CHRIS MCDONOUGH
HOMICIDE DETECTIVE (RET.) |
EXPERIENCE
Chris McDonough is a nationally-recognized Homicide Investigator who’s been a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil, CourtTV, Nancy Grace, Dateline NBC, CBS’s 48 Hours, the BBC, and numerous other television and radio programs. He’s an expert on death investigations, interviewing, and criminal behavior analysis. He has been honored to train Native American Homicide Task Force members as part of the Cold Case Foundation appointed by the US President’s initiative “Operation Lady Justice.” Chris has been serving in public safety since 1982. He spent nearly 25 years with the Oceanside Police Department in Southern California, |
including 13 years as a homicide detective. Chris has investigated and solved hundreds of homicides and consulted nationally on some of the country’s highest-profile child homicide and kidnapping investigations, including Jon Benet Ramsey, Elizabeth Smart, Leticia Hernandez, Matthew Cecchi, and West Memphis three interview of Christopher Morgan.
He’s an expert on predator behavior involving those who choose children as victims, having interviewed serial child killers on death row, including child murderer’s Wesley Allen Dodd and Brandon Wilson, who killed Matthew Cecchi in a public bathroom in Oceanside, California. The Wilson interview started the family restroom movement in the United States.
Chris has lectured at the university level on criminal behavior and victimology. He is a contributing author to the book "Who Killed Stephanie Crowe, Anatomy of a Murder.” He has trained homicide investigators across the country in death investigation and criminal investigative analysis. He has been described as having an innate ability to understand a criminal case’s behavioral and forensic aspects.
In 1995, Chris noted the emergence of the “White Collar Predator” as an intellectually advanced sexual deviant fueled by the internet. Chris serves as the most extended sitting board of directors for the country’s oldest child safety program, The Greatest Save, a recognized charity of Major League Baseball since 1992.
He’s an expert on predator behavior involving those who choose children as victims, having interviewed serial child killers on death row, including child murderer’s Wesley Allen Dodd and Brandon Wilson, who killed Matthew Cecchi in a public bathroom in Oceanside, California. The Wilson interview started the family restroom movement in the United States.
Chris has lectured at the university level on criminal behavior and victimology. He is a contributing author to the book "Who Killed Stephanie Crowe, Anatomy of a Murder.” He has trained homicide investigators across the country in death investigation and criminal investigative analysis. He has been described as having an innate ability to understand a criminal case’s behavioral and forensic aspects.
In 1995, Chris noted the emergence of the “White Collar Predator” as an intellectually advanced sexual deviant fueled by the internet. Chris serves as the most extended sitting board of directors for the country’s oldest child safety program, The Greatest Save, a recognized charity of Major League Baseball since 1992.