Joy Hibb News Today

The revelation that fellow authorities allegedly “protected" an alleged murderer left detectives baffled — and Joy Hibbs’ family furious.

Dateline "Justice for Joy" sheds light on the 1991 murder of Joy Hibbs and the arrest of Robert Atkins more than 30 years later.

Robert Atkins was sentenced to life in prison in Bucks County Court after being convicted a day earlier of first-degree murder and two counts of arson in the April 1991 death of 35-year-old Joy Hibbs.

“This family has waited 33 years. Justice has been delayed but it must not be denied, Bucks County District Attorney Jen Shorn said during closing arguments in the bench trial of Robert Atkins.

On Feb. 1, 2024, Robert Atkins was found guilty of murdering Joy Hibbs in 1991 in Bucks County.

The trial began Monday for Robert Atkins, who was charged in 2022 in the 1991 murder of Bucks County mom Joy Hibbs.

A judge addressed pretrial motions in the murder trial set for January. The Bucks County DA has certified the case as eligible for the death penalty.

A timeline of the investigation in the 1991 Joy Hibbs murder in Croydon that culminated in the arrest of Robert Atkins 31 years later

Robert Atkins was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and two counts of arson and robbery in the death of Joy Hibbs of Croydon in 1991.

Bucks County officials announce an arrest of a 56-year-old man in connection with in an April 1991 cold case homicide, in which a 35-year-old woman was found murdered and her home intentionally set on fire.