‘We just loved her’
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Almost a year after the brutal death of 93-year-old Joanne Johnson in Augusta, Kansas, authorities have arrested two 14-year-old girls in connection with her murder Thursday.
Thetwo14-year-oldswerealsoresidentsofAugusta,accordingtoaKansasBureauofInvestigation(KBI)mediarelease.Theirnameshavenotbeenmadepublic.Bothsuspectsareawaitingformalcharges“atseparatejuveniledetentioncenters.”
ThisdevelopmentcomesaftermonthsofinvestigationandanexecutiveorderfromDemocraticKansasGov.LauraKelly,whohadauthorizedarewardforinformationleadingtothearrestofthoseallegedlyresponsibleforthecrime.
Johnson’sdeathover2023’sLaborDayweekendleftherfamilyandcommunitydevastatedandsearchingforanswers.Johnson’ssondescribedthemurderas“inexplicable,”likeningitto“gettingstruckbylightningonacloudlessday,”accordingtoastatement,KWCHreported.(RELATED:HorrifyingVideoCapturesSon’sAllegedViciousAttackOnFatherWithWrenchAfterRunningHimOver)
“Wejustlovedher,andthiswasthemostdevastatingthingforourblock,o
