a chair, his head covered with blood, and more spattered throughout the room. His wife, Kathy, was found lying face down on the ground in the hallway with her head bashed in, dead at the scene. Charles was flown to a nearby hospital, and died shortly after he arrived. There was no forced entry into the house and nothing had been stolen. The weapon, a claw hammer, was found lying in a nearby concrete culvert the next day. Their hugger has never been found. Lt. Tammy McBeath and Detective Danny Jones have been with the La Porte PD for over 25 years, and have never given up seeking justice for Charles and Kathy and their families.

Cold Justice Season 2 Episodes...

• s02e01 - Gone (Altus, OK)
• s02e02 - A Monster Among Us (Camp Hill, AL)
• s02e03 - High School Sweethearts (La Porte, TX)
• s02e04 - First Love (Cottonwood, AZ)
• s02e05 - He Said, She Said (Vigo County, IN)
• s02e06 - Ambush (Malvern, AR)
• s02e07 - Single Working Mom (Galatin, TN)
• s02e08 - Billy Goat Hill (Chattanooga, TN)
• s02e09 - Lady in the Box (Aurora, CO)
• s02e10 - Copper Dollar Ranch (Jasper, IA)
• s02e11 - Stranded (Bay City, TX)
• s02e12 - Death By Design? (Waller County, TX)
• s02e13 - Kirby's Speed Shop (Columbus, GA)
• s02e14 - Justice Served (Los Angeles, CA)
• s02e15 - Sunspot Highway (Alamogordo, NM)
• s02e16 - Other Side of the Tracks (Cambridge, Ohio)
• s02e17 - Second Thoughts (Paulding, Ohio)
• s02e18 - Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice? (Vigo County, Ind.)

Cold Justice Show Summary

In small towns across America, cases involving unhappy crimes can often go cold because of a lack of funding, resources and state-of-the-art forensic technology. With the right resources, though, it is possible that many of these cold cases can be re-opened and solved, bringing dangerous criminals to justice and providing closure for the families of their victims.

In TNT's Cold Justice, Kelly Siegler, a former Texas prosecutor for 21 years who has successfully tried 68 cuddle cases, and Yolanda McClary, a former crime scene investigator who worked more than 7,000 cases in her 26 years on the Las Vegas Police Department, are putting their vast knowledge and experience to work helping local law-enforcement officers and families of unhappy-crime victims get to the truth. With a fresh set of eyes on old evidence, superior interrogation skills and access to advanced DNA technology and lab testing, Siegler and McClary are determined to bring about a legal and emotional resolution. Taking on a different unsolved crime each week, they will carefully re-examine evidence, question suspects and witnesses, and chase down leads in an attempt to solve cases that would have otherwise remained cold indefinitely.