Joe Hunter

Vacaville police pulled over a U-Haul van within minutes, arresting the driver and two passengers.

The trio quickly confessed, telling police they were hired to firebomb Sarah Nottingham's house.

Hired by the pastor, Mark Lewis.

He was questioned by local reporters.

Pastor Lewis was arrested, charged with arson, conspiracy, and stalking.

What do you think you and your family survived at that time?

Ultimately, death.

When the police came into the house, one of them said, this is attempted murder.

And that's exactly what it was, nothing less.

Surviving the attack, Sarah says, helped answer a lingering question about Joanna.

How do you see her death?

By him.

There's just not a doubt in my mind.

By January 2015, Pastor Mark Lewis's thundering sermons that echoed in the Fellowship Baptist Church were a distant memory as Lewis sat silently in a Solano County courtroom.

His trial had begun for stalking Sarah Nottingham and hiring people to firebomb her parents' home.

On day three of Mark Lewis's arson and stalking trial, he changed his plea from not guilty to no contest, meaning he would not dispute the charges against him, but also would not acknowledge guilt.

Lewis was sentenced to eight years in prison.

How important was that development then in allowing you to then go back to the sheriff's office and demand that they reopen the case?

The Solano County Sheriff's Office did reopen the case in 2014.

Remember the churchgoer who called 911 the night Joanna died?