Half a decade ago, a Novi mother lost her daughter and an infant lost his mother, all in the blink of an eye. In 2019, Tia Lanea Joe was brutally murdered in her bedroom, as she and her 6 month old son slept. The baby was also shot and critically injured, but police haven’t made any arrests since that horrific night. Her family talked with 7 News Detroit and is pleading for answers, and closure because the case and the wounds left behind are both still open. Christmas 2018 was the first and last Tia Lanea Joe got to spend with her then 6-month-old son Braxton. Just four months later, the she was killed in her own home. Her mother, Trina Bennett woke up to that nightmare.
