—Lt. Joe Kenda spent 23 years in the Colorado Springs Police Department, where he amassed a lifetime of memories catching killers and helping solve close to 400 homicide investigations; the vivid memories are brought back to life in this hourlong series, as Kenda reopens his "Murder Books" for viewers -- folders in which every detail of his murder cases is held -- to revisit the most disturbing cases still haunting him today; as he details the process of how he solved the crimes, Kendra also embarks on a personal journey, coming to terms with long-suppressed nightmares; as he says, "I don't want to tell these stories. I need to."

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Season 920 of 20 Episodes

The naked body of a vibrant young mother is found frozen solid in a deserted cemetery; after the case goes cold, Lt. Joe Kenda reopens the investigation and recognizes the sinister hallmark of a serial killer.
Soon after the lifeless body of Charlie Tuttle is discovered behind a locked bedroom door, his death is ruled a suicide; six months later, Lt. Joe Kenda receives an unprompted confession that propels the case in a whole new direction.
After a man and his wife are viciously attacked in their own home, Joe Kenda is on the hunt for a troubled teenager whose appetite for violence knows no bounds; an unprecedented discovery spurs police to open up a 100-year-old murder investigation.
A sharp-dressed pedestrian is shot in the back for unknown reasons; chasing a promising lead, Lt. Kenda realizes he's barking up the wrong tree; when an impromptu argument turns fatal, a suspect's guilt boils down to his skill with deadly weapons.
When a U.S. Air Force veteran dies unexpectedly, Lt. Joe Kenda and his team must determine whether the death was the result of a tragic accident or premeditated murder; before long, the team discovers their clean-cut victim led a secret life.
Hikers stumble across the brutalized corpse of amateur boxer Johnnie Wilson, hidden beneath a pile of branches; plagued by false starts and blind alleys, the case finally gains traction when investigators get their hands dirty.
An unhinged divorcé with a score to settle initiates an armed standoff from the cramped confines of his trailer; a disabled man is killed on the job, and Lt. Joe Kenda's case hits a roadblock when forensic evidence is scrubbed from the scene.
Two best friends are gunned down on a dark residential street; when a string of disappointments threaten to derail the case, Lt. Joe Kenda enlists the help of an old acquaintance.
A woman in red drops a dying man off at a firehouse and then vanishes; police soon learn the victim is a contractor with a troubled personal life, but they struggle to identify the mystery woman.
After an infant stops breathing, Kenda and Walker investigate whether the daycare is to blame or the parents themselves; Kenda works an execution-style shooting, and he is shocked to learn the victim is a kindly grandmother.
A young man is found dead behind the wheel of his taxi; since robbery seems like an unlikely motive, Kenda and Gaenzle wonder if it was personal.
Kenda and Barry investigate a gun battle in a quaint family home that left one dead and two in critical condition; a woman is found beaten, strangled and stabbed on the roadside.
After two young men are found shot in an apartment hallway, Lt. Joe Kenda must rely on his inner lie detector to figure out which victim is being deceptive; police investigate a murder in broad daylight and nearly get killed themselves.
A woman's frozen body is found along a switchback road high in the mountains above Colorado Springs, Colo; before investigators can determine who's responsible for her death, they'll need to figure out what brought her there in the first place.
After a man is gunned down in the middle of the street, Joe Kenda must piece together a puzzle of conflicting stories and dead ends; a bloody body is discovered in a popular mall, and Kenda must make sense of the gruesome and mysterious scene.
Hikers come across the nude body of a man who has been bound and beaten to death; when the victim's checkered past comes to light, Joe Kenda must wade through a laundry list of potential suspects to find his killer.
After a father is found shot in front of his home, Kenda uncovers a vengeful motive behind a deadly family feud; a church turns into a house of horrors as officers face a life-or-death decision when confronted by a knife-wielding psychopath.
After a young woman is found murdered on the steps of a trailer, Joe Kenda and the homicide team must track down the vile perpetrators responsible for a string of cold-blooded murders.
When a beloved grandmother is found stabbed to death in her home, Joe Kenda must turn to a grief-stricken community for help; after 12 years of searching, Kenda finally uncovers the fiendish plot to exploit the helpless victim.
The slaying of a young boy has Lt. Joe Kenda facing his most difficult case yet; while confronting his own demons brought forth by this tragic case, the detective makes the most consequential decision of his career.

When affable ladies' man Michael Tittemore is gunned down in the dead of night, Lt. Joe Kenda sets his sights on the roommates who were present during the murder; then, a revelation turns his attention to a far more nefarious band of suspects.
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A card game is interrupted by gunfire, leaving a young man dead; Lt. Joe Kenda soon learns the seeds of his destruction were sown earlier the same day; later, Kenda responds to a double shooting, taking him and his team down memory lane.
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After a teenager is killed at a party, police question the guests and wonder if they're all part of a cover-up; then a reported suicide leaves Lt. Joe Kenda with doubts.
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A meeting between two businessmen leaves one shot in the face; Lt. Kenda realizes the victim could actually be the aggressor, shot struggling over his own gun.
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A man rushes his friend to the hospital with serious gunshot wounds, reporting they were robbed by strangers; after realizing the facts don't add up, Lt. Joe Kenda and his team go on the hunt for an eyewitness who could crack the case wide open.
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The discovery of a family home littered with corpses leaves Lt. Kenda with the task of unwinding the paranoid obsessions of a diseased mind and forces him to face his greatest fear; a fatal beating at a motel illuminates the dark underbelly of love.
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Lt. Joe Kenda spent 23 years in the Colorado Springs Police Department, where he amassed a lifetime of memories catching killers and helping solve close to 400 homicide investigations; the vivid memories are brought back to life in this hourlong series, as Kenda reopens his "Murder Books" for viewers -- folders in which every detail of his murder cases is held -- to revisit the most disturbing cases still haunting him today; as he details the process of how he solved the crimes, Kendra also embarks on a personal journey, coming to terms with long-suppressed nightmares; as he says, "I don't want to tell these stories. I need to."

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