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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Additional case materials including photos, videos and a who's who list at https://thecoldpodcast.com/season-2/.

Episode credits:

• Research, writing and hosting: Dave Cawley • Audio production: Dave Cawley • Audio mixing: Dave Cawley • Cold main score composition: Michael Bahnmiller • Cold main score mixing: Dan Blanck • KSL executive producers: Sheryl Worsley, Keira Farrimond • Workhouse Media executive producers: Paul Anderson, Nick Panella, Andrew Greenwood • Amazon Music team: Morgan Jones, Eliza Mills, Vanessa Rebbert, Shea Simpson

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Release date

Lydbog: 14. april 2021