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Most former police officers don’t enjoy a retirement that involves any kind of celebrity, much less one that has yielded a signature wine inspired by their catch phrase, a book deal, and an annual namesake cruise to the Caribbean. But such is now life for 71-year-old Lieutenant Joe Kenda, whose Investigation Discovery series Homicide Hunter has made him a bona fide true crime star.Kenda’s perch atop the roster of programming on the decade-old true crime powerhouse ID is secure (if not completely natural) in a lineup that includes Wives with Knives, Deadly Women and Stepford Lives of Stepford Wives. Homicide Hunter, true stories from his 23-and-a-half years on the job in Colorado Springs, attracted nearly two million viewers per week last season, its seventh, and shows no signs of slowing.
I love the show, I like his approach. Let the evidence talk to you. Good science, good detective work, with a hunk of practical psychology thrown in.
I was reading an interview someone did with Kenda after he retired. He said he knew it was time to retire after his wife said he was due.He also knew it was time after he was interviewing a 75 year old man accused of molesting a five year old girl. Kenda asked the man why he did it, and the old geezer said the girl asked for it. Seconds later Kenda had his hands around the throat of the old bast*rd. He didn't choke the man to death, but he then knew it was time to retire.
