It’s been 9,125 days since Jovin was killed.
“It was a tragedy,” said John DeStefano, New Haven’s mayor at the time of the homicide. “A tragedy for the family. A tragedy for the Yale community.”
“I recall distinctly having attended the eulogy service at Battell Chapel, and the doctor and his wife were there,” Doug MacDonald, former assistant chief of the New Haven Police Department, remembering the sight of Jovin’s parents who had traveled here from Germany.
“The doctor delivered the eulogy, which is something you just can’t forget,” said an emotional MacDonald, who worked for the New Haven Police Department for 30 years.
On the night of the homicide, he served as acting chief.
Jovin attended a pizza party on Dec. 4 for Best Buddies, a group that pairs students with special needs. Afterward, she made several stops and was last seen walking north on College Street around 9:30 p.m.
Yale University is still offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Jovin’s killer, while the state is offering a $50,000 reward. Learn more about the rewards at
the Suzanne Jovin Homicide Investigation Team’s website.
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