Searching For Answers: The Murder of Robert Joyal, Part Two

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

1998 - Portland, Maine. On the night of April 4th, 1998, 18-year-old Robert Joyal was stabbed to death in front of 50 people in the Denny's parking lot in Portland, Maine. A month after the murder the police made an arrest... but over the course of the next two years, the state's case would slowly unravel, leaving a potential killer to walk free. How is a case that had up to 100 potential witnesses still unsolved to this day? Dive into the investigation, what went wrong, and why this case, despite having anywhere between 40 and 100 witnesses, still isn't solved. Hear Rob's story told through his brother, Marc, in the conclusion of this two part special on the life and death of Robert Joyal and a family's 20-year search for answers. If you know anything about the murder of Robert Joyal, I urge you to call the Portland Police Department's tip line at 207-874-8584. Detailed sources can be found on murdershetold.com Connect on Instagram @murdershetoldpodcast and on Facebook Support the show here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Murder She Told, true crime stories from Maine, New England, and small town USA.
0:18.8	I'm your host, Kristen Zeevy.
0:20.7	You can connect with me and suggest your hometown crime at MurderSheTold.com and follow on Instagram
0:26.4	at MurderSheTold podcast.
0:31.9	This is part two of a two-part special on the murder of Robert Joyle.
0:36.8	If you haven't listened to part one, I suggest going back and starting with that one first.
0:47.4	When 18-year-old Robert Joyle closed the door on his Ford Bronco, packed full of his belongings
0:53.6	and groceries his mother bought him earlier in the day, a huge grin spread across his face,
1:00.1	a grin his family knew well.
1:02.7	This is what independence feels like.
1:05.5	Full on adult independence.
1:08.5	The afternoon of April 3rd, 1998, was a bitter sweet one for the Joyle family.
1:14.6	Full of complicated hope, maybe a dash of fear, but mostly confidence that the family
1:20.5	was ultimately moving towards growing closer, despite physically moving farther apart.
1:26.3	When Rob drove away that day, confident about his future, nobody knew that his first night
1:32.4	of freedom would actually be his last.
1:36.9	Around 4 a.m., a hard knock at the door woke up Faith Joyle and her husband, Robert.
1:42.9	They were met with police officers who were there to give them the news that their sons
1:47.7	very first night away from home had ended in a tragedy in the Denny's parking lot.
1:53.8	I remember when my parents told me that when I woke up, they said, hey Mark, we need
2:00.2	you to chat with you for a little bit, we need you to sit down.
2:04.9	I just remember in the back of my head going, they're really going to do it, they're going
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