After a man is found stabbed and burned alive in his Colorado Springs apartment, Lt. Joe Kenda and his team find themselves at a standstill. But when a string of unexplained murders begins to plague the community, Kenda uncovers a similarity between the crime scenes that launches a 100-mile-wide manhunt. The two-hour special, HOMICIDE HUNTER: DEVIL IN THE MOUNTAINS presents a career-defining case that brought Lt. Kenda face to face with the rarest and deadliest of violent killers – his one and only serial killer case. HOMICIDE HUNTER: DEVIL IN THE MOUNTAINS premieres on ID on Sunday, November 27 from 9-11PM ET/PT on ID and streams the same day on discovery+.
With a photographic memory and no-nonsense demeanor, Lt. Joe Kenda captivates viewers with stories of murder cases he solved throughout his 23-year-long career on the hit ID series HOMICIDE HUNTER. Now, ID brings fans an extension of the popular franchise with a trilogy of premium specials where Kenda leads viewers through labyrinthine cases that have plagued him for years. HOMICIDE HUNTER: DEVIL IN THE MOUNTAINS is the second installment, following the August premiere of NEVER GIVE UP which is available to stream now on discovery+. The third special will premiere in 2023 on ID.
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HOMICIDE HUNTER: DEVIL IN THE MOUNTAINS is produced by Jupiter Entertainment for Investigation Discovery.
About LT. JOE KENDA
Lt. Joe Kenda, a 23-year Colorado Springs Police Department veteran, spent 21 years chasing killers as a homicide detective and commander of the major crimes unit. Kenda and his team solved 356 of his 387 homicide cases, getting a 92 percent solve rate – one of the highest in the country. After retiring from law enforcement, he starred in “Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda,” an American true-crime documentary series that ran for nine seasons on Investigation Discovery (ID), and is now in premieres of season three of “American Detective with Lt. Joe Kenda,” both available for streaming on discovery+. He has written two books, “I Will Find You” and “Killer Triggers.”
