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hello everyone and welcome back to another True Crime Mysteries video thank you all for being here
today we're discussing five more soft cold cases let's get into it number one Joy hips
a mother of two happily married Joy Hibbs was described as kind
gentle and someone who loves her family immensely she was the perfect mother and wife
her 12 year old son came home that day on April 19th of 1991. from elementary school about 105 pm
to find smoke coming from his home at 1200 Spencer Drive in Croydon in Bristol Township
he tried to get into the house through the kitchen but he couldn't because of the fire and the smoke
he ran to the neighbors for help knowing that his mother was at home on April 19 1991 it had been a
normal day for the hips family twelve-year-old David Hibbs was released early from school and
was walking home as he approached his home in Croydon Pennsylvania he immediately knew something
was wrong the windows were unusually dark and as he got closer he could see black smoke pouring
from a kitchen vent he opened the back door and was met with a wall of flames his mother
36 year old Joy Hibbs had been in the home and he frantically searched for help but it was too late
but when Joy's body was found in the rubble of the home her cause of death hadn't been
smoke inhalation but rather multiple stab wounds ligature marks around her neck and fractured ribs
Joy Hibbs had been murdered her body had been found in her son's bedroom the fire marshal
noted that accelerant had been used in each of the bedrooms and likely had been set shortly
before David's discovery a school didn't normally end at noon the killer likely thought they had
more time and the fire would fully engulf the home before it was discovered by neighbors no
one could understand why the Suburban mother of two had been targeted in such a horrific attack
however Joy's daughter revealed that someone had slashed her tires days before her murder
and Joy's co-workers stated that a man had called her at work several times threatening her
several people were interviewed including Joy's husband but all were released
earlier that morning Joy had gone to the bank cashed her paycheck and she'd gone grocery
shopping which was a part of her normal Friday routine and she was later seen that morning
walking the new family puppy major her wallet was found wedged between the couch cushions empty and
the contents of her purse had been found strewn around the kitchen for 31 years the Hibbs family
were left with questions unanswered in January 2022 the case was transferred to the Bucks
County Sheriff's Office to be reinvestigated previous Witnesses were re-interviewed and
in doing so they received new testimony from a witness who've been withholding key information
April Atkins was married to Robert Atkins back in the 90s but the couple had since divorced and she
felt that she needed to do the right thing now they lived two doors down from the hibs
and she testified that on April 19 1991 Robert had come home that afternoon covered in blood
he had told her that he had stabbed someone and demanded that she'd gather up the children
because they were going to the Poconos for the weekend she said at the time Atkins had been a
low-level drug dealer he was also working with law enforcement as an informant he had several
arrests related to drug possession but he'd never been charged she said that their Alibi had been
checked by police investigating at the time and though Robert had been a suspect he was released
she never came forward out of fear of her ex-husband and when they divorced she couldn't
come forward because he had custody of their youngest child and she feared for their safety
now that all her children were adults she felt it was safe to come forward
had a second woman provide him with an alibi for the time Joy had been murdered
he had made her sign a paper stating that she'd been on the phone with him but when
law enforcement went to speak with her she had stated that it had been a lie
through April Atkins they attempted to get a confession from Robert they April call him
and tell him that detectives had come to her home and interviewed her about their alibis
Robert told her during that call that she needed to invoke her Fifth Amendment rights
and not say anything to them he even said the phone is probably being tapped right now
law enforcement arrested Robert Atkins on May 25th 2022 and he had his first court date on September
21st 2022 where he was charged with first degree murder second-degree murder arson and robbery
Robert Atkins has pleaded not guilty
this case appears to be going to trial however further court dates have not
been set yet Atkins if convicted faces life in prison or the death penalty number two and fam
it was on January 21st 1982 in Seaside California when five-year-old and Pham
convinced her mother to allow her to walk to her afternoon kindergarten class alone
the youngest of 10 siblings little Ann wanted to be like her siblings and not have her mother walk
with her the school was only three blocks away with great hesitation Anne's mother let her walk
to school and watch from the window as Ann Strode off it should have only taken her a few minutes
to get to school but after Anne rounded the corner something happened and she never made it to school
a massive search for the child was undertaken and two days later the body was found two miles away
she'd been strangled and assaulted during the murder investigation detectives at the time
had little to go on no one had seen and walking or getting abducted there were no suspects and
quickly the leads dried up the case went cold and sat for four decades untouched
in 2020 the Montgomery County district attorney opened a new coal case unit and Anne's case was
reopened detectives submitted all evidence for new Advanced DNA testing and they discovered a
hair sample in ants clothing in 2022 they had enough DNA to submit to the National Database
and immediately got a hit from a previously convicted man currently in Wausau County Jail
in Nevada on a parole violation Robert Leno had previously served a 20-year sentence for lewdness
with a minor and possession of inappropriate imagery of minors now 70 years old Lino had
been 29 when Anne was kidnapped he had lived nearby the fam family and had never been a
suspect in the initial investigation before his arrest in 1998 he had been stationed at
Fort Ord and now closed army base Anne's body had been found in a wooded area near that base
he is currently awaiting extradition to California he was charged with first-degree
murder with special circumstances he faces life in prison or potentially the death penalty
Anne's family hasn't made any statements to the media but they are said to be processing
this new information as they never believed they would have answers to Anne's murder
number three Claire gravel it was a warm summer evening on June 29 1986 in Salem Massachusetts
Claire gravel was celebrating with her softball team at mcglishes Pub
the 20 year old student was studying computer science at Salem State College
after a few drinks with friends one of her friends dropped her off at her apartment around 1 30 am
after that little is known about what happened to Claire the following afternoon a body was
found in Beverly Massachusetts only a few miles from Salem it was a young woman that had been
severely beaten and strangled to death the young woman was later identified as Claire
law enforcement had little to work with no one knew of anyone who had wanted to harm Claire the
friend that had dropped her off stated that they didn't say Claire go into her apartment
as it was too dark and stated that she might have been kidnapped on her way in no one knew
of her dating anyone or having any issues with a stalker none of her neighbors heard anything
suspicious or remembered seeing anything out of the ordinary but many were asleep by that time
eventually the case went cold where it stayed for nearly four decades in 2012 Claire's case was
reopened by Cold Case detectives and evidence from the initial investigation were retested for TNA
in 2022 the results of that retesting were made public when an Essex County grand jury
indicted 62 year old John Kerry Carrie was already incarcerated at MCI Concord on a 2008 conviction
for attempted murderer in 2007 Carrie went over to a neighbor's house where Rosemary diskin was home
Kerry stated that he was meeting her husband for a drink but when she revealed he wasn't home
Carrie attacked her he brought a tie with him and attempted to strangle her with it however Carrie
didn't know that her 12 year old son was home at the time and he attacked Carrie with a knife from
the kitchen and stabbed him in the back allowing the two to get away and seek help Rosemary was
certain that had her son not intervened Carrie had intended to kill her Kerry later revealed to law
enforcement that he found asphyxiation erotic and claimed that the encounter was consensual
a claim that Rosemary stated was a way to re-victimize her by having the people around
her think that she was having an affair with her neighbor during the investigation law enforcement
discovered Carrie's computer which was filled with images and video clips of women being strangled
ultimately a jury found carried guilty of attempted murder and he was sentenced
to 20 years in prison Carrie had been due for early release on good behavior
Rosemary had recently been alerted to his release and was grateful that this new
indictment had prevented him from being let out of prison as she had been scared that he
would come after her again if he got out more will be released on what evidence the state
has against Kerry in regard to the murder of Claire gravel and it will be revealed in
further Court proceedings at this time there are no updates on when his next day in court will be
Claire gravel's family her father and siblings said in a statement to the media that they are
relieved and very very grateful that a suspect has been identified after so many years
number four Latrell Lindsay and Winifred Douglas after more than 40 years a Fairfield man has been
arrested in connection to at least two murderers detectives say DNA evidence LED them to 76 year
old James Gary the first case happened in July of 1980 a woman was found strangled to death in Union
City investigators determined she had also been sexually assaulted DNA was found but no matches
were found the second case in March of 1996 a woman was found dead along Highway 780 in Vallejo
investigators determined that she was strangled and had blunt force trauma to her head and neck
at the time no suspects were identified but in 2021 during a sex crime investigation in the
North Bay a DNA sample was found that matched the first two crimes detectives identified a possible
suspect a DNA sample from Gary matched all three crimes he was arrested this week and booked into
the Solano County Jail in June 2022 an arrest was made closing two cold cases in California 76 year
old James Ray Gary was identified in a sexual assault case in 2021 evidence from that case
had been submitted to the state's database and hit matches on two cold cases the first was from the
1980 murder of Latrell Lindsay her body was found in her Union City home and the main electrical
line to the home had been cut which is believed to be how the attacker gained entry Latrell had
been strangled to death suffered blunt force trauma and been sexually assaulted the second
victim's body was discovered in 1996 The Remains were identified as 46 year old Winifred Douglas
Winifred was from the Oakland area her body was found along Highway 780 in Vallejo California
her cause of death was determined to be strangulation and blunt force trauma the cases
were connected in 2012 when new DNA evidence was found on winifred's clothing ultimately little is
known about the two women whose lives were cut short nor the circumstances of the 2021 attack
however more information may be revealed down the line in further Court proceedings
James Ray Gary was arrested at his home without incident he was booked into the Solano County
Jail on two charges of homicide he's being held without bail while awaiting further court dates
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