Changes: Rodney Johnson

Revision as of 03:35, 13 August 2020

This individual was recently confirmed to have been identified. Some details may change as more information is released publicly.

Rodney Johnson

Name	Rodney Peter Johnson
Sex	Male
Found	June 11, 1994
Location	Everett, Washington
Missing from	Seattle, Washington
Identified	2020
Span	26 years
Age	25
Cause of death	Gunshot (homicide)

Rodney Peter Johnson (June 17, 1962 - c. 1988) was a male murder victim found in Washington in 1994. He was identified in August 2020.

Case

Johnson's body was discovered on the shore of Lake Stickney in June 1994 when a group fishermen tried to untangle a fishing line. The body was fully clothed but badly decomposed with tissue having become saponified. Underwater decay takes a long time, and the body had been weighed down through unknown means.

The state of the remains resulted in difficulties ascertaining information such as age and race, leading to different findings and alternate facial reconstructions. An autopsy showed the man had been shot in the head.

He was identified in May 2020 through genetic genealogy.

It is unclear when Johnson disappeared. His last verified sighting is a brief time spent in jail in late 1987. He was first reported missing to a Seattle based Salvation Army bureau in 1994, followed by an official missing person report to the sheriff's office in 1996. His father recalls his son asking for money over the phone in the late 1980s, likely over legal troubles. Police are looking for information about his camping trips with a girlfriend around 1987 and 1988, and the girlfriend's identity.

Gallery

Sources

Rodney Johnson at the Doe Network
Snohomish County Police
HeraldNet
- Article #1 (02/16/20)
- Article #2 (08/12/20)
Snohomish County Reporter
DNASolves

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-|cause of death = {{Gun H}}}}'''Rodney Peter Johnson''' (June 17, 1962 - ) was a male murder victim found in Washington in 1994. He was identified in August 2020.
+'''Rodney Peter Johnson''' (June 17, 1962 - c. 1988) was a male murder victim found in Washington in 1994. He was identified in August 2020.
+==Case==
+Johnson's body was discovered on the shore of Lake Stickney in June 1994 when a group fishermen tried to untangle a fishing line. The body was fully clothed but badly decomposed with tissue having become saponified. Underwater decay takes a long time, and the body had been weighed down through unknown means.
+The state of the remains resulted in difficulties ascertaining information such as age and race, leading to different findings and alternate facial reconstructions. An autopsy showed the man had been shot in the head.
+He was identified in May 2020 through genetic genealogy.
+It is unclear when Johnson disappeared. His last verified sighting is a brief time spent in jail in late 1987. He was first reported missing to a Seattle based Salvation Army bureau in 1994, followed by an official missing person report to the sheriff's office in 1996. His father recalls his son asking for money over the phone in the late 1980s, likely over legal troubles. Police are looking for information about his camping trips with a girlfriend around 1987 and 1988, and the girlfriend's identity.
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