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Johnson Case: Rene Hood Chamblee

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Walter Geiger
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Friday, July 23. 2010
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Part six in a serialization of interviews published on the 26th anniversary of the brutal murder of Donna Johnson:

By Rachel McDaniel

Former sheriff’s investigator René Hood Chamblee was the first officer on the scene after Donna Johnson’s car was found at the dumpsters.

“I knew Donna and the Johnson family and the events of that day are burned into my brain.

About six hours after we found the car we found her body ... about a quarter mile down the road.

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#1 Anonymous on 07/23/10 at 01:34 PM
Finally a view from someone inside the investigation. It's obvious she has her ideas and even she states that there is evidence. What is the evidence? For goodness sake?!?! What kind of knots? What type of tracks? Tracks from what type of tire? Was rope used or was it bailing twine? Was her trash scattered on the ground suggesting an ambush at the dump or what everything nice and neat like a staged scene? Was she run over before being dropped off there or was there evidence that it happened on the road to the bridge? Was the bridge a place where certain people hung out? Was it around land used for hunting? Who used it for hunting? Did the skull damage indicate a left handed person or a right handed person? What was the trajectory of the head wounds. So many questions that could connect the dots for us all. It's not like the killer could cover his tracks more...not after 26 years. Maybe he would live in fear wondering who was going to remember how he tied his knots or worry over who would expose his kinky bedroom secrets of bondage and hog-tying.
#1.1 Anonymous on 07/24/10 at 06:28 AM
You sure act like you have a right to know all of this information. Who made you Judge and Jury? The public does not have the right to know anything other than what is deemed OK to release to the public.
#1.1.1 Anonymous on 07/24/10 at 12:20 PM
Who made you?
#1.1.2 Anonymous on 07/24/10 at 12:27 PM
No, they are asking for help and information. I am providing information and thoughts that could aid. In my opinion, there are things that can be released that may be able to help connect the dots. Are you helping or just attacking those that do?
#1.1.3 Sheila Tolley on 07/25/10 at 01:47 PM
The public has a right to know anything that may help resolve this crime. ANYTHING!!!!!
#1.2 Anonymous on 07/24/10 at 03:05 PM
who said anything about how he tied his knots do you know somnething we dont
#1.2.1 Anonymous on 07/24/10 at 04:23 PM
It was reported she was hog-tied. How do you do that without knots?
#1.3 rhoda dunn on 07/27/10 at 10:02 AM
great questions. anything that could help needs to be out in open. everything! a small anything could solve this murder. these were mad dog animals and are still not caught and probably have already murdered before donna and has and will do it again. it could be your neighbor, friend, or husband. if you are protecting this animal, that makes you a animal and murderer too. get from under rock and do the right thing. i stiil feel this will be solved soon.
#2 Confessional on 07/23/10 at 06:29 PM
Didn't one of the previous articles say they used her bra and underwear to hog tie her? I think I read that in one of the million articles/comments on here. Good job with keeping this going, Walter.

I'm wondering if her killer is tossing and turning at night and having nightmares about getting caught. Might be better for him to just confess it to someone and get it off his chest. Better to be judged than tormented. And i'm sure that with all the publicity this is getting, that there are a lot of folks prayin that he's being tormented and tortured about what he's done. Maybe he'll seek forgiveness and try to right things between himself, Donna, her family and God.
#3 Anonymous on 07/24/10 at 09:22 AM
who said the killer was a he....
#4 Anonymous on 07/24/10 at 09:35 AM
You know, there is another JJ on this site who loves to threaten people & beg them to go into the deep dark woods alone with him. He's old enough have been around back then.
#5 Anonymous on 07/26/10 at 12:27 PM
I haven't read the approximate time of death but you would think if he murdered her at night, he would have dumped her body while it was still dark. That leads me to believe she died that morning shortly before being dumped. Does anyone know the approximate time of death? I bet it was around day break but before 9am that morning. And, if it was shown to be before 9...we seem to have a big problem with some people's story.
#5.1 Anonymous on 07/27/10 at 07:38 AM
Didnt other people see her around 10 am? Why would they lie?
#5.1.1 Anonymous on 07/27/10 at 10:15 AM
Wouldn't that be a great tidbit to know? WE DESERVE ANSWERS!!
#6 locked doors? on 07/26/10 at 12:43 PM
I have never heard that the car was locked.{"Donna Johnson died hard" story} This is interesting because it is possible that Donna was abducted from the dump and the doors ended up locked. I personally don't believe she was taken from the dump....

If the scene was staged to look like she was taken from the dump, It seems that the person/persons fouled this up. why would you take the keys and lock the doors? Doesn't smell right to me...

what if there was more than one person? they could have took Donna and her car, dropped the car off at the dump with plans on retrieving it later to dispose of it well away from the crime scene. they almost got caught placing Donna's body and could not go back to retrieve the car.

just some of my thoughts because I never heard about the locked doors....
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