Part 13 in a serialization of interviews published on the 26th anniversary of the brutal murder of Donna Johnson:
As part of his revisitation of the Donna Johnson murder case in 2005, then-sheriff Joe Buice had the victim’s body exhumed from Crystal Hill cemetery in Thomaston and examined at the GBI crime lab in Decatur.
The exhumation took place on March 17, 2005.

The image at left is a rendering of a person of interest in the Johnson case done after a witness was hypnotized shortly after the murder. In the image on the right, the same suspect is depicted as aged by the artist to show how he may have appeared in 1998. The hypnotized witnesses, tentatively identified as Linda English Brown, also remembered the suspect wore camouflage clothing and drove the green station wagon often tied to this mystery.
Don't uncross your fingers now.
Women have more to worry about now that Mack Crawford is a Judge!
I just don't want this info to go unnoticed by whomever reads this.
My hobby: fighting for justice.
You hobby: arguing against the fight for justice.
Do you have skeletons in your closet that cause your disdain for people like us??
It was Hope Spivey in one of the series asking about what was under her fingernails.
There that should sate you for a while.
Why would you not put your name on your post? That is so ridiculous to make a comment against someone else's and you're not even
confident enought with what you write to author it.
This also doesn't say whether DNA was found in the rope.
And you aren't an elected official because you obviously would be unable get a majority of people who are legally able to vote, to vote for you, not for any other reason you offered.
And you know you want to be.
They've had 26 years to do something. It's time for someone else to give it a go.
If they don't want us complaining, they should tell us what's up. They have chosen not to do that, so I have chosen to complain.
You are the idiot. You like the shadows and hiding, don't you? Are you benefiting from the secrets?
RUN! Walter won't let you hide.
thak you Walter this has been a real eye opener
great work keep it up
The the fight to keep the case and evidence secret after 26 years and quotes like the one above are the reasons people are questioning the actions of the investigation.
We citizens and all of our foolish questions just cause problems.
WHY???
Maybe someone will start feeling guilty about this crime and confess. Maybe the killer bragged about his dirty deed and this person/persons will go to the law with the information.
Twelve will.
I thought it was called investigating.
Weird.
In my opinion, and its just that, maybe you dont have all of the facts and the DA does. Maybe they know special little things that would make this a weak case. Maybe they have every little detail and details matter in a court of law.
I would also like to know who Jack the Ripper is. Why keep that a secret?
They say there is absolutely no evidence.
Then open the files.
PS...Just because Joe Buice said there is enough evidence, take it with a grain of salt. If the V society have a suspect, then it is just that. A suspect, unless they found some new evidence. One article said the GBI were doing more intervews. Maybe they will strike gold. I hope so!
Wouldn't it be great if it were about this case. I would be thrilled.
Please have an adult explain this to you.
Just because we post against your ridiculousness, doesn't mean we're guilty of anything, and your insinuated threats do not intimidate me.
Walter, call the society of experts for me. Surely they have a questioned documents expert.
You speak like you're still a child calling people fools who are trying to come up with some more informative ideas that may have been overlooked in these past 26 years. Why would this make you so upset to curse like you did?
Don't you want this case ever to be solved?
Being threatened like we are in some way responsible or had something to do with a murder because we want to speak out against a group of bored armchair lawyers who are apparently in error, and are bad mouthing our elected officials whom a majority of us respect and support is what is ridiculous here. We can say y'all are full of crap, and not be guilty of something.
And someone who was "5 or 6" years old when this happened would now be in their 30's, not a "kid".
My how time flies, huh?
This is why these positions are elected. The people can have their say, and if the officials do not listen, we will know they do not value our opinions.
They will not open the case files and show us why their is not enough evidence. The experts say there is enough. All arrows point in one direction. Hell, we can't even get a grand jury.
I am quickly losing respect for our leaders. We, the citizens, are their boss. They are not listening.
You can't lead effectively or expect to be taken seriously when your thoughts and actions are based on emotion.
Or, at the very least, why the case file should not be opened??
Didn't/Don't roofers raise the roofing shingles with rope to make it easier on the shoulders?? Is there a certain knot for that??
THAN SOME OF YOUR
MUG SHOTS MUFF
YOU PEPLE BLIND. THAT IS MIKE JOHNSON
SHOULDA SOLD ME THAT GREEN CAR WHEN I ASKED
WASNO STATION WAGON. WAS A CLASSIC.
was it a nomad?
We know the answers are right in front of us, and we know those answers. The issue is getting someone to act.
FBI! FBI! FBI! FBI!
Do you know if he lived with Donna and Jimmy at times and if he was helping with the remodeling of their home and do you know if it was his garage that burned.
Do you know if he had a green car and if so was it in the garage that supposedly burned? Do you know what time workers would arrive in the morning to start work on repairs at their home? We would also assume the nephew Mike Johnson was related through Jimmy's side of the family; would that be correct?
The sketch, the timeline, the car, the rope, the dna.
Family sticks together.
Donna was so excited about getting the house she had longed dreamed of, she just didn't know it was going to be in Heaven so soon.
will you please shut the h$77 up and go away for a while? you are annoying the crap out of everyone in Lamar and Pike counties, we are tired of your mouth, fingers, and comments.
You need to speak for yourself only if you find it annoying. Do not speak for people you don't know feel the same as you do. If you don't like the blogs then simple cure: You don't have to read them!!!!!!!!
Speak it Shelia!
If they persist, I am going to start blogging more than ten minutes per day.
We only want the killer of Donna brought to justice. We are asking nicely and we are waiting on a reply. I think we all have been waiting a long time for the conclusion to this case.
I like Sheriff Waller and have always supported him. I think he is brilliant. It will break my heart if he doesn't do something to bring this case closure, or push Millam to do something. Him, more than anyone, should know that there is enough evidence to take this to a grand jury, AT LEAST.
A renown society of experts has laid out the case for him.
No one is acting.
We wonder why. Then I wonder, hell, am I even safe in this community? Do I need to worry about my safety for speaking out about this injustice?
Sigh. The world is going to hell in a handbasket. You can go too if you want. I am not going down with it.
Do tell!
All these questions can be answered, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to do it..I am nowhere near that smart and I know the answers...Why can't a DA figure it out??
Could a Grand Jury ignore these facts as well as the DA has?
Maybe Pike County should do some investigating...she was found in Lamar--does that actually mean she was killed there???
I WANT JUSTICE FOR DONNA It has been way to long coming
We need a fatter version of the age enhanced sketch.
it was questioning the intelligence of the DA on some facts...
what's going on?
I think this is more of an issue of money. No one wants to be the one responsible by bringing about an expensive high-profile case in a time of cut backs.
What type of crime would this case have to be to get some prosecution time? 40,000 pills of X got some time. Bet it gets federal time too. Is Donna not worth the price of paying for it all??
"Hand basket to hell now boarding. ALL ABOARD THE HAND BASKET TO HELL!"
As for the aged sketch- who knows what time, the environment and external factors do to change someone's appearance? Did he spend a lot of time at KFC, a gym or a crack house? Did he gain weight or lose weight? Did he go see the Hair Doctor, visit a salon or did he have male pattern baldness, which he allowed to take it's course? Did he grow a beard or lose the 'stache?
The "aged" illustration is a supposition upon a supposition upon yet another suppostion. There's a million ways his "now" portrait could go.
Remember Occam's Razor...