In 2024, Robert Atkins was convicted for a murder and arson cover-up he committed over 30 years ago Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her ...
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 ...