My very first #forensicfriday post is dedicated to Lt. Joe Kenda. In his 23 year career as a homicide detective for Colorado Springs, he investigated 387 homicide cases, solving 356, with a remarkable closure rate of 92%. He is noted with having a keen ability to know when someone is lying. After his retirement, he became the subject of many forensic television shows, the most recent being the extremely successful Homicide Hunter, which was just renewed for it's seventh season on the Investigation Discover Network. While making the show, Kenda refuses to use a script, and prefers to talk off the cuff about his cases, which he remembers perfectly. Each episode only takes about 4 hours to film, usually only needing one take for his interviews. After retiring from CSPD, and before his television career, he spent ten years driving a school bus for special needs children. #forensicfriday #murderpolice #joekenda #homicidehunter #investigationdiscovery
