Cpt. Jose 'Pepi' Granado is a graduate of St. Thomas University. He's a retired captain with 36 years of law enforcement experience spanning two agencies, the Miami Police Department and Miami Gardens Police Department. During his illustrious career investigating violent crimes, he established himself as a dedicated, knowledgeable, and tenacious investigator with excellent mentoring skills. These qualities, along with his experience and expertise allowed him to establish the protocols of how investigations should be conducted, as written in his first book, The Homicide Manifesto. Under his leadership, the units of the Criminal Investigations Division were highly successful in solving and clearing cases. As an investigator and supervisor with over 800 homicides and death cases investigated, he brings to the reader a real-life perspective of the emotional rollercoaster that a death investigator experiences.