Joanie Balogun, a 37-year-old African American mother of three, was found shot to death on April 26, 2018, in Matteson, Illinois. Police discovered her slumped over the steering wheel of her black van stopped in the median near the Menards on 216th Street at about 11:50 p.m. She suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at 12:35 a.m. the next day at St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

Family accounts say Joanie was returning from work and had stopped to pick up a late dinner for her children; her son Alvin McCranie reports she went back into the restaurant because an item was missing from her order, and that was the last time the family heard from her. Investigators found five bullet holes in her van and five shell casings about 110 yards south of the scene. Authorities have asked about a dark gray, four-door sedan that might have been involved.

No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified. The Matteson police and the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force continue to investigate. If anyone heard or saw anything that night or has information about the dark gray sedan, can you help the family find answers?