Cold Case Episode 7.14 Metamorphosis

Our team investigates the death of young aerialist, Mia Romonoff, when she falls out of her silk cocoon while performing a death defying headline act for the Jones Brothers Circus. In a photo of her fall it looks as if she failed to brace for impact suggesting she was already dead or unconscious before the act. Mia's was adopted by Cleo, the circus clown after both her parents, both died in attempting death defying stunts. Once Mia became the headline act with her cocoon number she became the envy of the other performers. We travel into the world of this traveling circus and we uncover some not so savory people would do everything to protect its secrets, including the most unlikely character who had an ultimate motive to wanting her dead.

Moe Kitchener is found dead with a gun shot wound to the head and all eyes point to Rush as the doer. However, when Hank Butler (ep. 172) comes into to confess for his murder, Rush is exonerated.