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18. Ghost of My Child

In the fifth-season finale, a former drug addict claims to have seen her son---who supposedly perished in an apartment fire three years earlier---playing in a park.

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Priscilla Chapin, a former drug addict whose son, Max, was seemingly killed in an apartment fire in 2005, comes forth claiming she just saw her child in the park. The team must re-examine the original crime scene to see if the boy could have been abducted during the fire and if so, who really started the fire. Song featured in the intro: " Better Days ", by Goo Goo Dolls. Song featured in the finale: " Far Away ", by Nickelback.

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