62 - Kidnap: Joyce McKinney
Mens Rea: A true crime podcast
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🗓️ 1 March 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to to be here. Oh, On June 17th, 2019 at 535 a.m. 91 year old Ginedi Bolotsky took his dog for a walk in Van Nuys, California, as he and the small fluffy white |
| 0:57.7 | dog made their way along a marked pedestrian crossing at Wilkinson Avenue and Magnolia Boulevard, a large white pickup truck with a covered back |
| 1:08.2 | ran straight through the junction, knocking Mr Bilotsky over. |
| 1:13.2 | The truck didn't stop. |
| 1:15.2 | It barely slowed. |
| 1:18.1 | Gennady Bilotsky, who was originally from the Ukraine and emigrated to the states during the Nazi occupation of his home during World War II was brought to hospital but later died of his injuries. |
| 1:32.0 | The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors offered a $10,000 reward for |
| 1:37.9 | information that would lead to an arrest and conviction in relation to the case. On the 21st of June, reports of a vehicle matching |
| 1:46.6 | the description of the one that had fled the scene of the accident came in. A white GMC truck was parked near to Burbank Airport. People working nearby had seen it parked there for some time and noticed that it matched the description of the car that was wanted. They called police and reported it, along with the fact that there was an occupant of the car who appeared to be living in it and that this person, a female, had been seen relieving herself on the street. |
| 2:16.6 | When police arrived, they discovered a 68-year-old woman and three dogs who did appear to be living in the vehicle. |
| 2:24.4 | The woman was Joyce Bernan McKinney and she was arrested on outstanding |
| 2:29.6 | warrants for battery and public nuisance. McKinney was then charged with assault with a deadly weapon, |
| 2:36.7 | hit and run driving resulting in death and vehicular manslaughter, and her bail was set at $137,000. If found guilty, she faces a sentence of up to Lady Bilotsky wasn't the first time that Joyce McKinney had found herself before the courts on a serious charge, however. |
| 3:07.0 | She had plenty of experience dealing with law enforcement from local police, up to the FBI and the police service in the |
| 3:16.1 | United Kingdom. Joyce McKinney was the only daughter of a school principal and a teacher. She grew up in Avery County, North Carolina in a small close-knit community, Minneapolis. She was noted for her good grades and impeccable behavior. She graduated in |
| 3:35.0 | 1967 and went to East Tennessee State University. She then got an MA |
| 3:40.5 | from the University of North Carolina. In 1974 she moved to Provo Utah, where she attended Brigham Young University. There she undertook a PhD in the School of Theatre and Cinematic Arts and also taught speech. |
| 3:58.0 | Alongside all of her studies, Joyce liked to compete in beauty contests. |
| 4:04.8 | She placed in a number of them and was chosen as Miss Wyoming in 1974 and competed in that |
| 4:11.7 | year's Miss USA pageant. |
| 4:15.0 | When she arrived in Provo, Joyce moved into student apartments called the Riviera. |
| 4:21.0 | The units were located just outside the university campus and were owned by the prominent Mormon family, the Osmans. |
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