LILLY RE-INVESTIGATES HER FIRST HOMICIDE CASE, A BRUTAL TRIPLE MURDER, ON A REBROADCAST OF "COLD CASE," SUNDAY, JAN. 2

"The Badlands" -- Lilly returns to her first case when she re-investigates a brutal triple homicide, on a rebroadcast of COLD CASE Sunday, Jan. 2 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Tim Matheson directed the episode from a script written by Chris Mundy. (Originally broadcast 10/3/04)

When the prime suspect proves to be innocent, Rush and the team re-open a 2003 triple homicide at a now-condemned restaurant in a blighted inner-city neighborhood. The diner had been a neighborhood oasis before the owners and their 17-year-old busboy were brutally murdered. The original crime scene was Rush's first case, but she was soon called off to join the Cold Case squad, leaving Vera as the officer in charge. It quickly becomes clear that Vera's investigation was sloppy, which infuriates Jeffries, who grew up in the neighborhood.

Lilly Rush: Kathryn Morris
John Stillman: John Finn
Nick Vera: Jeremy Ratchford
Will Jeffries: Thom Barry
Scott Valens: Danny Pino
Marcus Walker: Arjay Smith
Joe: Vicellous Shannon
Della Lincoln: Aloma Wright
Tom Lincoln: Harold Sylvester
Frank: Jesse D. Goins
Tyra: Indigo
Nora Lincoln: Tangi Miller
Kite: Josh Hopkins
Ann Walters: Kinga Philipps
Tre Walker: Dempsey Pappion
Simms: Faruq Tauheed
Jammal: Dex Elliott Sanders
Teenage Boy: Aaron Grady
Old Man: Franklin Ojeda Smith
Kid: Nathan Corbett

RATING: To Be Announced