JoAnn Matouk Romain, mother of three, would have turned 71 years old today. Your kids are still fighting for you, Mama.
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I will be 66 this summer. I, like JoAnn, would do anything to protect my kids. I myself was in a situation in 2010 where I literally told my brothers–if something happens to me, here’s who to look to and I want an independent autopsy, accident reconstruction if necessary, and a tox screen. It’s not something you say lightly or for no reason. It feels crazy, but necessary, to say it out loud to someone close. My own mother told me more than once that she wanted to die after Tim was murdered, but she didn’t kill herself because she still had three kids.
JoAnn Matouk Romain did not kill herself. Her “dry drowning” was not the result of an accident. I believe her murder was premeditated and had moving parts that can still be cracked.
I knew Michigan AG Dana Nessel wouldn’t touch JoAnn’s case. Contrary to that bullshit press release her office issued a few months ago, her office most certainly could have exercised the discretion to become involved because the case is one of public corruption. But no way this politician was going to get sideways with cops, prosecutors and a judge or two. So the public remains exposed to this kind of corruption by police departments, and the message is sent that some crimes just ain’t gonna get solved. If you’re connected, crime away. It’s outrageous.
No one ever thinks their child is going to be abducted or their mother murdered by the worst kind of criminals–the kind who hide in plain sight in society and get away with their heinous crimes. And no one ever thinks for a minute that if it DID happen to a loved one that the cops or prosecutors would throw the investigation. Until they learn the hard way and have to push the boulder up hill again and again.
In honor of your birthday, JoAnn, I again say, no matter how long it takes: The truth will out.