I am grateful to our Bucks County Grand Jury for shining a light on Joy Hibbs’ killer, Robert Atkins, so that we can finally hold him accountable for her murder. Atkins’ arrest decades after he murdered Joy Hibbs is proof that law enforcement perseverance and sheer power of will can overcome many obstacles in proving a murder case. “This is a bittersweet day for the Hibbs family,” he said. The presentment, which resulted from a five-month grand jury investigation, details the testimony of numerous witnesses and evidence that includes surveillance and the interception of communications that helped solve the murder Hibbs, a mother of two described by those who knew her as kind, gentle and “the perfect mother and wife,” District Attorney Matt Weintraub said.
The Grand Jury presentment concluded that Atkins murdered 35-year-old Joy Hibbs on April 19, 1991, at her home at 1200 Spencer Drive in the Croydon section of Bristol Township, took money from her and intentionally set the family home on fire in an attempt to cover up the murder. who denied bail and remanded Atkins to the Bucks County Correctional Facility. He was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Frank W. The charges were approved by Grand Jury Supervising Judge Raymond F. Robert Francis Atkins, of Falls Township, was charged this morning on counts of Murder in the First Degree, Murder in the Second Degree, two counts of Robbery and seven counts of Arson. District Attorney Matt Weintraub today announced that a 56-year-old man will be charged with murdering Joy Hibbs in April 1991 and trying to cover up the crime by setting her Bristol Township home on fire, an arrest that follows a tireless investigation by Detectives with the Bucks County District Attorney's Office and the Bristol Township Police Department and a recommendation by the County’s Investigating Grand Jury.
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