Contracted to Kill
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
3.8 • 8.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
When 37-year-old Lee Rotatori is found dead in her hotel room in 1982, police suspect the work of a professional. It will take four decades to identify her killer and, in the process, reveal a shocking truth.
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| 1:12.3 | And now on to the show. |
| 1:14.1 | The following episode contains disturbing accounts of violence and sexual violence. |
| 1:19.0 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:21.8 | Lee was a lover of nature. |
| 1:24.2 | She was a person that understood people to create more of an emotional tie with them. |
| 1:32.1 | She was fun-loving. She liked to ride horses. |
| 1:37.7 | Lee was a well-educated woman with a good job who came here to start a new life and was |
| 1:43.9 | subsequently murdered a few days later. |
| 1:46.0 | Obviously there's questions that come up, you know, why, who, how did it happen, and where did it happen? |
| 1:54.0 | There was no forced entry to the room. It didn't appear to be like a crime of passion or fury. |
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