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<p class="has-text-color" style="color:#4b4141"><strong>Son of Michigan couple declared <strong>missing two weeks ago is charged with open homicide after their dead bodies were found in the woods</strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color" style="color:#4b4141"><strong>Nicholas Alexander Johnson, 27, of Portage, MI., has been arrested and charged with two counts of open murder in the deaths of his parents</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color" style="color:#4b4141"><strong>Officials said the bodies of the suspect&#8217;s parents, Gary Johnson, 64, and Laura Johnson, 65, were found at Gourdneck State Game Area in Portage on Friday</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color" style="color:#4b4141"><strong>There deaths was ruled homicide on Monday</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color" style="color:#4b4141"><strong>He is also charged with two counts of felony firearm and one count for possession of a firearm</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color" style="color:#4b4141"><strong>In an unrelated case,</strong> <strong>Johnson has also reportedly been named a person of interest in the 2018 disappearance of Bonifacio Pena</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Nicholas-Johnson-1.jpg" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Nicholas-Johnson-1.jpg" width="572" height="674"/><figcaption><strong>Nicholas Alexander Johnson, [photo], was charged with open murders an arraigned Thursday after the bodies of his parents Gary and Laura Johnson, were unearthed on Friday</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>The bodies of a Michigan couple who went missing earlier this month have been found in the woods and their 27-year-old son has been charged with two counts of murder for their deaths, two weeks days after they were declared missing.<br>The Kalamazoo County Prosecutor’s Office issues 2 counts of open murder against 27-year-old Nicholas Alexander Johnson in the murder of his parents.<br>Nicholas Johnson was charged after the bodies of his parents Gary Johnson, 64, and Laura Johnson, 65, were unearthed on Friday.<br>Officials said the bodies of the couple, last seen alive on February 3, were found Friday at Gourdneck State Game Area in Portage, about three miles from their home.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Laura-and-Gary-Johnson-s-bodies-found-in-the-woods-1.jpg" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Laura-and-Gary-Johnson-s-bodies-found-in-the-woods-1.jpg"/><figcaption><strong>Police officers armed with shovels search taped off area around the Johnson&#8217;s home in Portage, MI on Feb 9</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Experts from Western Michigan University as well as police K-9 units were involved in the search and recovery of remains of the missing couple.<br>Their deaths will be listed as homicides, authorities said Monday: “As sad as this is, this is the result we thought we were going to get,&#8221; Armold had said after the bodies were discovered. <br>Police entered the home last Tuesday and found signs of violence after Gary&#8217;s employer said he had not logged on for work, Portage Public Safety Director Nick Armold said last week.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Nicholas-Johnson-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-371569" width="608" height="396"/><figcaption><strong>Johnson [photo], was arraigned THursday and charged with open murders inthe death of his parents</strong></figcaption></figure>



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<p>Their alleged killer, Nicholas Johnson, has also been named a person of interest in the 2018 disappearance of 17-year-old Bonifacio Pena of Gobles, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://wwmt.com/news/local/police-search-for-clues-in-missing-teen-case-tied-to-portage-homicide-person-of-interest">WWNT ;</a>reported. ;<br>Though evidence suggests that Pena was last seen with Johnson in 2018, police said, his disappearance has been a mystery.</p>



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<p><strong>Johnson was arraigned Thursday afternoon in Kalamazoo&#8217;s 8th District Court </strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Gary-Johnson-left-and-Laura-Johnson-right-1.jpg" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Gary-Johnson-left-and-Laura-Johnson-right-1.jpg" width="584" height="861"/><figcaption><strong> There was evidence that violence may have been the cause of the disappearance <strong>of Gary and Laura Johnson [photo]</strong>. Their bodies were discovered in the woods, three miles from their home, on Friday</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Bonifacio-Pena-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-371558" width="580" height="325"/><figcaption><strong>Portage authorities said Nicholas Johnson is a person of interest in the case of missing teen, Bonifacio Pena, [photo], of Gobles</strong>, <strong>MI.  ;Pena, 17, was last seen in Portage on May 19, 2018</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>In addition to the murder charges, Johnson was charged with two counts of felony firearm and one count for possession of a firearm, ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kzoo-bc/kalamazoo/nicholas-johnson-charged-in-murder-of-portage-couple">WXMI ;</a>reported.<br>Alleged criminals can be charged with the catchall open murder, ;a combination of first- and second-degree murder, under Michigan law. ;<br>Prosecutors use an open murder charge to allow ;the jury to determine which degree is appropriate based upon evidence.<br>He is expected to be arraigned in Kalamazoo County District Court on Thursday.<br>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. </p>



<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 had said on Tuesday</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Johnson was taken into custody on February 9 after he was arrested on outstanding warrants in unrelated cases, according to police in Portage, Michigan, just outside of Kalamazoo.<br>He was armed with a pistol and a spare magazine when officers took him into custody about a mile from his parents&#8217; home.<br>Police said last week that evidence collected inside the home of his parents indicate that violence may have been the cause of their disappearance.<br>Last Tuesday, 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 is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Gary-Johnson-right-and-Laura-Johnson-left-2.jpg" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Gary-Johnson-right-and-Laura-Johnson-left-2.jpg" width="606" height="601"/><figcaption><strong>Gary and Laura Johnson[photo] obtained a personal protection order against their son, Nicholas in 2018 after he assaulted them on multiple occasions</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>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>. Laura Johnson had retired from from the West Michigan Cancer Center in Kalamazoo, in 2020 after 17 years.<br>Armold said that officers have remained at the home since. 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.<br>‘It looks like we’ll be there for a couple more days.’</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Gary-and-Laura-Johnson-in-Portage-Michigan-1.jpg" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Gary-and-Laura-Johnson-in-Portage-Michigan-1.jpg"/><figcaption><strong>Police said that evidence found inside the home in Portage indicates that the Johnsons fell</strong> <strong>victim to violence</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><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"/><figcaption><strong>Police arrived at the home on Tuesday morning after Gary Johnson failed to report to work for nearly a week</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Police said that evidence found inside the home in Portage indicates that the Johnsons fell victim to violence.<br>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>Armold declined to specify other pieces of evidence found inside the home, though he said at the time 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. The events of Friday appeared to have confirmed his worst fears.</p>

Michigan couple, Gary and Laura Johnson, are found DEAD in the woods, nine days after they went missing, and their estranged son, 27, is charged with open murder
