Meet the expert: Joe Kennedy

"I strongly believe that COLD CASE LIVE -- with some help from our audiences -- will help us solve another important case so we can help bring justice and resolution for victims and their families.” - Joe D. Kennedy

Joey (Joe) D. Kennedy is the Vice President for the BlueLine Training Group LLC. Joe retired as the Special Agent-in-Charge for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Carolinas Field Office in 2014 after 28 years serving NCIS offices around the world. Joe is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Pfeiffer College, Misenheimer, North Carolina. He received a Master of Policy Management degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

While with NCIS, Joe served in a variety of positions focusing on violent crimes and undercover operations. He was the Primary Architect and First Program Manager for the internationally acclaimed NCIS Cold Case Homicide Unit. He wrote the methodology and protocol for NCIS Cold Case investigations, which has been adopted by numerous police agencies around the globe. He is the founder of the Carolinas Cold Case Coalition and former Consulting Committee Member of the American Investigative Society of Cold Cases (AISOCC).

Joe is a charter member of the International Homicide Investigators Association and North Carolina Homicide Investigators Association. He was featured in the “Real NCIS” and a core team expert for the Starz TV “Wrong Man” Series. Joe is the co-author of “Solving Cold Case – Investigation Techniques and Protocol.” Joe serves as an expert witness for police investigative procedures and homicide investigations throughout the United States.