Joe Hunter
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And so began the tug of war between the family and the sheriff's department that would go on for years to come.
And in the year before she died, Joanna almost saved herself, says Joe.
How much do you think of that moment and that drive taking her back?
From the minute he was born, Joanna relished being Joe's big sister.
Mark Lewis, the son of a local preacher, was Joanna's first boyfriend.
At the start, Joe didn't think he had anything to worry about.
But after the abuse began, Joe confronted Mark more than once.
Mark had grown more powerful and influential at the Fellowship Baptist Church.
After they married, Patricia says she went to Mark with her fears.
Pastor Lewis, to hear former church members tell it, was a commanding and a demanding presence.