Remains belonging to a child are recovered from a river. The Cold Case team determined they belong to a young girl. As they begin the investigation, the detectives are puzzled because they don't find anything that might link the crime to anything that was reported at the time it is suspected the crime was committed. With the new technique, the victim is given a face the computer thinks she must have looked at the time when she died. The team gets lucky when they uncovered a hospital record signed by a doctor who is still alive and was the one that treated the dead child Vivian Mulvaney, who was taken to the hospital with a broken arm.
A woman who saw the composite picture in a court house comes forward. She is Maura. The only problem is that she doesn't remember much about what happened to her twin sister Vivian. Maura tells the police about her adoption and what she remembers when her mother left her in a church. Another clue comes out in the form of a medal Maura was given by her mother. It turned out to have the badge of a police officer, Art Balducci, engraved in the back. The detectives get lucky with the discovery because he is able to identify Maura as the daughter of Cindy Mulvaney, a battered woman he came to love.
In going to the past, Art provides the police with missing links. Cindy was an abused woman. Her police officer husband, Roger, battered her mercilessly. Cindy had to take the girls into the home of a lady with a kind heart who took women in Mrs. Mulvaney's situation to isolate them from the abuse at home. Unfortunately, Roger finds Cindy and the twins. Roger had been roughed up by Art with the help of fellow officers. In a flashback we watch as Roger stops the car in a bridge and takes the twins from Cindy.
This episode of "Cold Case" was directed by Roxann Dawson and written by one of the frequent contributors, Veena Sud. The regulars do their usual fine job. They are joined by Meredith Monroe, who is seen as Cindy. Christopher Stewart and Ned Schmidtke play Art Balducci, as young man, and the old one.
A woman who saw the composite picture in a court house comes forward. She is Maura. The only problem is that she doesn't remember much about what happened to her twin sister Vivian. Maura tells the police about her adoption and what she remembers when her mother left her in a church. Another clue comes out in the form of a medal Maura was given by her mother. It turned out to have the badge of a police officer, Art Balducci, engraved in the back. The detectives get lucky with the discovery because he is able to identify Maura as the daughter of Cindy Mulvaney, a battered woman he came to love.
In going to the past, Art provides the police with missing links. Cindy was an abused woman. Her police officer husband, Roger, battered her mercilessly. Cindy had to take the girls into the home of a lady with a kind heart who took women in Mrs. Mulvaney's situation to isolate them from the abuse at home. Unfortunately, Roger finds Cindy and the twins. Roger had been roughed up by Art with the help of fellow officers. In a flashback we watch as Roger stops the car in a bridge and takes the twins from Cindy.
This episode of "Cold Case" was directed by Roxann Dawson and written by one of the frequent contributors, Veena Sud. The regulars do their usual fine job. They are joined by Meredith Monroe, who is seen as Cindy. Christopher Stewart and Ned Schmidtke play Art Balducci, as young man, and the old one.