Joe retired from the Michigan State Police after 26 years of service and has 45 years of investigative experience in both the public and private sectors. He was lead investigator on the James R. Hoffa case, and investigated homicides, financial crimes, narcotics, and public corruption. He is Past President of the Michigan FBI National Academy Associates and is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). He holds a BS in Accounting from Wayne State University, and a Masters in Public Administration from Eastern Michigan University where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. He now owns and operates KMI Investigations in Western Michigan specializing in financial fraud investigations.
He is a much sought-after speaker on Forensic Linguistics (using communication evidence in court) and is an Expert Witness on Interview and Interrogation. He authored the award-winning book, “Getting the Truth,” winning the prestigious 2016 Montaigne Medal Finalist and 2016 Indie General Non-Fiction Finalist Awards. "Getting the Truth" is about reading between the lines, distinguishing truth from deception, and learning to sculpt your questions to get the truth. It is full of analysis of written statements from public and private figures to help drive home the book's principles, including General Petraeus' resignation letter, the ransom note from the Jon Benet Ramsay case, OJ Simpson's statement to LAPD Detectives Lange and Vannatter the day after the murders of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman, Woody Allen's response to Dylan Farrow's sexual assault allegation, as well as many others.
He released (January 2019) his most recent book, "Getting the Truth: I am D.B. Cooper," the product of two years of research and work with the principals at Principia Media, LLC, identifying Walt Reca as the infamous D.B. Cooper. For those who aren't familiar with D. B. Cooper, here is a short description from the back cover:
“On the night of November 24, 1971, a man named D.B. Cooper hijacked NWA 305, bound for Seattle from Portland. In exchange for the 36 passengers, he received $200,000 in used $20 bills and 4 parachutes. He ordered the plane to take off from SeaTac airport, strapped the $200,000 to his body and parachuted out the rear of that plane into the dark, cold Washington State sky, never to be seen or heard from – until now.”
Autographed copies of both books are available at Bookstore.
