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Joseph Patrick Kenda (born August 28, 1946) is a retired Colorado Springs Police Department detective lieutenant who was involved in 387 homicide cases over a 23-year career. He solved 356 cases, a closure rate of 92%. He was featured on the Investigation Discovery television show Homicide Hunter, on which series he recounted stories of cases that he had solved. Kenda hosts the Discovery+ show American Detective With Lt. Joe Kenda.
Kenda was born August 28, 1946 in Herminie, Pennsylvania, and was raised there. His paternal grandparents had immigrated in 1913 from Čezsoča in what is now Slovenia. His father, William, served as an intelligence officer in the United States Army during World War II and ran a trucking business. His mother, Virginia (née Morrissey), was from Colorado Springs.
He graduated from Greensburg Central Catholic High School in 1964, and attended the University of Pittsburgh. He married his high school girlfriend, Mary Kathleen Mohler, on December 26, 1967. After graduating with a B.A. in political science, Kenda earned a master’s degree in international relations from Ohio State University in 1970.
Kenda considered a career with the Foreign Service…
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