Episode 19- Interview with Chicago Police Department Homicide Sergeant Michele Wood

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In this episode, Detective Hammond and Chris Kafcas interview Chicago Police Homicide Sergeant Michele Wood about her career and experiences in a male-dominated field.

Send us Fan Mail Visit our website: www.detectivestory.net In Episode 19- Detective Hammond and DJMasBlanco Chris Kafcas have the great honor of interviewing Michele Wood, distinguished and decorated Chicago Police Homicide Sergeant. Michele discusses her amazing career, her fight to become a homicide detective in CPD's male dominated homicide detective culture and her own true crime media work outside of her police career. Michele and Mike discuss cases they worked on together and giv...

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike Hammond, Chris Kafcas

Guest: Michele Wood

Topics covered

• homicide investigation
• true crime
• police culture
• interview
• career insights

Keywords

• homicide detective
• Chicago Police
• true crime media
• police career
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chicago Police Department

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