MURDERED: Joseph Kinville III
When 16-year-old Joseph Kinville III is brutally stabbed to death in a field in his neighborhood in Arcadia, Florida, law enforcement is stumped from the start and his mother is devastated. The mystery only deepens when the teen’s estranged father is murdered a few weeks later, hundreds of miles away in Michigan. The identity of Joseph’s murderer has remained unknown since his murder in 1999, but evidence from his crime scene may still hold the answers law enforcement needs.
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Joseph Kinville III
Photo Source: Desoto County High School 1997 Yearbook
Cathy Delacruz
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A map and location of where Joseph’s body was discovered
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DCSO Bulletin for Joseph Kinville III
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Joseph’s father, Joseph Kinville II
Photo Source: Saginaw Police Department Public Records Request
The grave of Joseph Kinville III
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Episode Source Material
- University of Rochester Medical Center: Ethanol Health Encyclopedia
- Joseph Kinville Desoto County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case profile
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Plant City Teenager Found Slain, by Patricia Walsh. Published March 4, 1999.
- The Desoto Sun: Stabbing Leaves victim in stable condition, by Jena Howard. Published November 11, 1998.
- The Saginaw News: Blood found inside house, by David Osborn. Published June 29, 1999. Provided to audiochuck via Saginaw Police Department public records request on May 20,2021.
- The Saginaw News: Sources link body, blood found in house, by staff for The Saginaw News. Published June 30, 1999. Provided to audiochuck via Saginaw Police Department public records request on May 20, 2021.
- The Saginaw News: Neighbors expected slaying, by David Ghose. Published July 1, 1999. Provided to audiochuck via Saginaw Police Department public records request on May 20, 2021.
- The Saginaw News: Man’s killing was ‘lesson, by Darryl Q. Tucker. Published July 16, 1999. Provided to audiochuck via Saginaw Police Department public records request on May 20, 2021.
- The Saginaw News: Charge Filed in Slaying, by Darryl Q. Tucker. Published September 13, 1999. Provided to audiochuck via Saginaw Police Department public records request on May 20, 2021.
- The Saginaw News: Judge Orders teen to trial in city death, by Darryl Q. Tucker. Published August 12, 1999. Provided to audiochuck via Saginaw Police Department public records request on May 20, 2021.
- The Saginaw News: Teen Tried in Execution-style killing, by Darryl Q. Tucker. Published January 6, 2000. Provided to audiochuck via Saginaw Police Department public records request on May 20, 2021.
- Saginaw Police Department News Release. Published June 30, 1999. Provided to audiochuck via Saginaw Police Department public records request May 20, 2021.
- James Washington III Michigan Department of Corrections Profile
- Edward James Faulkner Florida Department of Corrections Profile
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