Mystery in Vacaville, California–She was the most beautiful woman in the world, someone that can get along with anyone, Joanna Lynn Lewis, age 37, was well-dressed, quite pretty and very intelligent.

She was a great listener, and trusting, but did not say much about herself. Joanna Lewis possessed a mature peacefulness, and was loved by everyone who knew her. Her passion was helping people and she loved children.

However, in a tragic twist of events, Joanna Lynn Lewis was found hanging in a closet, by a terrycloth robe belt, with her partially suspended feet touching the floor. There was a note, which Joanna allegedly had written, and an excerpt that said, “Take care of the dogs and Jerri.” When interviewed, Joanna’s mother, Patricia Hunter, does not believe the death was a suicide. Some people believe that rumors started by Tony Lopez, a reporter from KOVR CBS13, might be the reason Joanna was murdered.

Joanna Lynn Lewis was married to Mark Wayne Lewis, age 40, who is a former Baptist pastor. Patricia Hunter, Joanna Lewis’s mother, believes that her husband, Mark Wayne Lewis, is responsible for Joanna’s death. It seems that the two had a rocky marriage and Joanna was looking to leave Mark because he was also having an extra martial affair.  What is really suspicious is that the supposed suicide happen just days before Mark Lewis began dating the other woman, whose home he later firebombed. We will get to that in a moment.

First of all, no one believes that Joanna Lewis was suicidal. And if women do commit suicide, they usually attempt a drug overdose, or slashing their writs, which allows for the possibility that they will be found before death occurs. Men usually have more violent suicide attempts, such as hanging, gun shots, etc. Also, women are more eloquent than men, and if Joanna killed herself, she would have more than likely left a detailed explanation as to why.

Furthermore, Mark Wayne Lewis seems to have a violent history, not only was he uninvited to Joanna’s funeral service, but he was also recently sentenced to eight years in prison for stalking and firebombing his new girlfriends house. Not only that, but witnesses have come fourth saying that Pastor Mark Lewis was going to three people, which included Anthony Newbolt and Richerd Wright, Kristen Broyles, who were homeless,  $300 to firebomb the his girlfriend’s house by throwing a  Snapple bottle full of gasoline, through the front window of the home, while the woman’s parents and three children slept inside. So it seems that Mr. Lewis does have a violent side. So it leads us to believe Mark Lewis may have killed his wife and made it look like a suicide because he did not want her to leave him.

Many serial killers are not reclusive, social misfits, who live alone. They hide in plain sight within their communities because no one is profiling them. Serial murders often have families and homes, and are gainfully employed, and appear to be normal members of the community—much like a Pastor of a church. Because serial killers can blend in so effortlessly, they are oftentimes overlooked by law enforcement and the public. If Mark Lewis killed Joanna Lewis, then tried to have a Molotov cocktail (firebomb) thrown through his new girlfriend’s house to kill her, her kids and parents, he is surely a serial killer. As a result, Patricia Hunter is pleading with the police to reopen the investigation into her daughter’s death.

Patricia Hunter is also asking the congregation of Fellowship Baptist church member to help solve her daughter’s murder. Police do not need to appear more human in public, but it would be nice if they had more compassion and humanity when investigating cases. This is not just about closing cases, justice is about actually finding the person who did the crime, and making them pay for it to prevent more crimes. For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.