On March 19, 1906, Ed Johnson, was mob-lynched from the second span of the Walnut Street Bridge in Chattanooga. He wed Okaleen Carvell on April 27, 1952, and the pair remained married until . [3][4][5], Johnson was convicted of the murders of her parents by an Ada County, Idaho, jury on March 16, 2005. Man arrested after armed bank robbery in St. Paul In his dying. RELATED:As a Stillwater corrections officer is mourned, his co-workers want more staffing. Read more: "Murder, Death and Rebirth" by Claudia Nelson Tiede family Rolf Tiede lived a full and productive life surrounded by family and lots of grandchildren. They had 11 children: John Johnson, Thomas Johnson and 9 other children. His wife, Julie Hernlen, 31, was dead at the scene. Johnson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and had been serving a 29-year prison term at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater. [26] On September 19, 2021, a memorial to Ed Johnson was dedicated near the site of the lynching. The Idaho Supreme Court upheld her conviction. Sarah Marie Johnson was sentenced to life without parole in 2005 for fatally shooting her father, 46-year-old Alan Johnson, and mother, 52-year-old Diane Johnson. Allegedly, Alan and Diane had threatened to have Bruno arrested if Sarah didnt cut ties with him. I cant believe how she could kill the two people in the world who loved her the most., Sarahs own brother, Matt Johnson, also addressed his sister, stating: I think some honesty needs to come out of you, and you need to plead to the court for some for forgiveness. Dear Jack, Sorry but you are an illiterate idiot. However, investigators had sealed off the street and turned away the garbage truck which was making it rounds shortly after the shooting. Authorities said Johnson thought the Hernlens had reported him to police in November for growing marijuana and possessing steroids. The tyrants know this is scientific fact and use it to prey on the young!!! The parents deserved better. Source: Paul Hamann, 14 Days in May. The jury was split with eight favoring conviction whereas four favoring acquittal. [5] The next day, he arrested Ed Johnson after receiving a report that he had been witnessed holding a leather strap near the streetcar stop on the night of the attack. While bringing a new born baby home from hospital is often a jubilant moment filled Mary Vincent was just 15-years-old when she was brutally attacked by Lawrence Singleton. A follow-up documentary by Stafford Smith claimed to prove conclusively that Johnson was innocent and had been framed by the police. [citation needed], He has been given honorary doctorates by Boston University, Bentley College and the Hobart and William Smith Colleges. After letting Sarah inside her home to calm down, Richards approached the Johnson home and slowly opened the front door. In a November 2016, memo to Fidelity employees, Johnson announced he would retire in December and turn over the chairmanship to his daughter Abigail. [7], His other daughter is Elizabeth L. Johnson. On the 29th of August, Sarah hadnt come home and claimed she was staying overnight at a friends. Crime & Public Safety | A judge denied the request. Trest, and the sexual assault of a 69-year-old woman, Sally Franklin. In that terrifying moment, Would love your thoughts, please comment. I dont think anyone would have watched him and predicted this would happen, and I dont even know what happened, Kushner said of the allegations facing his former client. The cognitive mind is still developing even at 18!! or redistributed. They were shot to death in their Bellevue, Idaho, home by their 16-year-old daughter, Sarah Marie Johnson. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238053399/edward-crosby-johnson, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Johnson_III&oldid=1133612330, American chief executives of financial services companies, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2019, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2013, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2012, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 14 January 2023, at 17:47. Crime & Public Safety | My response to your comment is ha ha, very funny as I hope it is a person who has nothing to do all day and decided to enflame the comment section. However, Alan lived long enough to get out of the shower and walk to the bedroom where he collapsed beside his wife and bled to death. Mary Divine is a reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Legal Statement. of both murders. The sheriff praised the dispatcher, who is also a mother, for remaining focused while listening to a child in a dangerous situation. Police: Stolen vehicle rolls over in St. Paul, good Samaritan stops to help and hes carjacked Though the mob left Shipp unguarded, he did not attempt to leave until the lynching concluded. On the 30th of October, Sarah was arrested and charged as an adult in the double homicide of her parents. / CBS Minnesota. Sarah was 16 years old at the time. [8], Johnson was born in Milton, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Carleton College and lives in St. Paul with her husband, Greg Myers, and their three children, Henry, Frances and Fred. As news of the crime wave spread, however, racial fear and tension in the city dramatically increased. Johnson was born on June 22, 1960, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. Judge, I would like to see the maximum sentence because after tomorrow I dont want to have to hear about her or this event again. While seeking a divorce, Mrs. Johnson had complained to police officials, including Ivory, about threats Johnson had made against her. When the mob became annoyed at Shipp's protests, several members escorted him to a bathroom and instructed him to remain there. Sarah Didnt Do It,She Did Not Pull The Trigger. They contained the DNA of Sarah, Alan and Diane. He then became president of the company in 1972, and chairman and CEO in 1977. Then on the 2nd of September, Sarah opened a rental unit which was adjacent to the home. His wife of nearly a decade, Julie Morgan-Hernlen, had died Monday after an acquaintance -- David E. Johnson -- shot the. NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. A 5-year-old girl called 911 on Monday after waking to gunshots and finding her dead mother and dying father in bed. The sheriff announced that they had several persons of interest that they were wishing to speak to as soon as possible and had two or three motives which could have led to the killing. Throughout the documentary he also raised the point of the sexual assault victim saying during the police lineup that he was not the man who raped her and pointed to another individual. He has assaulted someone guarding him before. [12], The trial concluded three days later with Johnson's conviction; he was sentenced to be put to death on March 13. The Minneapolis attorney recalled Johnson conducting himself like a very rational, intelligent person throughout his civil trial. Her apparent motive was her parents' prohibiting her from dating a 19-year-old drug dealer named Bruno Santos. It plays into the hands of the propaganda tyrants!! Judge Monica Reynolds also issued a protective order barring Johnson from bothering his wife and children. An investigation revealed deep secrets and a grudge Sarah had been holding over her parents. [6] She was sentenced to two concurrent life without parole terms plus fifteen years for a firearm enhancement. Since 2011, Minnesota DOC has requested funding for 187 more prison officials. Fourteen years after his parents murder-suicide, Edward Muhammad Johnson stabbed Brooke Elizabeth Thompson to death in his Bloomington apartment, where she was staying. A doctor who examined her shortly after the attack determined that she had been sexually assaulted. Johnson then pushed the boy out of the room and several more shots were heard, McNally said. Suspicion soon fell upon Sarah who by this point, had changed her story several times. Johnson, while in jail, made a Christian profession and was baptized. During interviews, Johnson said that his confession was forced by police in a deserted wood whilst they were threatening to shoot him.[3]. Following this act, another leader of the mob pinned a note to Johnson, which read "To Justice Harlan. Once inside the prison system, Roy said Johnson has had trouble. Shipp and two others were sentenced to 90 days imprisonment, and three other defendants were sentenced to 60 days imprisonment. Investigators pieced together the string of events leading up to the murders of Alan and Diane. They contended that Sarah had hoped that with her parents out of the way, she and Bruno could live on their inheritance. After a trial devoid of incriminating facts and with a clearly biased jury, Johnson was sentenced to death for the rape of a white woman. His defense attorneys considered the possibility of an appeal but decided against it, believing that it would be unlikely to succeed and, in any case, an acquittal might incense the public to try another storming of the jail, killing Johnson possibly along with other prisoners. The murder of Diane and Alan Scott Johnson occurred on September 2, 2003. [2], On September 2, 2003, Alan Scott Johnson and Diane Johnson were shot to death in their Bellevue, Idaho, home. I could just slap this stupid child. Incarcerated at Stillwater since 2003, Johnson was scheduled to be released on Dec. 12, 2022. [5][6] She lost consciousness during the attack, and afterwards could remember little beyond the fact that her assailant had been a black man who approached her from behind and wrapped a leather strap around her neck. In a 2005 column in the Pioneer Press,Ruben Rosario wrote about Edward Muhammad and his 8-year old sister, Zakiyyah, witnessing the horrific execution of their mother, a granddaughter of the late Black Muslim leader Elijah Muhammad. Authorities said Johnson thought the Hernlens had reported him to police in November for growing marijuana and possessing steroids. [20][21] The use of the bridge was to act as a deterrent to the city's blacks who resided on the opposite side of the bridge and who crossed it daily to go to and from their jobs in the downtown Chattanooga area. [18] One bullet severed the rope, and Johnson fell to the ground. [citation needed]. On March 23, 2022, Johnson died "peacefully at his home in Florida surrounded by much of his family," according to his daughter Abby Johnson. When Kim Richards opened her front door, Sarah screamed that somebody had shot her parents, Diane and Alan Johnson. Thats why the traditional age of adulthood was 21!!! [10][11], Johnson is currently imprisoned in the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center.[12]. Click in the box near the top of the story to watch a report by FOX News' Orlando Salinas. Other local business leaders also spoke. Police say a gunman seeking revenge for drug charges . Anticipating such an attempt and desiring to protect the prisoner, Sheriff Shipp and Hamilton County Judge Samuel D. McReynolds had evacuated Broaden and Johnson to Nashville, Tennessee, earlier that day to await trial. On Christmas Eve, a black gambler fatally shot a Chattanooga constable, and on Christmas Day, police received reports of eight robberies or assaults committed by black suspects. Come get your nigger now. And yes I say innocent because the judicial system has declared who the killer is. "The discipline record of this individual is significant. However, he did not elaborate any further. The next night, her parents found her at Brunos home. Ninety-four years after the lynching, in February 2000, Hamilton County Criminal Judge Doug Meyer overturned Johnson's conviction after hearing arguments that Johnson did not receive a fair trial because of the all-white jury and the judge's refusal to move the trial from Chattanooga, where there was much publicity about the case. Johnson's criminal history begins with the murder in 2002 -- but WCCO-TV has discovered that is not where it ends. Source: Paul Hamann, 14 Days in May. Edward Franklin Johnson, 90, of the Rose Hill community in Giles County, Tennessee, died April 29, 2021, following a short illness. [1] Johnson was returned to Chattanooga for his trial, which began on February 6 with Judge McReynolds presiding. Home True Crime The Johnson Family Murders. : An Account", Tennessee Government and Politics: Democracy in the Volunteer State, "Read about the lynching of Ed Johnson in Chattanooga", "Chattanooga dedicates memorial to Ed Johnson more than a century after mob-lynching", University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, "A Supreme Case of Contempt: A tragic legal saga paved the way for civil rights protections and federal habeas actions", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lynching_of_Ed_Johnson&oldid=1128315736, This page was last edited on 19 December 2022, at 14:00. Crime & Public Safety | The couple's 5-year-old daughter found her parents and called police. [1], His daughter Abigail took over the role of CEO of Fidelity Investments and chairman of Fidelity International in 2014. At 42 years of age, he was already imprisoned in the 2002 murder of his girlfriend. It Might Now Be Time For Sarah To Make Her Escape From Prison,Perhaps Similar To How It Was Done In The Shawshank Redemption,Except Maybe She Could Use A Poster Of Michael Jackson To Hide The Opening To Her Freedom. [7], In 2012, Johnson's lawyer filed a petition for a new trial, charging that she had ineffective legal counsel in the murder trial. I lost the two best friends I ever had. [10][11], "Abigail Johnson, after years of training, gets to put her stamp on Fidelity", "Edward C. Johnson Fund: Grants for Visual Arts", "Hidden Johnson billionaires found in Fidelity fund empire", "Edward C. Johnson Fund: Grants for Conservation", "Edward Johnson III fund pioneer who led fidelity dies at 91", Mutual Fund Billionaire Edward Ned Johnson III Dies At 91. It was theorized that Diane was killed first and then Alan was shot while in the shower. ''That letter was a plea,'' said Ileen Kelly-Jones, a friend of Mrs. Johnson. Legal Statement. Solotoroff, Ivan (2001). [14][15], Parden used this stay to travel to Washington, D.C., where he met on March 17 with U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan, who was also the circuit judge of the Sixth Circuit which contains Tennessee. Harlan agreed to have the Supreme Court hear the appeal, and on March 19, the Supreme Court ordered a second stay in order to allow this.[14]. Fugitive suspect in Mall of America killing arrested in Georgia; mother accused of driving him there Hey,I Already Said About How I Know That An Innocent Woman Is Mistakenly Incarcerated,Check Out The Details,Once Again & You Will See How. Johnson was executed by gas chamber. She was tucked up in bed and presumably killed while still asleep. Broadcast in 1987, the documentary showed the last two weeks of Johnson's life. Read More: Stillwater Prison Officer's On-Duty Death Is 1st On Record. Kelly-Jones said that despite the court order, Johnson attacked his wife on Sunday banging her head on a kitchen cabinet shortly after she returned home from a weeklong visit to a brother in New York. When Johnson moved, one member of the mob, later identified as a deputy sheriff, placed his revolver against Johnson's head and fired five additional shots. 2018 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This was the breaking point for Alan and Diane and they went to police to report Bruno for statutory rape. He served in the United States Army. Detectives said Johnson apparently was playing dead in the bedroom to get his children to leave. It sounds like youre in inmate with this convicted criminal. Serenity's ex-con dad Edward (Chuck) Brown did a year in prison for a 2000 attempted robbery. She said there wasdebris, pieces or hair, skin and a sogginess under my feet.In the main bedroom lay the lifeless body of Diane. The deputy suffered a cut under his left eye. [5], The search for her attacker was led by Hamilton County Sheriff Shipp. Johnson was murdered on the evening of March 19. The actual shooter in this case is Christopher Kevin Hill,who is 6 feet tall,he shot Alan from straight across,while standing flat on the ground,all that he had to do,after he shot Diane,who was sleeping in bed,was aim the rifleRead more . On the morning of the 2nd of September, 2003, 16-year-old Sarah Marie Johnson from Bellevue, Idaho, ran to her neighbor's home in hysterics. [1] Contents 1 Early life 2 Career It starts on May 6, the day that Johnson learns the date of his execution. Police found the body of Officer Edward M. Johnson, 41, who was assigned to the Englewood District tactical unit, in a South Side motel room around 3 p.m. with a bullet wound in the temple. Johnson spent about 1,700 days in segregation, including a 540-day stint after a fight, but he has not been in segregation since 2016. Ivory said that he had been on the phone with Johnson only about a minute when the shot was heard. Officials said the couple were not involved in his arrest, but had requested an injunction against their would-be attacker in January. Shortly thereafter, Johnson had to hand over a significant portion of the funds to Thompsons family after a settlement was reached in a wrongful death suit theyd filed against him, Kushner said. 31 years ago, on May 20, 1987, just before midnight, I was sitting in the witness area of the Mississippi Gas Chamber watching someone die in front of me. By that timewhile the brain is still growing and developing it has reached a certain level of stability!!! The mob's actions, especially the note addressed to Justice Harlan and Chattanooga law enforcement's lack of prevention or response, directly challenged the Supreme Court's authority over state criminal proceedings. IRS Form 990, Edward C. Johnson Fund, 82 Devonshire Street S3, Boston, MA, 020109, Anne Marie Soulli, Director. I will not let anything happen to you. I honestly have no idea how you think Sarah is innocent andRead more . The mob reluctantly dispersed, but not before causing significant damage to the jailhouse doors.[8][9]. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. "We have an individual who for a length of time demonstrated relatively good behavior, and we have a limited pool of employees to draw from," Roy said. He was convicted of the murder of white policeman, J.T. [9] In 2012, Edward's net worth was estimated at $2.5 billion. The son of the late Benjamin Monroe and Jimmie Gattis Johnson, Edward was born Aug. 18, 1930, in Giles County. Police officials said Mrs. Johnson also complained about her husband to the department`s Office of Professional Standards, which investigates misconduct by police officers. They were shot to death in their Bellevue, Idaho, home by their 16-year-old daughter, Sarah Marie Johnson. Detectives said Johnson broke into his wife`s home at 7704 S. Hamilton Ave., about 3:30 a.m. and shot her eight times during a quarrel in her bedroom. When they left the house, he fled in his wife`s car. In April 2021, his net worth was estimated at US$8.2 billion. [1][5], On the night that Johnson was arrested, a mob of 1500 white Chattanooga metropolitan residents surrounded the prison and demanded that Johnson be handed over to them, along with two other black men accused of capital crimes. [1] She grew up in the Idaho city of Bellevue, and attended Wood River High School in Hailey. Johnson was the first to begin the practice of permitting check writing on money market funds. [17] They then took Johnson to the nearby Walnut Street Bridge, and hanged him with a rope hung over a beam. Johnson was the second African American to be lynched on Walnut Street Bridge. In 2012, it was estimated that Elizabeth had a net worth of roughly $2.5 billion. The dispatcher kept the girl on the phone until the authorities arrived at her house and is heard asking her questions in a portion of the tape. Robert married Charlotte Kegley June 28, 1958, in Waukegan, IL. The couple apparently feared the suspect and tried to get a court-ordered injunction to keep him away from their family. Like Roger Coleman, Edward Earl Johnson claimed he was not guilty of the murder that turned a horrible offence into a capital crime. Johnson pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault in that case and was sentenced to 13 months in prison. But the sheriff explained that the injunction may not have prevented the attack. She told Richards that she was at home at the time of the shooting but hadn't witnessed it. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. On March 19, 1906, Ed Johnson, a young African American man, was murdered by a lynch mob in his home town of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Thompsons 5-year-old daughter was inside and heard the deadly Aug. 14, 2002, assault from another room. Early Tuesday morning when Mrs. Johnson and her children were asleep Johnson apparently entered the house through a basement window, according to police. There was quite a bit of carnage, recalled Tremble.3. A District Court Judge, Charles Dickens Clark, dismissed the petition on these grounds on March 10; however, he suggested in his ruling that Parden petition the Governor of Tennessee for a 10-day stay of execution, allowing time for an appeal of the District Court's decision. Im just gonna destroy your entire argument with 1 clue Dianes sister (Diane was Sarahs mother) gave detectives. According to Sarah, she was asleep in her bedroom when she heard gunshots echo out. Yeah, let me kill my parents and then him and I will ride off into the sunset of blissful living. [1], Johnson was the son of Elsie Livingston Johnson and Edward C. Johnson II. We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. David Edward Johnson, 33, killed Aeneas and Julie Hernlen early Monday. Unfortunately, when Edward faced prosecution less than 15 years later, local race relations had not changed very much. "[4], Don Cabana, the warden of Parchman Prison Farm following Johnson's execution became outspoken about abolishing the death penalty because in his understanding an innocent man was executed.[5]. 2, One of the first officers on the scene was Marshall Randy Tremble. NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (AP) _ A man who mistakenly believed a couple had turned him in for drug possession broke into their house and shot them to death, then killed himself, police said. On January 23, 1906, Nevada Taylor was attacked while walking home from a streetcar stop to the cottage at the Chattanooga Forest Hills Cemetery, which she shared with her father, the cemetery's caretaker. [1] The day after his murder saw widespread strikes among the black community in Chattanooga. He chopped Susan Kuhnhausen's estranged husband hired a hitman to take her out. Edward Johnson Children Abigail And Elizabeth L Johnson Now: His Family Edward Johnson shared three children; two daughters Abigail and Elizabeth and a son Edward IV with his wife. "Her composure is extraordinary given what she had just seen. Donnie Edward Johnson, 68, is scheduled to die May 16 for killing his wife, Connie Johnson, in Memphis in 1984. Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "The death penalty in the US and the question of innocence", "End The Death Penalty Edward Earl Johnson", Executions carried out in the United States, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Earl_Johnson&oldid=1133727008, 20th-century executions of American people, People convicted of murder by Mississippi, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles lacking in-text citations from January 2011, Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from March 2012, All Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Robert was born October 29, 1937, in Waukegan, IL. You would have to ask him, but how could it not have? she said. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Johnson committed suicide at this home later in the day, police said. The DOC said it has presented this information to state lawmakers. A family member told WCCO-TV Thursday that Johnson's parents were police officers who died in a murder-suicide in the late 80s, part of which he witnessed. The Chen's were a very traditional family, but they came to the U.S. so that the boys could go to school. First published on July 19, 2018 / 6:11 PM. In Johnson's bedroom, investigators located the other leather glove that belonged to the pair. "But you review each case on a case-by-case basis.". An investigation of her complaints was underway when she was killed, officials said. Her 5-year-old daughter witnessed Johnson banging her head on the bathroom door the night before her body was found in the bathtub. Initially, it was believed that this may have been a murder-suicide. He then drove off in her 1987 gray Volvo. The three young men, guilty only of a voter registration drive, were killed as midnight turned into June 22, 1964 - Edward's fourth birthday. When someone is bound and determined they are going to do a criminal act, it is hard to stop it.". Although multiple deputies usually guarded the prison each night and Sheriff Shipp's chief deputy recommended that extra guards be posted around the jail to prevent mob violence, Shipp excused all law enforcement officials, except for elderly nighttime jailer Jeremiah Gibson, from duty. He had been sentenced to death for the rape of Nevada Taylor, but Justice John Marshall Harlan of the United States Supreme Court had issued a stay of execution. and its not this Christopher character. Johnson, who now goes by Don, initially told police he wasn't involved, but no . He attended prep school at Milton Academy before transferring to Tabor Academy, and graduated with a bachelor's degree from Harvard College in 1954.[1]. Johnson had been found guilty of robbery and rape after he allegedly targeted a 69-year-old woman. Prosecutor Thomas said that despite the fact that Sarah was being charged as an adult, he wouldnt be seeking the death penalty. This memorial website was created in memory of Edward Johnson, 47, born on March 29, 1930 and passed away on March 0, 1978. Edward Muhammad Johnson is serving nearly 29 years for second-degree murder. She then walked into her parents' bedroom and shot her sleeping mother in the head, whereupon she walked into the bathroom and shot her father in the chest, right above the heart, while he was showering. The couples 5-year-old daughter found her parents and called police. Very sad situation. There was nothing there to do that. In early January, the couple was denied an injunction against Johnson. While she didnt know for sure, she said she presumed that they were dead for when she called their names, there was no response. On March 19, 1906, Ed Johnson, a young African American man, was murdered by a lynch mob in his home town of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This page was last edited on 15 January 2023, at 06:29. 0:52. He has had numerous discipline items, Roy said. Friends said the Johnsons had been married about 15 years, but she had filed for divorce in June. At the time, prosecutors said Johnson killed her parents after fighting with them over her relationship with an older man. Sheriff Shipp and several other men were convicted of contempt of court. No suicide note was found. In a court affidavit filed in connection with the divorce, Mrs. Johnson charged that during a quarrel in the family car May 30, ''Ed reached for his gun, held the hammer of it back with his thumb and said, `I`m going to kill you.` ''. [8] In October 2014, the request was denied. Decades later, he is. If She Winds Up Being Captured,However,Then She Will Need To Argue That She Got Kidnapped From Prison By Christopher Kevin Hill & That He Confessed To Her That He Shot Her Parents To Death,Only To Avoid Paying Rent On The Guesthouse. Related Articles at the top. Livingston had over a hundred thousand acres in New York on the Hudson River Valley, Brooklyn, Long Island and Harlem. During this time Shipp arrived at the jail and pleaded with the mob to cease their violence and allow the rule of law to remain in effect. He allegedly fetched a knife from the kitchen, turned up the volume on the radio and told Johnson to stay in the bedroom before carving up the dead . Julie Hernlen was preparing to graduate from Dayton Beach Community College this spring and then pursue a law degree, according to reports in The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Morbidology is a weekly true crime podcast created and hosted by Emily G. Thompson. They also cited the absence of any blood spatter on Johnson and the fact that fingerprints on the murder weapon matched those of a renter who was living in the family's guesthouse. Unfortunately, when Edward faced prosecution less than 15 years later, local race relations had not changed very much. 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