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Watch: JoAnn Matouk Romain mystery series Parts 1-5

Watch the full Local 4 Defenders series here

Karen Drew, Anchor/Reporter

JoAnn Matouk Romain

Ten years after the disappearance and death of JoAnn Matouk Romain, there remain questions about what happened to her on Jan. 12, 2010.

The Local 4 Defenders have put together a special series chronicling her mysterious death.

Watch here:

Part 1: Secrets of a Small Town

Part 2: Missing When You Are Not Reported Missing

Part 3: 'If anything ever happens to me ... '

Part 4: Questionable Police Practices

Part 5: Very Disturbing and Unresolved

Family photos:

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JoAnn Matouk Romain with her husband, David Romain, and their three children Michell, Michael and Kellie.
JoAnn Matouk Romain
JoAnn Matouk Romain as a young mother.
JoAnn Matouk Romain and David Romain with their children Michelle, Michael and Kellie.
JoAnn Matouk Romain with her children.
JoAnn Matouk Romain with her children.
JoAnn Matouk Romain with her children Michelle, Kellie and Michael.
JoAnn Matouk Romain's children
JoAnn Matouk Romain as a young mother.
JoAnn Matouk Romain with her husband, David Romain, and their three children: Michael, Kellie and Michelle.
JoAnn Matouk Romain with her children Michelle, Michael and Kellie.
JoAnn Matouk Romain as a young girl with her family in Grosse Pointe Woods.
JoAnn Matouk Romain as a young girl in Grosse Pointe Woods
St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.
JoAnn Matouk Romain
JoAnn Matouk Romain
JoAnn Matouk Romain
JoAnn Matouk Romain
JoAnn Matouk Romain and her daughters Kellie and Michelle Romain.

JoAnn Matouk Romain with her husband, David Romain, and their three children Michell, Michael and Kellie.

Crime scene photos:

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These are images of the area outside St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church where JoAnn Matouk Romain went missing Jan. 12, 2010.
These are images of the area outside St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church where JoAnn Matouk Romain went missing Jan. 12, 2010.
These are images of the area outside St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church where JoAnn Matouk Romain went missing Jan. 12, 2010.
These are images of the area outside St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church where JoAnn Matouk Romain went missing Jan. 12, 2010.
These are images of the area outside St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church where JoAnn Matouk Romain went missing Jan. 12, 2010.
The icy Detroit River water where JoAnn Matouk Romain went into the water, according to police.
JoAnn Matouk Romain's ripped purse.
JoAnn Matouk Romain's Lexus dusted for fingerprints.
JoAnn Matouk Romain's Lexus dusted for fingerprints.
JoAnn Matouk Romain's Lexus dusted for fingerprints.
JoAnn Matouk Romain's Lexus dusted for fingerprints.

These are images of the area outside St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church where JoAnn Matouk Romain went missing Jan. 12, 2010.

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