Episode
Homicide Hunter: Lt Joe Kenda: Powder Keg
Overview
When uninvited guests crash a barrio birthday party, violence erupts—leaving Enrique Urrutia dead and potentially sparking a gang war. To keep the peace, Lt. Joe Kenda must crack an unwritten code of silence and bring Enrique’s killer to justice.
Details
- Series
- Homicide Hunter: Lt Joe Kenda
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2016-09-07
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Powder Keg is Episode 3 in Season 6 of Homicide Hunter: Lt Joe Kenda. It aired on 2016-09-07. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 2: Sacrificial Lamb
When thirteen-year-old PJ Grant is found dead from a single gunshot wound to the head, Lt. Joe Kenda assumes it’s a suicide. But when the physical evidence doesn’t add up, it opens the door to a world of possibilities-from hatred to human sacrifice.
Episode 4: Make My Day
When Keith Andrews is killed, a man steps forward claiming he did it in self-defense-but Lt. Joe Kenda has his doubts. Then... Civil Rights icon Gretchen McRae is found decomposing in her house. And that’s not even the biggest secret on the premises.
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Episode 1: Avert Your Eyes
When Pamela Edwards is found shot through the heart, Lt. Joe Kenda's first task is to shield her young daughters from the horrendous scene. Soon police close in on her killer, ending with a white-knuckle car and foot chase across Colorado Springs.
Episode 5: We Kill the Ones We Love
A drive-by shooting leaves Van Terry dead; to crack the case, Lt. Joe Kenda must put his faith...in a burglar. Then, Cherie Bradley and her ex-boyfriend Anthony Carroll are found dead, and it’s up to Kenda to discover which of their relatives did it.
Episode 6: Night Terrors
When Cheryl Brantner’s children find her dead in her bathtub, Lt. Joe Kenda must decide if this was a soapy accident or something worse. Then, a gathering of local tattoo artists turns ugly, leaving Philip Titus dead and the only suspects his peers.
Episode 7: Tighten the Screws
When young Iraq War veteran Curtis Ashley ends up dead, Lt. Joe Kenda has to solve the slaying of a seemingly innocent victim using just a mere shred of evidence and his keen awareness of the criminal mind.
Episode 8: When the Music Stops
Vietnam War veteran Charles Walker is found unconscious, after a stabbing attack so savage even 45 units of blood couldn’t save his life. It’s up to Lt. Joe Kenda to follow the bloody trail of clues and piece together the victim’s last moments.
Episode 9: Settle the Score
When Johnny Crawford is killed in his easy chair, police are perplexed to learn he may have been shot over a musical instrument. But as Lt. Joe Kenda digs deeper, it soon becomes clear the young man wasn’t killed for his own sins, but someone else’s.
Episode 10: Outlaw
When a gunfight erupts at a local biker bar and claims the lives of two men, Lt. Joe Kenda must delve deep into the world of an infamous biker gang to determine if the cause behind the violent encounter was gang rivalry or something more personal.
Episode 11: New Year's Evil
It’s New Year’s Eve weekend, and in the midst of the revelry Miguel Mendez is beaten to death outside a convenience store. Lt. Joe Kenda faces a challenging investigation, his only clues coming from a drunken witness and Miguel’s strange injuries.
Episode 12: Dead Man Walking
George Ferribee, a loving son led astray by addiction, is found executed. When Lt. Joe Kenda learns the victim had recently been kidnapped, he assumes the crimes are related... but soon discovers things are much more complicated than he had expected.
Episode 13: The Line Goes Dead
When the severed head of a wife and mother is found, Kenda uses forensics and interrogation to find both her body and her killer. Then... a young man’s murder looks like a robbery gone wrong until Kenda learns the odd reason he’s living there.