On the morning of March 11, 2005, 46-year-old court reporter Julie Ann Brandau was fatally shot while working in the Superior Court courtroom of Judge Rowland Barnes at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta. Brandau, remembered for small acts of kindness such as baking for jurors, was killed after Brian Nichols overpowered a deputy, took her firearm, and entered the courtroom during his rape trial.

Nichols also killed Judge Barnes inside the courtroom and then shot and killed a pursuing sheriff’s deputy, Hoyt Teasley, and later murdered federal agent David Wilhelm during his escape. A massive manhunt ended 26 hours later when Nichols was captured after the woman he had taken hostage, Ashley Smith, alerted authorities.

Nichols was charged in a 54-count indictment and at trial confessed to the killings while pleading not guilty by reason of insanity; the jury convicted him on all counts. Does anyone who knew Julie remember her or have information to share with investigators?