Joyce Sharon Brannon, 54, was shot six times at close range with a .22-caliber weapon and killed on January 27, 2002, in her basement apartment at the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chicago. A nurse who lived and worked at the church, she was active in volunteering and organizing activities for children in her community.

Her killing was connected to her role as a federal witness: she had been scheduled to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Dr. Ronald Mikos for Medicare fraud and had recently rebuffed his attempts to dissuade her from testifying. Mikos, 53 at the time, was later indicted on charges that included Brannon’s murder and Medicare fraud. The prosecution’s case relied largely on circumstantial evidence, including telephone records showing calls from Mikos to Brannon and the return to Mikos of multiple weapons days before the slaying; the specific murder weapon was not recovered.

Does anyone have information about Joyce, her work at the church, or contacts who might shed light on who knew about her testimony?