Vanessa Audette Broadnax, 62, was found dead in her Detroit home on December 16, 2015. Authorities concluded her death was not natural and described it as the result of a violent, brutal attack; the Detroit Police Department classified the case as a homicide with evidence at the scene suggesting a premeditated assault.

Investigators focused on a person known to have had a difficult, tumultuous relationship with Broadnax, identified as Osborn Broadnax Jr. Police gathered forensic evidence and witness statements that pointed to him; he was arrested and charged in connection with Vanessa Broadnax’s death. At trial the jury found him guilty of murder and he received a lengthy prison sentence. Vanessa Broadnax’s family later pursued a wrongful death suit against him and obtained a substantial civil award.

Did anyone in Detroit know Vanessa or have information about her relationships in 2015 that could shed more light on what happened?