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Joy Hibbs was found murdered in her home in April 1991

Her family long suspected their neighbor, Robert Atkins, to be the killer, but police were told to "stay away" because he was a drug informant

Robert was finally convicted of Joy's murder in February 2024

For over 30 years, Robert Atkins got away with murder — and some people believe the police helped him do it.

The occasional marijuana dealer was arrested in 2022 for the 1991 homicide of Joy Hibbs, a medical assistant, wife and mother of two. Police initially thought Joy had died in an accidental house fire in Bristol Township, Pa., but an autopsy revealed she had been repeatedly stabbed, suffered fractured ribs and was likely asphyxiated, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office .

Detectives inv

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