2023 Book Published

On March 29, 2023, the long-awaited book about Andy Kinyon's short life, his murder, and the fall-out on his family was finally published. San Francisco's Hottest Cold Case immediately shot to #1 on several New Release charts on Amazon and has since garnered rave reviews. This true crime memoir was the result of a tireless investigation and deep soul-searching on the part of the author, and is not too shabby for a first novel - according to some.

 

 2021 Journalism Award

On Sept. 10, 2021, the story of Jon Kinyon's private investigation into his father's murder made the cover of his hometown newspaper: The Palo Alto Weekly. A few months later, the story won First Place for Investigative Reporting in the 2021 California Journalism Awards for print weeklies with a circulation of 25,000 and over!

 

 2018 Story Published

On Nov. 26, 2018, OZY Magazine published a story written by Jon Kinyon, son of the victim:

IMPORTANT STATEMENT: 

On August 4, 2020, Jon Kinyon was told that his father's cold case had been "cleared" sometime in 2018 and that the San Francisco Homicide Department had named Eugene Richard Imbrogno, Jr. "the person responsible for the death of Andy Kinyon." This declaration was not made public, and his family was never made aware of this development. It came to light only after Jon had succeeded, with help from the District Attorney's office, to force the cold case unit to work the case. The Homicide Department then cited this "cleared" designation as an excuse to shut down the investigation without ever lifting a finger or answering any of the family's questions. What a despicable tactic!

It is abundantly clear that the SFPD Homicide Department did this to bury the case file forever in deep storage, away from prying eyes. The SFPD hasn't taken kindly to a victim's family, asking too many questions and publicly exposing lies the lead detective told them over the years. They also didn't appreciate the victim's son publishing new evidence he discovered. But mainly, they've done all of this to keep the family from learning facts and evidence of the case, including the existence of at least one accomplice to the murder who has yet to be identified, let alone brought to justice.

Under mounting pressure and growing public scrutiny, the SFPD Homicide Department doubled down on their apparent cover-up by not giving statements to the media (specifically, a Palo Alto Weekly investigative reporter) or even responding to their phone calls and emails. To this day, "San Francisco's Finest" refuses to run DNA tests on physical evidence, even after numerous promises to do so over the years. Nor will they allow the family to review Andy Kinyon's full and complete case file without a court order. The quest for justice continues as the private investigation remains red hot more than 50 years after the crime.