Summer School: Solving Homicides, Part 2

DEVIANT

Cold Open Media

True Crime

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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(PART 2/2) In Part 2 of our DEVIANT Summer School class on homicide investigations, retired Chicago Police homicide Detective Mike Hammond takes us through the intricate process of catching killers. From establishing motive and gathering evidence to working with prosecutors and navigating the complexities of cold cases, Mike shares his extensive experience and insights. He discusses the challenges of dealing with victims' families, the importance of physical evidence, and the crucial role of DNA in solving old cases. Learn about the realities and nuances of homicide investigations, and hear stories from Mike, who has solved hundreds of homicide cases. MIKE'S SHOW AND INFO: https://www.detectivestory.net/ JOIN OUR PATREON: http://www.deviantpodcast.com Visit DEVIANT's socials: http://www.instagram.com/deviant.podcast http://www.tiktok.com/@deviant.podcast Copyright 2025 Cold Open Media LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	How do homicide investigations actually work? This is part two of our exploration with retired
0:36.7	Chicago police homicide detective Mike Hammond.
0:40.1	If you haven't checked up part one, make sure you do.
0:42.6	In part one, we talked about what happens when a call comes in.
0:45.7	From that very first call, working the scene and finding out what happened and gathering that evidence.
0:51.7	In this episode, we're taking it the rest of the way.
0:54.4	How do you actually catch the people who did this? How does that process work? How do you put
0:59.1	them behind bars or not? Also, we're going to talk about cold cases and how those get solved.
1:05.8	Again, Mike Hammond is our guest. He's worked hundreds of homicide cases. And you could hear a lot of
1:10.8	his stories and his conversations on, and you could hear a lot of his stories and his
1:11.4	conversations on, and you could hear a lot of his stories and conversations on his podcast, which is great.
1:16.3	It's called Detective Story with Mike Hammond. And you can find out all things, Mike, at detective story.
1:22.6	Dot net. Okay, let's get into it. This is Deviant Summer School. I'm Dan Sematovic, and this is
1:28.1	part two on how to solve a murder.
1:38.5	So you know who it is. You know what the scene looks like. Now it's time to catch the person who did this. And
1:46.2	sometimes it's going to be easy. They often say that it's often a family member. In Chicago,
1:51.9	it may be, you know, some sort of drug beef or other kind of beef or could be family related or
1:56.7	some sort of domestic related. Those are probably the easy things that you look for. And
2:00.7	sometimes the solution is obvious.
2:02.8	But when it's not obvious or when it's maybe less than obvious, what are your moves?
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