Joe Hunter

We thought it was over.

And it wasn't.

They then get a third party that then deems, no, this is a suicide.

And the case is closed.

And we were able to collaborate to make Joanna's Law, which is SB 989.

And the whole point behind that law is now prevention.

It's saying, hey, we need to enhance protocols when it's surrounding death of a person when they have a history of domestic violence and that they must treat that scene like a homicide.

So it increases the diligency that the police officers and first responders have to do on that scene.

The goal is that this travels throughout the country and that people adopt the same thing for prevention and that Joanna's law will continue to improve those protocols and make sure that other families don't have the same issue, but it also gives them a voice.

It gives them rights to access to things.

It gives them the ability to say, Hey,

Even though my person is married to this person, as the family, we have certain rights and we have certain access to certain information.

That's not done right now.

And so many families are probably struggling with what we did.

And this is just the start.

You both had talked back in your younger years about going on Survivor together.

Right.

So Mark Lewis was never charged with any crime related to Joanna's death.

What do you make of that?

So do you stand by your office's original conclusion that Joanna Hunter took her life?