Justice for Joyce Yost | A Case of Rape | 2
Cold
KSL Podcasts
4.8 • 40.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2021
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Content advisory: This episode includes discussion of rape and sexual assault.
A confrontation in the carport followed by an assault from a stranger. Joyce Yost survives a terrifying attack. Then, with some reluctance, she reports what had happened to the police. Detective Bill Holthaus interviews Joyce before heading out to find the man who'd assaulted her: Douglas Lovell.
Joyce Yost had never met the man who followed her home on an April night in 1985, who kidnapped and raped her. He threatened to kill her, but she went to police anyway. Then, she vanished. Joyce has never been found. Now, investigative journalist Dave Cawley delves into the decades-old case to uncover the details of a murder-for-hire plot to silence Joyce. Cold reveals flaws in the system that left Joyce unprotected, examines pitfalls of the death penalty and asks if there’s such a thing as justice for Joyce Yost.
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Episode credits:
- Research, writing and hosting: Dave Cawley
- Audio production: Dave Cawley
- Audio mixing: Dave Cawley
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- Cold main score mixing: Dan Blanck
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| 0:00.0 | I need to talk to you for a moment before we get started. This is normally where I advise you of the content of this podcast, |
| 0:07.6 | discussions of murder, domestic abuse, sexual assault and so forth, |
| 0:11.7 | and advise your discretion in listening. |
| 0:15.0 | Please hear me when I say this episode in particular deserves not just discretion, but mindful consideration. |
| 0:23.0 | Please take into account where, when, and with whom you listen. |
| 0:27.0 | This episode includes a depiction of a woman's rape, and the events which immediately followed. |
| 0:33.8 | The level of detail goes beyond what you might normally expect from a news report. |
| 0:39.2 | I've spent a great deal of time debating with colleagues and personally deliberating about how best to present this part of the story. |
| 0:48.5 | I've attempted to balance showing the truth of what happened to Joyce against the risk of harm to survivors of similar assaults. |
| 0:57.4 | It is also not my intent to exploit Joyce or her experience in any way. |
| 1:03.0 | People with firsthand or even secondhand lived experience in this realm |
| 1:08.0 | might find this episode particularly difficult. |
| 1:11.0 | So please proceed with that in mind. |
| 1:15.0 | I'm Cheryl Worsley, Director of Podcasting here at KSL Podcasts. |
| 1:20.0 | Before we get started with this very difficult episode, I want to make sure you know that help |
| 1:25.2 | is available 24-7 if you or someone close to you has experienced rape or any other form |
| 1:32.4 | of sexual abuse. |
| 1:34.3 | In the United States, you can go to RAINN.org. |
| 1:39.1 | That's the Rape Abuse Incest National Network website at R A I N.org. |
| 1:46.5 | You can also call 800 656 Hope |
| 1:50.3 | to connect with free resources. No one needs suffer in silence. |
| 1:55.0 | You are not alone. |
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