Harrell Johnson

Harrell Johnson was charged with the 2001 murder of three-year-old Erica Green in 2005; his trial began on October 6, 2008. The child was known as "Precious Doe" for more than four years, after authorities found her decapitated body in a wooded area of Kansas City, Missouri, in 2001. Authorities allege Johnson, the then-boyfriend of Green's mother, Michelle Johnson, kicked the child in the head, refused to get medical help for her and then disposed of her body after she died.^{1 2}

Fast Facts

1. Precious Doe positively identified as Erica Green in 2005, more than four years after her body was found²
2. Johnson was charged with Green's murder in 2005
3. Opening statements in Johnson's murder trial got underway on October 6, 2008
4. Johnson married Green's mother, Michelle, in 2002
5. Michelle Johnson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the case; was expected to testify against her husband²

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Precious Doe Murder Case | Erica Green | Michelle Johnson

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