Joe Kennedy is a living legend. If you’re looking for a cold case expert, you’ve found the best of the best. But don’t take it from him, because he’ll tell you he’s just another retired federal agent.

 

Joe is my dad, and I’m hijacking the About Joe section in an attempt to do justice to an overview of his accomplishments and acumen. I may be biased, but trust me, you can't make this stuff up. 

 

Joe devoted the first 28 years of his career to serving as a special agent for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. He often deployed for months at a time, and he was always "just going to catch the bad guys." It wasn't until years later that I realized catching the bad guys was only the tip of the iceberg.

 

Joe started the cold case unit of NCIS; and yes, he literally wrote the book on solving cold cases. He has traveled and worked in over 100 countries, and has dozens of awards and commendations. He earned the highest civilian award during his career, not once, but four times (that I know of). The few stories I've have managed to coax out of him include an undercover restaurant aquarium shootout; riding horseback into the mountains in the Middle East; and being flown back to the states from Japan to interrogate a serial killer. Fortunately, I never saw the side of him that interrogated serial killers, and most people who know him can't picture it either. He's a fun-loving, friendly guy; not the Liam Neeson type you might be envisioning. Joe has retired from NCIS, but he'll never retire from solving cases. He now consults on unsolved and pending legal cases, teaches homicide and leadership courses around the country, and leads a nonprofit that helps police offices with unsolved cases.