Chris McDonough is a retired member of the Oceanside Police Department (California) who has spent 25 years in Law Enforcement, 13 of those years as a Detective investigating homicide and death cases. Chris McDonough has been involved in the investigation of hundreds of homicide cases and has assisted and consulted nationally on an untold number of death cases. He is a recognized expert and instructor in SIDS deaths. Chris McDonough has worked on and/or consulted on some of the country’s highest-profile homicide cases including, the Jon Benet Ramsey case, and the Leticia Hernandez, Stephanie Crowe, and Matthew Cecchi cases. He lectures on the university level on criminal behavior and is a co-author of the recently published book Who Killed Stephanie Crow, Anatomy of a Murder and has also contributed to a chapter in the book Analyzing Criminal Behavior II, a law enforcement training manual.

Chris McDonough’s other career assignments have included 10 years as a member of his Departments S.W.A.T. Team serving as a Hostage Negotiator, Special Enforcement Intelligence Detective and K-9 Handler. Chris McDonough has a Bachelors of Science degree in Criminal Justice and has been recognized by the California State Assembly, California State Senate, United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives for his work in law enforcement.

Chris McDonough is a nationally recognized criminal behavior expert who has been an invited guest on the Oprah Show, Dateline NBC, CBS’s 48 Hours, the Leeza Show, the BBC as well as numerous other television and radio programs. He is an expert in homicide and death investigation, interviewing and criminal behavior analysis and trains law enforcement all over the U.S. with the Institute of Investigative Science.