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Detective Perspective

116: MURDER: Suzanne Jovin

Detective Perspective

Derrick Levasseur & Square Mile Studios

True Crime

4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

On the night of December 4, 1998, 21-year-old Yale senior Suzanne Jovin left her apartment to return a carpool key to the campus police office. She told a classmate she planned to go home afterward and get some rest.

Just over 30 minutes later, Suzanne was found stabbed to death nearly two miles away on a street corner in a wealthy neighborhood. Detectives determined she could not have walked there in the time available, leading them to believe she had been driven to the location by someone she knew.

Despite multiple investigative efforts, that person has never been identified and no one has ever been charged with Suzanne’s murder. More than 25 years later, her case remains unsolved, and the question still lingers: who killed Suzanne Jovin?

**21-year-old Suzanne Jovin was last seen around 9:25 p.m. on December 4, 1998, walking near Phelps Gate on Yale’s campus in New Haven, Connecticut.


Anyone with information about Suzanne’s case is asked to contact the Jovin Investigation Team Tip Line at 866-623-8058 or email
jovin.case@ct.gov. There is a $150,000 reward available.**


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On the night of December 4, 1998 1998, 21-year-old Yale senior Suzanne Jovin left her apartment to return a carpool key to the campus police office.

0:51.7

She told a classmate she planned to go home afterward and get some rest.

0:55.7

Just over 30 minutes later, Suzanne was found stabbed to death nearly two miles away on a street corner in a wealthy neighborhood. Detectives determined she could

1:01.6

not have walked there in the time available, leading them to believe that she had been driven

1:05.9

to the location by someone she knew. Despite multiple investigative efforts,

1:12.9

that person has never been identified and no one has ever been charged with Suzanne's murder.

1:16.8

More than 25 years later,

1:18.8

her case remains unsolved

1:20.2

and the question still lingers.

1:22.6

Who killed Suzanne Jovin?

1:59.8

The Suzanne Joven. Suzanne Joven. The Hey, everyone, welcome back to Detective Perspective. My name is Derek Lavasser. I'm a licensed private investigator and former police detective.

2:02.8

Each week I'll be covering an unsolved case and story format. I'll then give you my perspective

2:07.1

on the investigation and provide contact information for the individuals or organizations

2:12.0

connected to the case so that if you have any tips, you can contact them directly and maybe

2:17.0

you can help solve a case.

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