Justice for Joy

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4.4 • 38K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

When Joy Hibbs is found dead in a house fire, an autopsy shows she was murdered beforehand. Even with multiple suspects, the investigation stalls, leaving the case cold for years. Decades later, a shocking secret is revealed. Blayne Alexander reports.

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0:00.0	Tonight on Dave Line.
0:02.0	It was so smoky.
0:03.2	I could see flames.
0:05.8	I was hysterical.
0:07.2	My house was on fire.
0:08.8	My mom's in there.
0:10.2	I wanted to save her.
0:16.0	She was dead before the fire was set. This was not an accident, this was a murder.
0:18.0	I couldn't think of anybody that would want to hurt her.
0:21.0	We have the clock that's frozen, it's burned in the fire.
0:23.8	There's our timeline, boom.
0:25.7	Did you ever ask your dad if he was involved?
0:27.7	Nope.
0:28.7	Why? I didn't want to believe that that could even be true.
0:31.8	I'd ask him a lot of very sensitive questions,
0:34.2	a lot of painful questions.
0:36.6	They cast a wide net on suspects.
0:38.6	He had a explosive temper.
0:41.5	You can hear him from our house.
0:43.0	He's done some really horrible stuff.
0:45.0	Did you think that April was putting the blame on her husband to try and save herself?
0:49.0	You have to.
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