February 12 will mark six years to the day that 28-year-old Joy Hayward was brutally murdered at the Days Inn Hotel in Chester, Pennsylvania. On February 11, Hayward had checked into the hotel after an argument with her boyfriend. According to the desk clerk, a black male followed Hayward into the elevator. Hayward called the front desk after she got to her room, which was on the sixth floor. She told the desk clerk she needed help –then the line went dead. The desk clerk did nothing in response to her pleas.
The next day, February 12 at around 4:00 PM, a maintenance man found Hayward's body in the bathtub of her hotel room. Someone had strangled her to death.
DNA extracted from the scene of the crime indicated the killer was a black male. The murderer apparently had taken Hayward's cell phone. Hayward's sister called the phone on the night of the 12th. A male voice answered the phone! He quickly hung up. The phone was never found.
Cpl. Jennifer Crews-Carey, an Annapolis, MD police spokesman and close friend of Joy Hayward’s sisters since their school days, has set up Facebook group dedicated to finding Joy Hayward’s killer.
The suspect is described as a black male in his thirties. The sketch provided is a composite drawing of the suspect.
If you have any information about the death of Joy Hayward on February 12, 2004 at the Days Inn, Chester, PA, please, contact Detective Mike Palmer at 610-891-4704 There is a $10,000 reward (offered by the family) to anyone with information that leads to conviction of the murderer.
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Facebook Group for Joy Hayward
Unsolved Murder of Joy Hayward
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