How Much Does Joe Kenda Make Per Episode Of American Detective? How Rich Is The Detective?
Rachel Newton
Updated on March 21, 2026
Joseph Patrick Kenda, who goes by the name Joe Kanda, is an American who used to be a detective lieutenant for the Colorado Springs Police Department.
During his 23-year career, Detective Lieutenant Joseph Patrick Kenda worked on 387 homicide cases and solved 356 of them. This is a 92 percent closure rate.
Kanda talks about the crimes he has solved on the Investigation Discovery show Homicide Hunter. Kenda also hosts the show American Detective on Discovery+.
How much does “American Detective” star Joe Kenda make per episode?
Joe Kanda, the police detective on American Detective, doesn’t make enough money for the public to know how much he makes per episode.
The host is likely to have an estimated net worth of about $1.5 million.
Kenda made most of his money from his 23 years as a police detective and his 140 appearances as “Homicide Hunter” on the TV show Investigation Discovery.
He also made money from the sales of his book, “I Will Find You” (2017). In the book, the former police detective lieutenant talks about unpublished case files from when he worked as a homicide detective.
The former police officer can be found on different social media sites. He can be found on Instagram under the name @ask kenda, where he has more than 6000 followers and 37 posts.
He can also be found on Twitter under the name @LtJoeKenda, where he has 65,800 followers and has sent more than 1,500 tweets.
When Did Joe Kenda Retire?
Joe Kenda left his job as head of the department’s major crimes unit in 1996, and since then he has been in charge of the show American Detective.
The first episode of Homicide Hunter aired on October 25, 2011. Kenda said in a video posted on the show’s official Facebook page in May 2019 that the ninth season would be the last. Even so, he is still committed to his work with Investigation Discovery.
Kenda grew up in Herminie, Pennsylvania, which is about 30 miles southeast of Pittsburgh and is about 48 kilometers away. Greensburg Central Catholic gave him his high school diploma in 1964.
He went to school at the University of Pittsburgh. In 1967, he married his high school sweetheart, Mary Kathleen “Kathy” Mohler. After getting a Bachelor of Arts in political science, Kenda went to Ohio State University and got a Master of Arts in international relations in 1970.
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Joe Kenda: Children Dan & Kris
Joe Kendra is married to Kathleen “Kathy” Mohler, and he and Kathy have two children, Dan and Kris.
On December 26, 1967, Mary Kathleen Mohler and Lt. Joe Kenda got married. The couple met while they were both in high school at Greensburg Central Catholic High School.
Both of Joe’s grown-up children live in Virginia at the moment.
Joe hasn’t told the general public very much about his children. He hasn’t told the public very much about his background or family history.
Online, you can’t find out much about his other family members. The retired policeman hasn’t told anyone about his family any personal information.