A man arrested last year in the 1997 killing of an 88-year-old Michigan woman has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and other charges in the long unsolved case.

A wife is seeking justice after her husband was shot and killed in front of a group of people on Detroit’s east side.

It’s been less than a month since Dateline Detroit focused on the death of JoAnn Matouk Romain and the family said people unwilling to talk in the past are starting to come forward.

It’s been a mystery for 11 years, 55-year-old JoAnn Matouk Romain found dead in the Detroit River 70 days after disappearing following a church service she attended in Grosse Pointe Farms.

DETROIT – A family is seeking answers nearly four years after 28-year-old Shacarra Butler was killed in a deadly hit-and-run. The incident happened in September 2017 on Interstate 96 near Livernois Avenue in Detroit. Family members said Butler was forced off the roadway, causing her to overturn. Help her,” Flint said. Crime Stoppers of Michigan is offering a cash reward of up to $4,500 for any information leading to an arrest.

Was the 55-year-old’s death a suicide or the work of something more sinister?

Scott Burnstein, crime reporter and historianThe family of JoAnn Matouk Romain says it will never give up on finding out what happened to her. Burnstein, an investigative reporter who typically covers mob hits, said the death of JoAnn Matouk Romain captured his curiosity. A FBI spokesperson would only say “they would not confirm or deny a meeting with JoAnn Matouk Romain occurred.”The case into Matouk Romain’s death remains open. Full Screen 1 / 19 JoAnn Matouk Romain with her husband, David Romain, and their three children Michell, Michael and Kellie. JoAnn Matouk Romain mystery series -- watch here:Read more here: Karen Drew: Why I decided to cover mysterious death of JoAnn Matouk RomainResources:

Scott Burnstein, crime reporter and historianThe family of JoAnn Matouk Romain says it will never give up on finding out what happened to her. Burnstein, an investigative reporter who typically covers mob hits, said the death of JoAnn Matouk Romain captured his curiosity. A FBI spokesperson would only say “they would not confirm or deny a meeting with JoAnn Matouk Romain occurred.”The case into Matouk Romain’s death remains open. Full Screen 1 / 19 JoAnn Matouk Romain with her husband, David Romain, and their three children Michell, Michael and Kellie. JoAnn Matouk Romain mystery series -- watch here:Read more here: Karen Drew: Why I decided to cover mysterious death of JoAnn Matouk RomainResources:

Matouk Romain had been living with her daughters on Morningside Drive at the time. That is when Columbo said the investigation into the disappearance of JoAnn Matouk Romain began. Burnstein, who mainly works on stories and investigations that involve organized crime mob hits, said the death of JoAnn Matouk Romain sparked his curiosity. Full Screen 1 / 19 JoAnn Matouk Romain with her husband, David Romain, and their three children Michell, Michael and Kellie. JoAnn Matouk Romain mystery series -- watch here:Read more here: Karen Drew: Why I decided to cover mysterious death of JoAnn Matouk RomainResources:

Matouk Romain’s family doesn’t believe she committed suicide; her children believe something more sinister happened to the mom of three. The first is the idea JoAnn Matouk Romain walked to her death. JoAnn Matouk Romain's ripped purse. Full Screen 1 / 19 JoAnn Matouk Romain with her husband, David Romain, and their three children Michell, Michael and Kellie. JoAnn Matouk Romain mystery series -- watch here:Read more here: Karen Drew: Why I decided to cover mysterious death of JoAnn Matouk RomainResources:

She didn’t know what, she just knew something was going to happen.” Michelle Romain, JoAnn Matouk Romain's daughterTen years and counting and the death of JoAnn Matouk Romain remains a mystery. Full Screen 1 / 19 JoAnn Matouk Romain with her husband, David Romain, and their three children Michell, Michael and Kellie. The family said Matouk Romain shared her fears of her cousin Tim Matouk to others as well. Full Screen 1 / 11 These are images of the area outside St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church where JoAnn Matouk Romain went missing Jan. 12, 2010. JoAnn Matouk Romain mystery series -- watch here:Read more here: Karen Drew: Why I decided to cover mysterious death of JoAnn Matouk RomainResources:

Kellie Romain, JoAnn Matouk Romain's daughterIt is a mystery that has haunted Grosse Pointe Farms and Grosse Pointe Woods for more than a decade: What happened to mother of three JoAnn Matouk Romain? Then there was the word Matouk Romain was paranoid and depressed, and the public seemed to be satisfied with the explanation she committed suicide. JoAnn’s life in Grosse Pointe WoodsJoAnn Matouk Romain was born and raised in Grosse Pointe Woods in her childhood home on Anita Street. Full Screen 1 / 19 JoAnn Matouk Romain with her husband, David Romain, and their three children Michell, Michael and Kellie. JoAnn Matouk Romain mystery series -- watch here:Read more here: Karen Drew: Why I decided to cover mysterious death of JoAnn Matouk RomainResources:

GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. – The 2010 death of JoAnn Matouk Romain remains a mystery one year after her disappearance. The Grosse Pointe Woods woman was last seen January 12, 2010 at a prayer service at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church in Grosse Pointe Farms. Investigators tracked footprints in the snow from the lot to Lake St. Clair, a short distance away. Michelle Romain questioned police, who believed footprints in the snow leading to the river’s edge matched JoAnn Matouk Romain’s boots. Her family said Romain had told them someone was following her in the weeks before she disappeared.