Nearly 20 years after the brutal murder of Joel Osteen's great-aunt, the case is once again under investigation.

Johnnie Daniel, 84, was found bludgeoned to death inside her home in 2006. The murder weapon, a hammer, was recovered at the scene, but justice has remained elusive.

"It's sad someone would do that to an old, defenseless lady," a neighbor said at the time.

Eyewitness News was there in the days following the crime, as Daniel's family and neighbors grappled with the shocking loss.

"She didn't meet a stranger," a family member told ABC13 back in 2006. "Kind-hearted and just a wonderful lady."

In November 2006, the Harris County Sheriff's Office charged Edric Wilson with capital murder. He was already in custody after being accused of stabbing a neighbor in an unrelated aggrava

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