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<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#504445"><strong>Michigan man, becomes a person of interest in the disappearance of his parents three years after they obtained a restraining order against him because they &#8216;feared for their safety&#8217; </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#504445"><strong>Nicholas Johnson, 27, is <strong>was wanted on outstanding felony warrants,</strong> in Western Michigan before he was declared a person of interest </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#504445"><strong>He was taken into custody after he was arrested on murder charges</strong>.<strong> Waanted on outstanding felony warrants, according to police</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#504445"><strong>Police in Portage said he is a &#8216;person of interest&#8217; in disappearance of his parents</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#504445"><strong>Gary Johnson, 64, and his wife, Laura, 65, have been missing for over a week</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#504445"><strong>Police went to their home on Tuesday morning to conduct a welfare check</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#504445"><strong>Police uncovered signs of freshly dug dirt in backyard<br>Police chief said evidence found inside indicates that Johnson were murdered</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#504445"><strong>Nicholas was arrested in an apartment complex about a mile away, police said</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#504445"><strong>At time of his arrest, he was armed with a pistol and spare magazine, police said</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#504445"><strong>In 2018, his parents sought personal protection order against their son &#8211; Nicholas was accused of assaulting his parents and breaking into their home</strong><br></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Nicholas-Johnson-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-371263" width="494" height="582"/><figcaption><strong>Nicholas Johnson [photo], 27, who is in police custody after he was arrested on outstanding warrants in unrelated cases, is a &#8216;person of interest&#8217; in the disappearance of his parents, police in Portage, Michigan said</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A Michigan ;man has been named a ‘person of interest’ in the case of his missing parents who police believe were murdered &#8211; three years after they asked a court for a protective order against him.<br>Nicholas Johnson, 27, is in custody after he was arrested on outstanding warrants in unrelated cases, according to police in Portage, Michigan, just outside of Kalamazoo.<br>When officers took him into custody on Tuesday about a mile from his parents&#8217; home, he was armed with a pistol and a spare magazine. ;<br>Police say evidence collected inside the home of his parents, Gary, 64, and Laura Johnson, 65, indicate that violence may have been the cause of their disappearance.<br>On Tuesday morning just after 9am, police arrived at the Johnsons&#8217; home on Romence Road in Portage in order to do a welfare check.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Gary-Johnson-left-and-Laura-Johnson-right-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-371262" width="584" height="861"/><figcaption><strong>Police say evidence collected inside the home of Gary and Laura Johnson indicate that violence may have been involved in their disappearance</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Gary-and-Laura-Johnson-in-Portage-Michigan-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-371261"/><figcaption><strong>Police are seen above at the home of Gary and Laura Johnson in Portage, Michigan, on Tuesday. The couple aged 64 and 65 are missing, presumed dead</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to police, investigators discovered a 12-inch deep hole in the backyard that appeared to be freshly dug, though nothing was found inside the hole. <br>Officers responded to the home after they were told that Gary Johnson had not reported to work in close to a week, according to ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2021/02/son-of-missing-portage-couple-now-considered-person-of-interest-in-pairs-suspicious-disappearance.html">MLive.com</a>.<br>Portage Public Safety Chief Nick Armold said that officers have remained at the home since.<br>While investigating inside the home, police found signs that the missing couple fell victim to violence.<br>According to Armold, investigators discovered a 12-inch deep hole in the backyard that appeared to be freshly dug. He said nothing was found inside the hole.<br>‘We’re going to be there as long as we think we need to be there to make sure that we’ve uncovered everything that we can find,’ he said.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Gary-and-Laura-Johnson-home-in-Portage-Michigan-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-371265"/><figcaption><strong>Police said that evidence found inside the home in Portage indicates that the Johnsons fell victim to violence</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Police-activity-after-the-murders-of-Gary-and-Laura-Johnson-at-their-home-in-Portage-Michigan-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-371273"/><figcaption><strong>‘We certainly hope that we are wrong, but things are leading us to believe that this is a homicide,’ Portage Public Safety Chief Nick Armold said</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">‘We certainly hope that we are wrong, but things are leading us to believe that this is a homicide,’ Portage Public Safety Chief Nick Armold said<br>‘It looks like we’ll be there for a couple more days.’<br>Chief Armold declined to specify other pieces of evidence found inside the home, though he said that investigators have determined the couple was likely murdered.<br>‘We certainly hope that we are wrong, but things are leading us to believe that this is a homicide,’ Armold said.<br>‘While I can’t go into the specific evidence, the obvious piece of the puzzle is that the Johnsons are still missing.<br>‘We have all of their vehicles. We have their cell phones. There is no reasonable explanation as to why they are gone.’<br>Gary’s car was found at the couple’s home, according to Armold. Laura’s vehicle was located at Milham Meadows Apartment Complex about a mile north of the house, where they also found Nicholas.<br>Nicholas, who was reported to have been hiding in a storage unit inside the complex, was wanted on felony and misdemeanor bench warrants. He was arraigned on Wednesday on charges of weapons possession.<br>Police found ammunition inside the storage unit, ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kzoo-bc/kalamazoo/portage-police-believe-missing-couple-is-dead">Fox 17 TV</a> ;reported. ;<br>Nicholas also had two outstanding warrants including a felony home invasion &#8211; third degree stemming from a 2019 incident, according to MLive.com. Nicholas allegedly broke into his parents’ home on September 7, 2019 in violation of a no-contact order.<br>Kalamazoo County District Judge Richard Santoni issued separate $100,000 cash bonds on each of the two active felony cases, citing the risk that Nicholas could attempt to flee.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Gary-Johnson-right-and-Laura-Johnson-left-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-371274"/><figcaption><strong>According to court records, Gary and Laura Johnson (pictured) obtained a personal protection order against their son in 2018 after he allegedly assaulted them on multiple occasions</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Police-activity-after-the-murders-of-Gary-and-Laura-Johnson-at-their-home-in-Portage-Michigan-1.jpg" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Police-activity-after-the-murders-of-Gary-and-Laura-Johnson-at-their-home-in-Portage-Michigan-1.jpg" width="580" height="377"/><figcaption><strong>olice investigate the disappearance of Gary and Laura Johnson</strong>.<strong> Cops arrived at the home on Tuesday morning after Gary failed to report to work for nearly a week</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">‘I have reviewed, somewhere in the range of, about a half dozen search warrants that deal with the ongoing issue,’ Santoni said of the investigation into the disappearance of Nicholas’ parents. ‘I can’t ignore that.<br>‘I can’t with any kind of certainty indicate what happened, what the defendant’s level of involvement might be, but I can’t ignore it.<br>‘It creates a cloud, essentially, over all these proceedings, and If I were to ignore it, I would simply be ignoring reality and I’m not going to do that.’<br>In March 2018, Nicholas’ parents submitted a request for a personal protection order against their son.<br>‘Gary and I are concerned for our safety and others safety. I need him to stay away from us for a while and he needs to seek mental health help,’ Laura wrote in the application obtained by ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://wwmt.com/news/local/missing-portage-couple-feared-for-their-safety-around-estranged-son">WMMT-TV</a>.<br>The request was made after two incidents in February 2018. Laura claimed that Nicholas assaulted her and her husband, damaged property, and refused to leave their home.<br>According to court records, Nicholas was charged with domestic violence and malicious destruction of property.<br>The parents claimed Nicholas assaulted them on multiple occasions.<br>On one occasion on February 21, 2018, Nicholas who was upset his girlfriend broke up with him, pushed his mother backwards, injuring her head and causing bruising, it was alleged.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Protective-order-filed-by-Laura-Johnson-against-her-son-Nicholas-Johnson-in-March-2018.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-371277" width="580" height="726"/></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Protective-order-filed-by-Laura-Johnson-against-her-son-Nicholas-Johnson-in-March-2018-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-371279"/><figcaption><strong>In March 2018, Laura Johnson filed an application for a personal protection order against her son. Nicholas Johnson was charged with domestic violence and malicious destruction of property.</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">‘He was told not to come back to our house at that point. He has previously pushed my husband, threatened us,’ Laura wrote in her application.<br>A week later, Nicholas allegedly crawled into the basement window and entered his parents’ home.<br>He then refused to leave and broke three windows with his fist, according to documents.<br>Laura also wrote in her application that Nicholas refused to seek treatment for mental illness and also refused offers of housing.<br>‘He is now homeless,’ Laura wrote.<br>‘At this point, Gary and I are concerned for our safety and others safety. We are done with allowing him to keep destroying our house and property.’</p>



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