Murder of Diane and Alan Scott Johnson

Murder of Diane and Alan Scott Johnson

The murder of Diane and Alan Scott Johnson occurred on September 2, 2003. They were shot to death in their Bellevue, Idaho home by Sarah Marie Johnson, their daughter.[1]

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History

On September 2, 2003, Sarah Johnson's parents, Alan Scott Johnson and Diane Johnson, were shot to death in their Bellevue, Idaho home.[1]

At approximately 6:20 am on September 2, 2003, Johnson took the murder weapon from the guest house, walked into her parents' bedroom and then shot her sleeping mother in the head. She then walked into the bathroom, where her father was taking a shower, and shot him in the chest, right above the heart. DNA evidence was presented at trial from a discarded bathrobe and a latex glove that police found in the garbage can in front of the house. It contained the DNA of both victims and Sarah.[2][3]

Johnson was found guilty of the murders of her parents by an Ada County, Idaho jury on March 16, 2005.[4] The Idaho Supreme Court upheld her conviction.[1]

Media

The case has been featured on Discovery ID's Solved series and Deadly Women series, the Suburban Secrets documentary show, the Spike TV reality show Murder, Snapped on the Oxygen Network and ABC's Primetime: Crime.[1] This case also appeared on an episode of Forensic Files on TruTV and on E!'s Too Young to Kill: 15 Shocking Crimes at #9.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Primetime Crime: Teen Charged With Parents' Gruesome Murder". ABC Primetime. http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3451371&page=1&singlePage=true#.TrLDGfQr2so. Retrieved 2011-11-02. "In late June, judges in the Idaho Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict that Sarah had brutally murdered her parents in 2003, a case solved by DNA and the then-16-year-old's suspicious behavior shortly after the bodies were found. ..." 
  2. ^ Rod Englert and Kathy Passero and Ann Rule. Blood Secrets: Chronicles of a Crime Scene Reconstructionist. p. 251. http://books.google.com/books?id=qClDKpG_vikC&pg=PA251&lpg=PA251&dq=Alan+Johnson+and+Diane+Johnson+murder&source=bl&ots=0MVWaIMjfP&sig=49iJiHxDwufJhogNF_g_VWXyis4&hl=en&ei=EMSyTpSIAoni0QH0seTGBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=Alan%20Johnson%20and%20Diane%20Johnson%20murder&f=false. "Sarah's father, Alan Johnson, lay facedown and naked on the floor nearby, ... DNA tests showed the blood spatter belonged to both Diane and Alan Johnson. ... Police traced the murder weapon, a .264 Winchester Magnum rifle found lying ..." 
  3. ^ "Expert: Daughter's DNA found on evidence at slain parents' home". CNN. February 18, 2005. http://articles.cnn.com/2005-02-18/justice/johnson_1_dna-samples-gunshot-residue-trace-evidence-examiner?_s=PM:LAW. Retrieved 2011-11-02. "In a garbage can outside the home of Alan and Diane Johnson, detectives found a latex glove, a left-handed leather glove, and a blood-spattered pink bathrobe belonging to their daughter, Sarah Johnson, who was 16 at the time." 
  4. ^ Greg Stahl. "Idaho Mountain Express: Johnson guilty of killing parents - March 18, 2005". Mtexpress.com. http://www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?issue_date=03-18-2005&ID=2005102122. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 

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