REOPENED: Nacole's Killer: Part 1
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
3.8 • 8.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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This special two-part edition of Cold Case Files offers an inside look at an active cold case investigation as detectives work to solve the 1995 rape and murder of 14-year-old Nacole Smith, one of Atlanta's most notorious unsolved crimes.
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| 0:00.0 | An A&E original podcast. |
| 0:03.6 | This episode contains descriptions of violence and sexual assault. |
| 0:07.9 | Use your best judgment. |
| 0:13.2 | Nicole Smith was 14 years old in June of 1995. |
| 0:18.3 | She was excited that it was almost time for summer break, and she couldn't wait to pick |
| 0:23.3 | out a dress for her eighth grade graduation. On Wednesday, June 7th, Nicole woke up, |
| 0:30.0 | got dressed for school, played with her baby cousin for a few minutes, and threw her hair into |
| 0:35.2 | a ponytail. Her mom told her she should pay more attention |
| 0:39.2 | to her hair since they were going dress shopping after school. Nicole combed out her hair |
| 0:44.5 | and said to her mom, you're so crazy, but I love you. And then left for school. |
| 0:56.2 | Nicole walked to school with her older sister and some friends, but when they arrived, |
| 1:01.5 | she realized she had left her homework at her house. |
| 1:05.2 | Wanting to keep her A student status, Nicole took a shortcut through the woods to go home and get it. |
| 1:12.7 | She was never seen alive again. |
| 1:15.6 | Inside those woods, a man attacked, raped, and murdered Nicole Smith. |
| 1:22.2 | Her case, like so many other cold cases, would never be solved. |
| 1:28.1 | At least not as of the recording of this podcast. |
| 1:32.7 | But the evidence gathered in her case file plays a key role when the killer strikes again. |
| 1:39.6 | From A&E, this is Cold Case Files. |
| 1:42.9 | I'm Brooke, and here's a legendary Bill Curtis with a special two-part episode, Nicole's Killer. |
| 1:51.5 | I want to picture myself here and try to picture how this happened. |
| 1:56.2 | Vince Velazquez is a cold case detective. |
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