Murder of Joy Dishneau in home invasion by Dennis Woodward investigated on Murder in the Heartland
Tue Jan 12, 2021 at 5:07pm ET
Dennis Woodward is serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Joy Dishneau. Pic credit: MO Dept. of Corrections
Murder in the Heartland is traveling to Caulfield, Missouri, in rural Howell County to investigate the murder of Joy Dishneau in a savage home invasion in 2012.
On January 1, 2012, Dennis Woodward and his girlfriend Elisabeth Gunter broke into Dishneau’s house, intending to rob her.
At some point during the home invasion, Woodward stabbed the 63-year-old businesswoman to death. Dishneau was a local store owner who specialized in selling synthetic marijuana, and she was known to keep large amounts of cash.