Johnny Johnson is an inmate on death
row in the state of Missouri..
Crime
After several hours of denying seeing
or being with the girl that morning, Johnson ultimately told police
the girl was in the old glass factory and that she had died in an
accident. Before police were able to find the girl’s body, a
private citizen who had joined the search for the girl chanced upon
her body in the pit. A detective who investigated the scene told
Johnson he did not believe the girl’s death was an accident.
Johnson told the detective that he had exposed himself to the girl
and had pulled down her underwear and killed her only after they both
began “freaking out.” He did not admit that he intended to take
the girl, rape her or kill her before entering the pit. Around 11:30
that night, while Johnson was awaiting booking, he began discussing
the Bible and eternal salvation with another police detective.
Johnson admitted he had not been completely honest to that point,
returned to police headquarters, again waived his rights, and made
verbal and audiotaped statements in which he admitted that he
intended to take the girl to have sex with her and then kill her. An
autopsy showed the girl died from blunt force injuries to her
head.
At trial, Johnson did not deny killing the girl but disputed that he deliberated before doing so. He also presented a diminished capacity defense asserting that he could not deliberate because of schizo-affective disorder that caused command hallucinations telling him to rape and kill the girl. The jury convicted Johnson of first-degree murder, armed criminal action, kidnapping and attempted forcible rape. It recommended a sentence of death for the murder conviction, finding all three statutory aggravating factors presented by the state. It recommended life sentences for the remaining convictions. In accord with the jury’s recommendations, the court sentenced Johnson to death for the murder and, as a persistent offender, to consecutive life sentences for the other crimes.
At trial, Johnson did not deny killing the girl but disputed that he deliberated before doing so. He also presented a diminished capacity defense asserting that he could not deliberate because of schizo-affective disorder that caused command hallucinations telling him to rape and kill the girl. The jury convicted Johnson of first-degree murder, armed criminal action, kidnapping and attempted forcible rape. It recommended a sentence of death for the murder conviction, finding all three statutory aggravating factors presented by the state. It recommended life sentences for the remaining convictions. In accord with the jury’s recommendations, the court sentenced Johnson to death for the murder and, as a persistent offender, to consecutive life sentences for the other crimes.
Address
Johnny Johnson 534534
Potosi Correctional Center
11593 State Highway O,
Mineral Point, MO 63660
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Johnny Johnson stayed on my couch in High Ridge. MO. for a few days 1999. I believe he raped my daughter when she was 4. She is now 28 and has no memory of this or any memories before the year 2000. I wonder if he remembers my family and remembers if he left my children innocent or not.
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