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Homicide Hunter: Lt Joe Kenda

  • TV-14
  • 2011–2020
  • 9 seasons
  • Documentary, Crime
  • 8.9

A non-fiction investigative series of murder cases told through the personal experience of retired detective, Lieutenant Joe Kenda. Through re-enactments, discussions with investigation teams, and interviews with victims' families and other involved persons, the show highlights Kenda's successes with his 400 homicide case history and 92 percent solution rate.

Episodes

13 episodes
  1. 1Eyes Wide Shut

    43 minAug 19, 2014

    A park ranger discovers the corpse of amateur boxer Corey Edge floating in a shallow creek. Lt. Joe Kenda investigates a rogue's gallery of hustlers, thugs and career criminals. Kenda realizes the real killers have been hiding in plain sight.

  2. 2Death Comes Knocking

    43 minAug 26, 2014

    Ernestine Addison and her son Bobby are gunned down in cold blood. A tipster points Lt. Joe Kenda towards a shadowy figure spotted fleeing the scene, but the case heats up when he receives word that the killer's murderous rampage isn't over just yet.

  3. 3Bad Things Come in Threes

    43 minSep 2, 2014

    When two young mothers are gunned down behind a crowded bar, Kenda has to first determine who was the intended target. But the case takes a bizarre turn when he learns of a third young woman who was recently murdered under eerily similar circumstances.

  4. 4Death Grip

    43 minSep 9, 2014

    Officers find the lifeless body of furniture salesman behind the wheel. But Faast didn't die in the wreck - he was shot point-blank in the temple. Lt. Joe Kenda must track a killer whose promising career took a dark and deadly turn.

  5. 5Poker Face

    43 minSep 16, 2014

    The corpse of Jamie Foster is found hidden under a blanket. But when Lt. Joe Kenda digs deeper, he discovers that Foster's business put him in close quarters with a host of unsavory characters.

  6. 6Blood Innocence

    43 minSep 23, 2014

    A war hero is beaten to death for no apparent reason. The crime scene offers few clues, but Lt Joe Kenda notices an unusual pattern in the victim's head wounds and enlists a team of engineers to help him identify the murder weapon and crack the case.

  7. 7Snitch

    43 minOct 7, 2014

    Officers discover the body of a young man they know all to well - police informant Jimmie Stevenson. But Jimmy's loose lips made him a potential target for a laundry list of killers, and it's up to Lt. Joe Kenda to determine who pulled the trigger.

  8. 8The Master Key

    43 minOct 14, 2014

    When a pregnant mother and her young sons are brutally slain, pressure mounts for the CSPD to catch the monster who did it. After a city-wide manhunt, Kenda begins to tighten the noose on a prime suspect, but what happens next will shock him to his core.

  9. 9Number 1 Suspect

    43 minOct 21, 2014

    When a mother is killed, Lt Joe Kenda wonders if it’s a robbery gone wrong, until a slew of hateful messages surface. Then, patrols discover a body on a roadway after an evident hit-and-run, but the victim’s true cause of death turns the case on its head.

  10. 10Magic Bullet

    43 minOct 28, 2014

    A father is shot in the head just steps from a strip club. When Lt Joe Kenda traces the victim’s last hours, the field of potential suspects grows, but no one will talk. The case is halted until Kenda uncovers a conspiracy organized by an unlikely gunman.

  11. 11A Prayer for the Dying

    43 minNov 4, 2014

    When a squabble at a store turns violent, Raymond Archuleta steps in to help- only to be stabbed through the heart. Lt Joe Kenda must solve the case with little evidence besides a bloody bouquet, and a sketch of the mystery woman last seen holding them.

  12. 12Bump in the Night

    43 minNov 11, 2014

    When a pilot is found dead in her trailer, police are stumped; until Lt Joe Kenda finds a startling connection between the victim and her killer. Then, Kenda is called to a bloody shooting, only to discover that the murder victim is an old family friend.

  13. 13My First Case

    43 minNov 18, 2014

    In his first case with the homicide unit, rookie burglary detective Joe Kenda volunteers to work a bloody multi-victim shooting deemed "unsolvable" by the veterans. But has the ambitious young investigator bitten off more than he can chew?

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Series cast

Joe KendaSelf - Host142 episodes
Carl MarinoLt. Joe Kenda142 episodes
Josh CasaubonNarrator (voice)142 episodes
Alicia UgarteMichelle Salazar13 episodes
Matt DearmanDetective Graham10 episodes
Stephen YoungCoroner6 episodes
Steve EifertSgt. Gary Brown2 episodes
Ethan LevyJay Perez1 episode
Kristin CochellJanet Hearn1 episode
Ann ErvinHerself - Local New Reporter1 episode
Jessica BellJan Baker1 episode
Gina GrinkemeyerLihn Perryman1 episode
Nye ReynoldsHunter Daniels1 episode
Adelle DrahosMary Jo Fitzgerald1 episode
Moses J. MoseleyKeith Andrews1 episode
Nico FordJeremy Webber1 episode
Austin HutchinsonJoseph Brown1 episode
Conrad WhitakerAaron Schaefer1 episode

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