Donna Johnson murder archive

An ABC 20/20 episode on the Vidocq Society has been postponed.

The society is the group of supersleuths who took up the Donna Johnson case in 2005. [Full Story »] 

Part 12 in a serialization of interviews published on the 26th anniversary of the brutal murder of Donna Johnson:

Two law enforcement officers who were engaged in the search for Donna Johnson 26 years ago dispute claims made by others that evidence at the scene was destroyed by responding rescue personnel.

Larry Whitlock was the GBI agent assigned to Lamar County at that time. [Full Story »] 

Part 12 in a serialization of interviews published on the 26th anniversary of the brutal murder of Donna Johnson:

Members of murder victim Donna Johnson’s family, working through a prominent local minister, attempted to have a special prosecutor appointed to the case in 2006. [Full Story »] 

Part 11 in a serialization of interviews published on the 26th anniversary of the brutal murder of Donna Johnson:

Judge E. Byron Smith:

Smith was Flint Circuit District Attorney at the time of the murder and is now a senior judge serving in the Griffin circuit.

“When I got to the scene, I remarked that they better catch somebody tonight because people had trampled all over the evidence. “Over the years, we had all kinds of suspects and evidence come up but none of it ever panned out. I always figured it was a serial killer just passing through the area or a random event. [Full Story »] 

Part 10 in a serialization of interviews published on the 26th anniversary of the brutal murder of Donna Johnson:

Richard Walter:

Richard Walter is a forensic psychologist, criminal profiler and member of The Vidocq Society.

“Since 2005, I have talked with the sheriff (Larry Waller) and former sheriff Buice, about going over the pieces in the Donna Johnson case. I think that in 2005, if they (the investigators and district attorney) did not understand the scenario, then it becomes ‘just information.’ [Full Story »] 

Fittingly, she was buried amid weeds, wildflowers and kinfolk in the ramshackle graveyard at Beulah Baptist Church in Pike County.

They lowered her simple casket into the ground next to that of her husband, Ed, who grieved himself to death some years back. [Full Story »]