CSI Joe Lopedito is an experienced crime scene investigator with the Tampa Police Department. Starting his law enforcement career in 2014 with the Kenneth City Police Department, Joe has held a variety of law enforcement positions settling into his current role as a crime scene investigator where he has developed a passion for death investigations. As an adjunct instructor with Advanced Police Concepts, Joe teaches a variety of courses in forensics, homicide investigations, and death investigations from a crime scene perspective.

Jen Spears is an experienced homicide and cold case detective with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office in central Florida. She has been a deputy since 1999, the majority of that time spent in criminal investigations serving in a variety of assignments. She has been working homicides and cold cases since 2005. Jen has collaborated with numerous agencies around the nation through her casework and has received several accolades for her accomplishments in cold case investigations. Jen also serves as a commissioner on the Florida Sheriff’s Association Cold Case Advisory Commission. She is the President of the Southeastern Homicide Investigators Association (SEHIA) She has a passion for organizing the best training available reaching the largest audience of law enforcement professionals possible.

Jen was selected to serve on the National Review Board for ViCAP as well as a board member for Project: Cold Case. Since solving a 1984 cold case using investigative genetic genealogy in 2019, Jen serves as the Director of Law Enforcement Investigations for Innovative Forensic Investigations.