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Homicide Hunter: American Detective

Season 4
This true-crime series hosted by Lt. Joe Kenda, one of America's toughest detectives, features incredibly disturbing and mind-blowing cases from across the country. Lt. Kenda expertly guides us through the complex twists and turns of these bizarre crimes.
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Episodes

  1. S4 E1 - It Begins With One
    May 28, 2024
    1 h 28 min
    TV-14
    When a young woman turns up dead in South Texas, Captain Federico Calderon fears the killer has disappeared into Mexico. As more bodies turn up, investigators pick up on the trail of a serial killer, leading to a showdown in the streets of Laredo.
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  2. S4 E2 - Mr. Innocent
    June 4, 2024
    44min
    TV-14
    In Minnesota, firemen put out a housefire and find a woman’s body inside, bound. Agent Rob Fraik soon learns the victim was babysitting a friend’s daughter, who is now missing. It’s a race against time to track down a killer with a horrifying motive.
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  3. S4 E3 - Crimson Snow
    June 11, 2024
    42min
    TV-14
    In Northern California, police find an accomplished U.S. Forest Service worker executed beneath a mound of snow. A missing wallet and a pair of jumper cables send Inv. Greg Hagwood on a multi-state manhunt for a deranged killer who knows no bounds.
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  4. S4 E4 - Candy
    June 18, 2024
    42min
    TV-14
    Deep in the kudzu of Alabama, police get a call about the bullet-riddled body of a young man burned beyond recognition. Stumped at first, Det. Kevin Palmer turns to the victim’s phone records and picks up on a devious plot to lure the victim to his death.
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  5. S4 E5 - The Rose Tattoo
    June 25, 2024
    42min
    TV-14
    The body of a South Carolina man turns up floating in the Black River. Investigator Allen Morris, working his first homicide case, must scrutinize the victim’s wife and mistress and ultimately untangle the web of deceit surrounding his disappearance.
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  6. S4 E6 - Torso
    July 2, 2024
    42min
    TV-14
    Amongst the ashes of a barn fire, North Carolina investigators discover the remains of two women — dismembered. Agent Nick Deming must dig into the victims’ personal lives to uncover a twisted revenge scheme and a killer with a true heart of darkness.
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  7. S4 E7 - Six Pounds of Pressure
    July 9, 2024
    42min
    TV-14
    A mother raises the alarm when her daughter goes missing from the Colorado house she had recently moved into. While Det. Ben Endreson is investigating, an unusual suspect comes forward to confess her involvement, but her story doesn’t quite add up.
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  8. S4 E8 - The Barrel
    July 16, 2024
    42min
    TV-14
    In the Miami suburbs, a hard-working mother from Trinidad vanishes into thin air. Detectives Danny Smith and Jonathan Zeller soon uncover her secrets but then are stalled until they come up with a highly unusual way to smoke out the perpetrator.
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  9. S4 E9 - The Highway Hunter
    July 23, 2024
    42min
    TV-14
    A scene straight out of a horror film unfolds outside of a Colorado police station, leaving one woman clinging to life and a second violently abducted. Det. Rick Archer soon uncovers a disturbing pattern that may have started a decade earlier.
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Joseph Kenda
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