MODEL DETECTIVE—Michele Wood

About this episode

The episode features Michele Wood, a Chicago homicide detective, discussing her experiences and insights in a male-dominated field.

MODEL DETECTIVE takes readers where true crime has never gone before—inside the heart, mind, and soul of a Chicago homicide detective whose grit and instincts prove that a woman’s place is in the homicide division. Sergeant Michele Wood, a 25-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, has spent nearly two decades in the Detective Division. With hundreds of arrests, and an extraordinary record of solving murders, she has led homicide teams while also appearing as a legal expert on ABC’s 20/20 and other national true crime series. In MODEL DETECTIV E, Wood takes readers through complex murder cases—revealing how she interprets evidence and uses her perspective as a woman to succeed in a male-dominated world. Wood’s skills attest to her high success rate and stellar reputation on the force and explains why she’s Chicago’s (and probably the country’s) only detective who previously worked as a flight attendant, moonlighted as a fitness-magazine model, and continues her on-air fame as a crime TV expert. From the story of her Chicago upbringing to the extraordinary perils of policing in Chicago, MODEL DETECTIVE is the raw inspiring, tale of courage, resilience and determination in…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Zupansky

Guest: Michele Wood

Topics covered

• true crime
• homicide investigation
• female detectives
• Chicago policing
• murder cases

Keywords

• Michele Wood
• homicide detective
• true crime
• Chicago
• female detective
• murder cases
• law enforcement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chicago Police Department, ABC

Books & works: MODEL DETECTIVE, 20/20

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