Family Alleges Police Cover-Up In Death Of Grosse Pointe Woman

A court case brought against Grosse Pointe Police by the daughter of an area woman whose death the police labeled suicide by drowning may go forward. A federal judge will rule soon about whether or not the lawsuit can proceed to trial, according to CBS Detroit/WWJ.

JoAnn Matouk-Romain’s body was found by fisherman near Amherstberg, Ontario after she went missing after a church event in 2010. Police said Matouk-Romain’s had died of a suicide by drowning. Michelle Romain, Matouk-Romain’s daughter, told CBS Detroit/WWJ that area police “were complicit” with people who killed her mother. Romain has brought a $100 million lawsuit against the department, alleging a police coverup of murder, including evidence tampering and attempts at making the incident appear to be suicide.

Romain says her mother feared a cousin who was a Harper Woods police officer at the time of the disappearance, and that the Grosse Pointe Police covered a crime to help a fellow officer. The Grosse Pointe Police have filed a motion dismissal in the case, denying all the allegations and stating their evidence proves Matouk-Romain’s death was a suicide by drowning.

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