Louisiana woman stabbed to death on Facebook Live after 'drug binge'
Louisiana woman was stabbed to death on a Facebook Live video after her killer allegedly tied her hands to a car steering wheel using jumper cables, cops and reports said Tuesday.
Earl Lee Johnson Jr., 35, was arrested for the murder of Janice David, 34, who was found beaten and fatally stabbed in a car at 9:52 p.m. Monday, Baton Rouge Police Department said
The Facebook Live session lasted about 15 minutes and came after a three or four-day “drug binge,” Sgt. L’Jean McKneely told reporters Tuesday.
In a snippet of the video, Johnson in seen sitting in the BMW's passenger seat, accusing David of "stealing my s***, jump out of the car with drugs." He continues to rant, and the looks at the camera and says, "and guess what?", before stabbing Davis in the leg with a knife. David can be heard repeatedly begging Johnson to stop before the clip ends.
“Apparently they were involved in some drug usage together for a couple of days and the end result — as everyone has seen on Facebook Live — is a very gruesome, very evil act,” McKneely said.
Johnson allegedly choked, beat then stabbed David, cops said. The suspect had also allegedly tied David’s hands to the car steering wheel with jumper cables, WBRZ reported.
Someone reported the gruesome footage to Facebook, which notified police. Responding officers found the car abandoned in a parking lot of an office building called Sherwood Tower, reports said.
Johnson was arrested Monday on an unrelated car theft case, where he was allegedly injured during a police pursuit. He admitted to the killing when questioned, the TV station said. Johnson had been convicted of armed robbery in 2007 and was sentenced to 15 years behind bars, WRBZ said
David’s cousin Terri Austin called the situation “very horrible.”
“She didn’t deserve to die like this… no one does,” Austin told WAFB.
According to court records, his attorney at the time filed a request to reduce his sentence after he had served 4 years but that request was never approved. Johnson did serve the full 15 years and WAFB’s Scottie Hunter was told he was just released from prison back on Jan. 17, 2022. That release came roughly 90 days before police say he confessed to this heinous murder
Earl Johnson Jr., 35, said he loved his son as he was hauled off to prison Tuesday.
”Yeah I love my son. I do whatever for my son,” Johnson said.
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Louisiana woman was stabbed to death on a Facebook Live video after her killer allegedly tied her hands to a car steering wheel using jumper cables, cops and reports said Tuesday.
Earl Lee Johnson Jr., 35, was arrested for the murder of Janice David, 34, who was found beaten and fatally stabbed in a car at 9:52 p.m. Monday, Baton Rouge Police Department said
The Facebook Live session lasted about 15 minutes and came after a three or four-day “drug binge,” Sgt. L’Jean McKneely told reporters Tuesday.
In a snippet of the video, Johnson in seen sitting in the BMW's passenger seat, accusing David of "stealing my s***, jump out of the car with drugs." He continues to rant, and the looks at the camera and says, "and guess what?", before stabbing Davis in the leg with a knife. David can be heard repeatedly begging Johnson to stop before the clip ends.
“Apparently they were involved in some drug usage together for a couple of days and the end result — as everyone has seen on Facebook Live — is a very gruesome, very evil act,” McKneely said.
Johnson allegedly choked, beat then stabbed David, cops said. The suspect had also allegedly tied David’s hands to the car steering wheel with jumper cables, WBRZ reported.
Someone reported the gruesome footage to Facebook, which notified police. Responding officers found the car abandoned in a parking lot of an office building called Sherwood Tower, reports said.
Johnson was arrested Monday on an unrelated car theft case, where he was allegedly injured during a police pursuit. He admitted to the killing when questioned, the TV station said. Johnson had been convicted of armed robbery in 2007 and was sentenced to 15 years behind bars, WRBZ said
David’s cousin Terri Austin called the situation “very horrible.”
“She didn’t deserve to die like this… no one does,” Austin told WAFB.
According to court records, his attorney at the time filed a request to reduce his sentence after he had served 4 years but that request was never approved. Johnson did serve the full 15 years and WAFB’s Scottie Hunter was told he was just released from prison back on Jan. 17, 2022. That release came roughly 90 days before police say he confessed to this heinous murder
Earl Johnson Jr., 35, said he loved his son as he was hauled off to prison Tuesday.
”Yeah I love my son. I do whatever for my son,” Johnson said.
THE INVESTIGATORS: Man who confessed to streamed killing on Instagram released from prison weeks before attack
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