Homicide Hunter: Devil in the Mountains

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Homicide Hunter: Devil in the Mountains

2022

1h 24m

6.2(4 votes)

Crime

Documentary

Overview

A man found stabbed and burned launches Lt. Joe Kenda on a manhunt. When the trail goes cold, Kenda connects the dots among a string of otherwise unrelated heartless murders leading him into his first and only search for a serial killer.

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5 featured cast members

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Joe Kenda

Host

Neftali Hernandez

Detective Gomez

Tommi Aleman

Female Witness

Chris Kesterson

Prisoner

Marvin E. West

Detective

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Directed by: Lauren J. Przbyszewski

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