NBC’s Dateline has long been established as a show that captures harrowing and gut-wrenching true crime stories. In its Season 22 Episode 6 titled Under a Halloween Moon, which aired in 2013, the tragic murder mystery of Joel Lovelien was explored.It all started on a fateful October night of 2007, the North Dakota resident Joel Lovelien visited the Broken Drum Bar on October 27 with his fiancée, Heather. When a party bus with a group of people in it entered, Joel decided to check up on someone who was supposed to join his gala.However, Joel ended up dead and was found blood-soaked on the parking pavement. After this incident, as the investigation unfolded, Travis Stay, a reveler at the party, who was a nursing student at the time, emerged as a prime suspect.Dateline: Who is Travis Stay and where is he now?A night of costumed chaos spiralled into death and grief after a couple faced untimely, sad separation. Heather Eastling lost her fiancé forever to a horrifying murder, turning a celebration into a catastrophe.Travis belonged to Princeton, Minnesota, and was a 23-year-old enrolled in the University of North Dakota in 2007 as a nursing student. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostHours after the incident and brawl of the nightclub, Travis himself showed up at the police station, soaked in blood, saying he vaguely remembers the fight. Investigators also spotted Lovelien’s blood on his lion costume and shoes, a finding that eventually led to him being charged with murder.Stay’s trial took place in December 2008. His defense maintained that he was guilty of drinking too much but not of murder. Physical evidence was presented and after almost six hours, the jury found him not guilty, with 11 of 12 jurors convinced of his innocence.As of the latest reported details, per The Cinemaholic, Stay was living in Minnesota and is a legal practitioner. Lovelien’s murder mystery remains unsolved as of date.Dateline: Under the Halloween Moon episode that captured Travis Stay's trialDateline: Under the Halloween Moon chronicled the incident of Joel’s murder in a manner that is true to the show's legacy. Season 22 Episode 6 captured the fog that surrounded Stay’s arrest and trial. It examines the loopholes from witness accounts and the role of alcohol in clouding memories, and how public opinion of the murder and Stay’s involvement forked sharply.Prosecutors, confident based on blood evidence, headed the trial believing they had their suspect, while the defense built their argument around the physical evidence.About DatelineDateline burst into the true crime television scene in 1992. With Jane Pauley and Stone Phillips as original anchors, the show quickly became a long-running success.Rising with massive viewership in the 1990s, the NBC show aired five nights a week, pioneering the TV ratings with its unique blend of breaking news and crime investigations. Many prominent anchors, including Tom Brokaw, Katie Couric, Ann Curry, and Lester Holt, have served as the show's host, giving the hit NBC true crime saga a chillingly fitting voice.Also Read: Dateline: Was Rebecca Schwartz Ever Charged with Killing Steven? Details from the True Crime Series, Explored