In January 2010 JoAnn Matouk Romain runs a quick errand to get gas followed by attending a 15-minute prayer service, then she walks into the freezing lake across the street to take her own life. Or at least that's what police say. But from the very moment they notify the family about her case they know something isn't right. And the deeper they look they learn that nothing is what it seems.Click HERE to sign the Romain family's petition. For current Fan Club membership options and policies, please visit https://crimejunkieapp.com/library/. Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/mysterious-death-joann-matouk-romain-part-1/
Michelle Romaine is at home with her siblings and her mom has been missing for a couple of hours after dropping off Michael and going to get gas.
The crime reporter went to visit the Murray family in New Hampshire and discovered important clues about a case that had been inactive for over three years.
The Mafia strikes again with a hit in Providence, RI. Investigators are left to wonder who could be responsible for the shooting and why.
Grosse Pointe Farms Police transferred JoAnn Romain's suspected suicide case to Grosse Pointe Woods Police, but the family doubts the validity of Grosse Pointe Farms Police's conclusion as it was stated that they did not take any fingerprints from the car for comparison.
Red flags are raised when the keys of Joanne Ringer, who went missing in 2017, were returned to her family a few weeks before her body is found, and her daughter recognizes they were not the keys she had when she disappeared.
Witnesses reported strange behavior by a missing woman before her car left and returned to a parking lot. Her body was later found at the bottom of a nearby lake, leading to questions about what really happened to her.
The possibility of a clerical error is explored as an explanation for the strange behavior of Michelle O’Connell’s family members after she went missing. Despite several inconsistencies, the family denies any wrongdoing and claims that their actions were simply the result of confusion and distress.