Leon Kelly Bio:
Leon Kelly, M.D. is a Deputy Chief Medical Examiner/Forensic Pathologist who has
performed forensic autopsies on over 100 homicide victims in the states of Colorado
and Texas. He has testified in numerous criminal trials and is an expert in the fields
of anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, and forensic pathology. Consulted
frequently by prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, and civil litigators, he has
experience through all phases of homicide investigation and its prosecution. As an
expert on strangulation, he has consulted and testified on countless non-fatal
strangulation cases often involving domestic violence. Dr. Kelly is also a member of
his local and state child death review committees. He is an experienced lecturer to
law enforcement, attorneys, and healthcare providers and teaches courses on the
investigation of injury and death at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
(UCCS). Dr. Kelly has also appeared as the forensic pathology consultant on the
television show “Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda.”