Joseph R. Kozenczak

Chief of Police
Joseph R. Kozenczak
Born (1940-03-20)20 March 1940
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died 13 May 2015(2015-05-13) (aged 75)
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Police career
Department Des Plaines Police Department
Country United States
Years of service 1962 – 1989
Rank Chief of Detectives from 1978-1980, Captain from 1980-1985, Chief of Police from 1985-1989.


Joseph R. Kozenczak was the former Chief of Police of Des Plaines, Illinois where he worked for 27 years. He is recognized for his role of Chief Investigator of the John Wayne Gacy Serial Murder Investigation in 1978.

Media

Film

  • The made-for-TV film To Catch a Killer, starring Michael Riley as Kozenczak, was released in 1992. The film is largely based on the investigation of Gacy, following the disappearance of Robert Piest, by Des Plaines Police and their efforts to arrest him before the scheduled civil suit hearing on December 22.

Books

  • The Chicago Killer, by Joseph R. Kozenczak and Karen M. Kozenczak ( ISBN 978-1401095314).


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