Posted: Monday, May 20 -- 10:08 p.m.

"It was very positive and we'd like to move forward from there," says Madison Police Chief Noble Wray.

After much talk about their dissatisfaction with the current investigation in the murder of their son Joel Marino, parents Debbie and Lou Marino met with Madison Police Tuesday.

"It was a very positive meeting. We had a number of different things that we talked about and I think it was more of an opportunity for us to understand each other from each other's perspective."

The meeting, called by Police Chief Noble Wray and Assistant Chief Randy Gaber, was held behind closed door at the police department. Nearly 2 hours later, Wray emerged with the following statement.

"I'm glad we did it and again I hope that you know we can move forward from this point."

Details of the meeting were not released by the police department.

"After a while the family goes well what does that all mean? We're not getting answers."

This statement came from Lou Marino on Monday, frustrated with the still unsolved murder. After the meeting however, he and his wife Debbie left through a back entrance at the police department and didn't return phone calls to comment on their feelings after the meeting.

"The reason why we had this meeting was for me to understand where they are coming from," says Wray. "I thought that this meeting was very positive and understanding that and it is my belief that we are going to move forward from this point forward."

Posted: Monday, May 19 -- 5:15 p.m.

It's been nearly four months since the murder of Joel Marino. And now his family is taking matters into their own hands.

Lou Marino is on a mission. Earlier this year his son was taken away from him. And he will not rest until justice is served.

"This is Joel my beloved son," said Lou Marino as he stood in a hallway in his home pointing at a picture.

On January 28th Joel Marino was stabbed in his house near downtown Madison. He died a short time later.

"This was at Brian's wedding this was Brian's wife Heidi," Marino said pointing at other pictures. "They were all there. This was one of the more memorable and happy moments of our lives."

After Joel's murder the Marino family worked closely with police to help gather information. As time went by they had questions, and the answers just led to more questions.

Added Marino, "But, after a while the family goes, 'what does this all mean?' We are not getting answers."

So they sought their own. Lou began to make contacts and develop his own leads. He started with the man who claims to have seen the murderer not only on the day of the murder, but also again on March 21 when he called police.

The Marino's then met with members of the attorney general's office to express their concerns with the investigation.

"It's not going to be simple. We knew going into this there's no quick fix in a case such as our sons," said Marino as he left that meeting on May 8.

Lou and his wife Debbie got their son's cells phone records to see who he called the day of his death. They requested 911 calls. Last Thursday, they did an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren that will air later this week.

The Marino's mission continues Tuesday at 3:30 as they will meet with Madison Police Chief Noble Wray.

Concluded Marino, "We need to get as much help, not just from within the system, but also from outside the system. I as the father of the murder victim want to see everyone get involved."

NBC-15 spoke with Captain Jim Wheeler from the South District who is the lead investigator in the case. He will not be at the meeting Tuesday between the Marino's and Noble Wray.

We also talked about the investigation and the allegations that the police department is not doing enough.

He said the MPD has great detectives and the recent attacks on them in the media have been unfair. Plus it takes them away from the real issue, which is solving the murder.

Captain Wheeler said he is proud of the investigation and sleeps well at night knowing they are doing all they can to solve this murder.