Kenny Kyle

**Kenny Kyle** was a career criminal who murdered Henry Cole.

## History

### Season 3

After discovering that Kenny was an exotic rat buyer, Kenny became the focus in Stabler and Bell's investigation into Henry's murder. The team managed to get a possible location on Kenny but missed him because he was transported to the hospital from a rat bite. Kenny then fled the hospital before the police could interrogate him. Kenny then ran into Teddy's nightclub and the team moved in to find Kenny. Kenny spotted the cops and fled, stole a woman's car and nearly ran over Stabler. (OC: "Everybody Knows The Dice Are Loaded")

While searching for Kenny, Bell and Stabler shut down Teddy's club and asked people in the club if they have seen or knew Kenny. The team of police discovered $20,000 of payoff money in the club. However, Kenny was spotted by police digging up reserve cash in the forest. When the cops approached Kenny to arrest him, Kenny attacked and shot one officer and then maimed the other before fleeing the scene. Bell and Stabler then discover that Kenny had called the police which led them to Buatsi who told them that Kenny had visited and assaulted him. Buatsi then told them that Kenny would die soon from the rat poison. Stabler and Whelan then met with Dede Hayes, a woman who was very close to Kenny and consistently bailed him out in the past. Bell and Reyes then visited the construction site where they discovered a man who was nearly killed in the demolition because he was crouching in the abandoned building. They also discover that the man was bitten by poisonous rats. At the hospital, the man told the police that he saw Kenny the day that Henry was murdered and told them that Kenny was practically dead. Kenny then broke into a house where he called Dede and she updated him on what was happening with the cops. Kenny and Dede planned to meet but the police were surveilling her and tracking her phone. Dede then figured out a way to meet with Kenny. Dede knew that Teddy's hitmen were there to kill Kenny and went in the next room with tears in her eyes. Kenny then ended up shooting Teddy's two hitmen. Kenny then approached Dede asking her if she knew that Teddy's men were out to kill him. Dede confessed claiming that they threatened to murder her grandmother. Stabler and Whelan arrived at the scene and saw Teddy's deceased hitmen and Dede dead on the floor. Stabler discovered that Kenny stole another car and was driving to the Canadian Border. Kenny then realised that the car he stole had an infant in the backseat. However, due to the rat poison, Kenny became more delusional and thought that the infant was his younger sister. However, Kenny and the baby were spotted by police and Bell approached Kenny. Bell tried to talk him down while Kenny pointed the gun at her. When Bell handcuffed herself to a bench, Kenny lowered the gun and was tackled by Reyes. Reyes then arrested Kenny for his crimes. Later, Stabler discovered that the police officer that Kenny maimed died from the injuries which infuriated Stabler. (OC: "Catch Me If You Can")

While Kenny was being transferred after being arraigned, Kenny was threatened and he attacked a guard in order to get tossed into the infirmary. When he woke up in the bed, Stabler was sitting next to Kenny where he tried to get information out of him. However, Kenny wouldn't give him anything and claims that he would rather face prison time than speak to the cops. In order to get information out of Kenny, Reyes offered to go undercover at Rikers Island as an inmate. Bell agreed to allow Reyes to go undercover. At the prison, Reyes conversed with Kenny and they formed a bond. Kenny met with Reyes in the cafeteria where Reyes continuously asked Kenny questions. Kenny then started attacking Reyes and Reyes continued to fight back. When the inmates went to the yard, Reyes noticed an assailant approaching Kenny and tried to protect Kenny. Reyes ended up getting stabbed and slowly started to pass out. Later, Kenny met with Reyes where he opened up about Bishop wanting him dead. Reyes told Kenny to give up the killer and go into witness protection. Stabler then returned to the prison where he tried to extract information. Kenny told Stabler that he's been a doormat his whole life in order to fit in. Kenny shows remorse for the crimes he committed. Kenny then tells Stabler that Russo hired him to kill Henry. Later, after Bishop commits suicide, Kenny exchanges a few words with Reyes about Bishop before a guard escorts him out of the cell. Kenny then gets sent into witness protection in Florida. (OC: "Spirit In The Sky")

## Known Victims

### Personal

* Unnamed boy (injured in a fire committed by Kenny)
* Henry Cole (murdered)
* Jamie Whelan (assaulted)
* Unnamed police officer (assaulted)
* Elliot Stabler (assaulted)
* Unnamed police officer (maimed; later died)
* Danny Murdoch (murdered)
* Ronald Buatsi (assaulted)
* Dominic Russo (attempted to murder)
* Unnamed hitman (murdered)
* Dede Hayes (murdered)
* Zoe (kidnapped; was rescued)
* Ayanna Bell (held hostage)
* Unnamed guard (assaulted)
* Bobby Reyes (assaulted)

## Appearances

* Law & Order: Organized Crime
	+ Season 3: "Everybody Knows The Dice Are Loaded" • "Catch Me If You Can" • "Spirit In The Sky"