Erica Michelle Marie Green (May 15, 1997 - April 28, 2001) is a three-year-old murder victim found on April 28, 2001, in Kansas City, Missouri, which remains unidentified (and known as Valuable Doe ) until May 5, 2005. The girl has been killed and beheaded (between 12 and 48 hours before discovery). His body was bare and his head was wrapped in a garbage bag and dumped nearby. The brutality of the crime, and the fact that the boy was not known for a long time, sparked a national interest. In an effort to identify the girl, police released sketches, computer similarities, and at least two statues depicting the victim.
Video Murder of Erica Green
Discovery
On April 28, 2001, Erica's body was found, missing head, near Hibbs Park at 59th Street and Kensington Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. The young girl's head was found about 150 to 200 meters to the southeast of the body recovery site on May 1, 2001. It was decided that she had been beaten with an ashtray (found with a body, but did not have DNA or fingerprints), and kicked several times, brutal all over his body. The girl was beheaded in an attempt to keep the police from identifying her body.
Maps Murder of Erica Green
Media appearance
This case is featured on the TV program America and Most Wanted and Cold Case Files several times.
Identify
On May 5, 2005, the body was identified as Erica Green, age three, and her mother Michelle Johnson (also known as Michelle Pierce) and Harrell Johnson's stepfather was indicted for his murder and extradited from Oklahoma to face charges in Missouri. Eight other Michelle Johnson children were taken into state custody or placed with relatives. On December 3, 2005, prosecutors announced that they would seek death sentences against Erica's stepfather, Harrell Johnson. Police said Erica died when Harrell Johnson used hedge shears to break his head. Johnson's cousin, Lawanda Driskell, said that Erica's mother helped Harrell remove the body by taking Erica from the house as if sleeping on a stroller and telling Driskell she had given Erica to the woman who had raised her while Johnson was in jail.
Conviction
On October 8, 2008, Harrell Johnson was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. On October 22, 2008, Michelle Johnson was sentenced to 25 years in prison, in exchange for her 2007 guilty plea for second degree murder and testimony against her husband.
See also
- Anjelica Castillo's murder
- Atcel Olmedo's murder
References
External links
- 'Precious Doe's' Mom Witnessed She Witnessed Her Daughters Attacked Foxnews.com. October 7, 2008.
- Precious Doe Timeline kpho.com. May 5, 2005.
- Erica Green at Discover the Mausoleum
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