Amber Alert issued for Aja Johnson *deceased*

[AngelFire]

OMG...I just heard about this briefly in the news last night but I was under the impression it was recently. Holy Shit! This happened in January, what are the odds that she is still alive? I don't see this ending well

[Dakota Valkyrie]

The family of Lester Hobbs is pleading for him to let 7-year-old Aja Johnson go.
[...]

Lester's brother Buck said he was horrified but not surprised when he found out about Tonya's death.

"He's a very violent man. He had made threats to kill her many times. I don't think he's been with one woman he hasn't been," Buck Hobbs said.

Buck said he wants his brother brought to justice, but more importantly he wants Aja Johnson to get home safely.
[...]

The family said they have worried that neither Aja or Lester are still alive but are trying to stay positive.

"I don't think we'll ever see Lester again. He's too afraid of prison to turn himself in, but we want him to give up the little girl," Buck said.

http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=12093874

WTF??

Betty Smith, Lester Hobbs' sister... said she's concerned for Aja's life because they've seen him beat her before.

"He would beat her, leave bruises on her and make her eat jalapeno peppers," she said.
[...]

While the siblings said they are worried about Aja, they said they're also worried for their own safety. They said Lester Hobbs has threatened to kill them in the past.

"Yes, I'm scared," said Smith, saying she is concerned her brother could show up any time during the night.

"I barricade my door every night," said Buck Hobbs. "I hold my baby in my arms to keep him from coming and trying to hurt my child."

http://www.koco.com/news/22759767/detail.html

[Whisper]

saw him on video lastnight and he does look like a coward.Very weasily appearance.And she was at least 2xs his size,he had to have caught her off guard or she didnt really resisit thinking it wouldnt go as far as her dying b.c she was a big woman

[uneffectivehalo]

....
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyuAG-8274U"]YouTube- Issues 3/29/10 Aja Johnson[/ame]

[Whisper]

2 bodies found near car sought in Okla. kidnapping

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Police say two bodies have been found near a car that belongs to a man charged with killing his estranged wife and kidnapping her 7-year-old daughter. Officers fear one of the bodies may be that of the young girl.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Monday that a body believed to be that of a child was found at the scene off Oklahoma 9 near Lake Thunderbird in southeast Norman.

Investigators say it's likely the other body is that of Lester Hobbs, who was accused of abducting Aja Johnson.
[...]
Hobbs was last seen with Aja on Jan. 23. The girl's mother, Tonya Hobbs, was found dead in Hobbs' motor home the next day. Police launched a search for Hobbs and the girl after finding Tonya Hobbs' body.

http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/89476692.html

Thats close to my daughter!!

[Valasca]

Oh, good. You beat me to it.
Once again Whisper is on the ball.
Ty Whisper.

[Whisper]

ty Amazon but I wish it were a better outcome to post rather then this

[Valasca]

I do hear you. Loud and clear.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

J.J. Johnson had a strong premonition that his abducted 7-year-old daughter, Aja, was dead. On Monday, that premonition appeared correct.

The decomposing bodies of an adult and child were found in a heavily wooded area near Lake Thunderbird. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown said agents think the remains are those of Aja and her alleged abductor, Lester William Hobbs.
[...]

"We have no reason to think it is not those two people," Brown said at a news conference. "We do not know the cause and manner of death yet."
[....]

An aerial view from a television helicopter showed the vehicle's in a patch of clearing in a wooded area not far from 108th Avenue SE, just north of State Highway 9. A dirt road trailed past the vehicle through the woods.

"An OSBI agent came to the house and told me she couldn't positively tell me they had found Aja," Johnson told The Oklahoman as television crews gathered outside his south Oklahoma City home. "I said, 'I know it's her.' I saw her little jacket on the ground on TV.' We bought her a little blue jacket with orange lining for the winter.

Brown described the bodies as being in "quite an extended state of decomposition," meaning fingerprints and dental records will used to make a positive identification. Authorities also found a note at the scene. While Brown declined to say what the note said, she added that "it does give us a glimpse of what was in Hobbs' mind at the time."

Johnson, meanwhile, said the wait has been tortuous.

"About three weeks ago, I started to suspect this," said Johnson, who received sole custody of his daughter after a court order in October. "As a parent, you have this fire in you that burns for your kid, and that fire went out.

"I just knew that gutless man would end up killing Aja and then himself. I've known all along that he was a coward."
[...]

http://newsok.com/father-says-he-kne...rticle/3449984

[Whisper]

An OSBI agent came to the house and told me she couldn't positively tell me they had found Aja," Johnson told The Oklahoman as television crews gathered outside his south Oklahoma City home. "

I said, 'I know it's her.' I saw her little jacket on the ground on TV.' We bought her a little blue jacket with orange lining for the winter.

How heartbreaking is that??He saw and knew her coat on tv before anyone had time to get to him

[AngelFire]

This is so tragic

[Whisper]

Lestor Hobbs.[

AJA

car

Police said they found the car after receiving a tip from an unknown person around 2:45 p.m. Monday.
SkyNEWS 9 HD captured one body being pulled from the driver's seat of the vehicle, and another body was found outside the car on the passenger's side.

Brown said a note was also found inside the car. She did not go into details of what the note said exactly, but said it was somewhat of a suicide note.
"It does give us an idea of what happened, and what Hobbs was thinking at the time," Brown said.

Brown said the car had been there "weeks if not more than a month or so," but investigators do not believe it had been there since Hobbs and Aja went missing in January.

http://www.news9.com/global/story.asp?s=12222803

[Whisper]

Aja's father, J.J. Johnson, Terri Johnson, J.J. Johnson's wife, said from video she saw of the scene, she recognized a jacket outside of the vehicle as Aja's.

"We saw the coat Aja took with her on the back rear tire of the car," Terri Johnson said.
"I cannot thank you all enough for everything you have all done for me. Your support is overwhelming. I moved here in 1982, and from the bottom of my heart I love Oklahoma," J.J. Johnson said.

J.J. Johnson said he stayed home instead of coming to the crime scene because he wanted to remember his baby girl the way she was when he last saw her in January, "beautiful, happy and full of life."

http://www.news9.com/global/story.asp?s=12222803

[Whisper]

http://www.news9.com/Global/category...autoStart=true

[Jerri Blank]

This is so shitty...I just can't believe it!

[MadeaBecBec]

Heartbroken!

[Whisper]

Body is positively indentified as Aja Johnson and the piece of shit

[ame]http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2010/03/31/sot.aja.johnson.identified.KOCO[/ame]

[Silvahalo]

Little Aja should ahve been protected vigilantly against a man who had already been violent against her. I cannot understand why a mother would even then visit a man who posed danger to her daughter. So sorry Aja, you deserved life and all the possibilities.

In November, an Oklahoma County judge approved an emergency temporary order granting Johnson custody of the girl and prohibiting unsupervised visits with the girl's mother or any contact with Lester Hobbs.
[...]

J.J. Johnson, who had temporary custody of his daughter, told a judge in November that Hobbs had already hurt the girl and he feared he would do it again.

Still, Johnson let the girl's mother take her to a birthday party, and Tonya Hobbs took the girl to visit Hobbs. On the weekend of Jan. 24, police say, Lester Hobbs bludgeoned his estranged wife to death, kidnapped the girl and disappeared.

J.J. Johnson said he stayed home instead of coming to the crime scene because he wanted to remember his baby girl the way she was when he last saw her in January, "beautiful, happy and full of life."

Aja's facebook page
source.

[Whisper]

Yes she should have been protected but had a dumbass as a mother
Sorry dead or not mom fucked up she knew she wasnt to have her around that POS
How is that pronounced?
Asia?

[Undeniable Truth]

J.J. Johnson said Wednesday he learned of the note’s contents from investigators, adding that it only revealed the true character of his daughter’s killer.

"Lester went on in the note ... blaming all these people for his problems — Tonya, myself, his parents,” said Johnson, Aja’s father. "He named off all these people. Everyone but himself. What a coward.”

Read more: http://newsok.com/aja-johnsons-dad-s...#ixzz0jridgI4c

Even in the end, no fucking accountability.

[Undeniable Truth]

How is that pronounced?
Asia?

From what I've previously read, yes.

[Silvahalo]

So glad this wasteof space isn't alive any longer to bring harm to other people but i sure as heck would have liked hearing he died gutted in prison

"Lester went on in the note ... blaming all these people for his problems — Tonya, myself, his parents,” said Johnson, Aja’s father. "He named off all these people. Everyone but himself. What a coward.”

Loser, POS, coward indeed. At the end it comes down to being everyone's fault but his....yeah, sure whatever, tell it to the one who'll be bringing you hell for an eternity.

Rest in peace little Aja, you deserved life.

[Whisper]

FBI: OSBI Rejected Help In Aja Case
OKLAHOMA CITY --
The FBI said it offered its Child Abduction Response Team to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation in the Aja Johnson search and the OSBI refused.
Johnson, 7, disappeared after the slaying of her mother in January in Geronimo. Her body, along with the body of her alleged abductor, Lester Hobbs, were found near Norman on Monday.

OSBI Agent Richard Goss said his team did everything it could to find Johnson and Hobbs as quickly as possible, including contacting the FBI.

"I want to make sure everybody understands that the FBI was involved in this investigation from the very beginning," Goss said.

He said the OSBI did not decline the FBI's offer to use a team of agents who specialize in missing children cases, but that there wasn't anything extra to do.

"The FBI agent reviewed the checklist that their CART team has for child abductions and he determined that both the OSBI and the U.S. marshals had covered everything that the team would have done," Goss said.

He said the FBI approved of how the OSBI agents were handling the case and that the two bureaus stayed in contact during the 9-week search.

An FBI representative said Friday that it does not criticize OSBI for its handling of the case, and it considers it very important for the FBI to maintain positive relationships with all law enforcement partners.

[...]

http://www.koco.com/news/23040706/detail.html

[Whisper]

Report: Aja Johnson Had Been Bound
OKLAHOMA CITY --

A medical examiner's report offered new information about the death of Aja Johnson.

The 7-year-old was found dead in a vehicle near Norman on Monday, nine weeks after she disappeared and her mother was slain. Lester Hobbs, who police said killed Aja's mother, was also found in the car with her body.

The report said that Aja had been tied up at some point. It also said that a butter knife had been found at the scene.

The medical examiner is still working to determine what caused Aja's death.
[...]

http://www.koco.com/news/23044964/detail.html

[MC30]

http://www.ksbitv.com/news/90116032.html

Family and friends have gathered to say their last goodbye to 7-year-old Aja Johnson.

The funeral started at 1:30 p.m. at the Vondell-Smith Funeral Home in southwest Oklahoma City.

Johnson's body was found last week in a wooded area near Lake Thunderbird. The state Medical Examiner's office has released a partial autopsy report, saying the girl died a "violent, unusual or unnatural" death

A memorial fund has been set up in Johnson's name

[MC30]

http://www.ksbitv.com/news/90000807.html

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A partial autopsy report on 7-year-old Aja Johnson says the girl died a "violent, unusual or unnatural" death.

The girl's body was found last week near Norman with the body of Lester Hobbs. Police believe Hobbs abducted the girl and killed her
then himself after killing his estranged wife - Tonya Hobbs - on Jan. 24.

The partial autopsy report released Monday says Aja Johnson suffered cuts to her neck - but does not give a suspected cause of death. A report on Hobbs also says he died a violent death but does not list a cause

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Aja Johnson’s abductor might have killed her by forcing her to drink antifreeze, her father said he was told last week by the state medical examiner’s office.

A search warrant filed Thursday in Cleveland County lists an automobile engine coolant reservoir among the items found in or near the car where the body of Lester Hobbs was found.

Other items listed in the search warrant returned by the Norman Police Department as found in or near the car were two knives and three pieces of rope.

"I was told Lester cut off the bottle of antifreeze from the engine, and that was found lying in the seat next to him,” said J.J. Johnson, who buried his 7-year-old daughter this week in south Oklahoma City. "Why else would that bottle be there? And since there was no blunt force trauma to her body and head, it looks like he probably killed her with antifreeze.”

Medical examiners are awaiting results from toxicology tests. Spokeswoman Cherokee Ballard said she could neither confirm nor deny if a special test had been done to detect antifreeze.

The badly decomposing bodies of Hobbs and Aja were found March 29 in woods southeast of Norman. Hobbs’ remains were inside the white Toyota Paseo that state agents said he used in Aja’s abduction. Aja’s body was near the car, covered with a blanket.
[...]

"If I know Lester, in his sick way, he loved that little girl,” Johnson said Friday. "He figured, ‘If I can’t have her, no one will.’ So I think he killed her with antifreeze, and then himself like a coward.”

Aja’s partial autopsy report, released Monday, showed there were four to five cuts on the left side of her neck — wounds an out-of-state pathologist told The Associated Press indicate she might have had her throat slit.

"I think those cuts were made after Lester killed her,” Johnson speculated. "I think he did that because he knew it would haunt me.”

The state medical examiner has not ruled on cause or manner of death for Aja or Lester Hobbs, pending toxicology results.
[...]

Among the items found in or near the car were a red plastic candy bag, a piece of blue fabric, a silver sequined blouse, elementary notepaper with writing, an old gray shirt, a hunting boot and a booster seat.

Detectives found 15 unspecified articles of clothing, four bags or purses, two pairs of footwear, latent fingerprints and assorted papers, according to the returned warrant.

Two search warrants were filed, one for the car and another for the property surrounding the car. The reservoir was listed among items that were found on the property.

http://www.newsok.com/father-thinks-...rticle/3452906

[Undeniable Truth]

Medical examiner says Lester Hobbs himself did die of antifreeze poisoning.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/artic...0_OKLAHO821950

[hanalis]

In the three years leading up to Lester Hobbs’ abduction and murder of stepdaughter Aja Johnson, he threw lit firecrackers in her bedroom to awaken her, slashed her mattress and sheets with a knife and repeatedly beat her with a flexible ruler, a new report reveals.

Records show the state Department of Human Services received seven reports of abuse and neglect in the two years leading up to Aja’s abduction, but the agency pushed for months to keep Aja and her stepsister in Hobbs’ home, according to a death review report issued by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth.

The new report shows Aja was repeatedly abused and required psychiatric care in the years leading up to her death.

Aja told authorities in November that when her biological father sent her clothes, Hobbs cut them up and made her carry the ripped clothes around.

Hobbs also would grab her by her hair and make her clean the floor with a toothbrush, she reported.

Aja’s stepsister said Hobbs also "whipped them with a paddle and rammed Aja’s head into a wall.”

Aja and her stepsister were placed in a foster home in July 2006, but DHS returned the girls to Hobbs’ home in May 2007 for a trial reunification, the report states.

Problems surfaced almost immediately.

In July 2007, a Comprehensive Home-Based Services (CHBS) worker documented that Aja’s mother reported Hobbs had been throwing lit firecrackers into the girls’ bedroom to wake them in the morning. The worker told Hobbs to stop doing that because it was a fire hazard.

The worker also reported Hobbs admitted spanking the children with a flexible ruler and quoted a defiant Hobbs as saying, "if DHS doesn’t like the way that he disciplines his children, they can take them back and raise the children themselves.”

A Lincoln County DHS worker told Hobbs the next day that "as a parent he had the right to spank Aja,” but if he started leaving bruises on the children "it would be a different situation.”

Aja and her stepsister were removed briefly from the home on July 20, 2007, because of a crisis in the home that required law enforcement intervention, but they were returned four days later. A week later, DHS recommended that the children continue living in the Hobbs home in DHS custody.

A Lincoln County judge approved continuation of the reunification plan.

In September 2007, Aja reported to a CHBS worker that Hobbs had used a knife to cut up all the new clothes her biological father had given her. The worker also documented that Hobbs had slashed Aja’s mattress and sheets with a knife because he was angry with her and had gotten into a fight with a neighbor and threatened to stab the person.

The worker quizzed Hobbs about bruises found on Aja in late June 2007, and quoted Hobbs as saying he had been angry with Aja and "probably hit her too hard.”

The first official allegation of abuse was filed in September 2007, when a complaint was filed with DHS over a 3-inch by 4-inch bruise on then 4-year-old Aja’s back. The reporting individual said Aja initially said Hobbs had caused the bruise by whipping her but later said the bruise was caused by a dog jumping on her.

It also was reported that Aja had drawn a picture of a naked man and stated she had taken a lot of baths with her stepfather.

A DHS worker documented the bruises the next day and said Aja stated Hobbs had told her not to let anyone see them. The worker said Aja denied bathing with her stepfather.

DHS ended the trial reunification and returned the girls to foster care on Sept. 26, 2007.

A month later, however, a Lincoln County judge approved another reunification plan to be implemented after the parents completed parenting and marital counseling sessions. The children were placed back in the Hobbs home in March 2008 for another trial reunification.

Lincoln County DHS workers stated in May 2008 they thought the "children were conditionally safe” based on their evaluation of risk factors but said Aja needed to be evaluated because she continued to "make statements that she wanted to burn the house down or cut someone with a knife.”

The children were briefly removed from the home in May 2008 when Aja was placed in an inpatient psychiatric facility and her stepsister was returned to foster care, but nine days later a Lincoln County judge approved a plan for them to be reunited with Hobbs and their mother.

Aja was admitted to a children’s behavioral health hospital because of "violent tendencies toward herself and her family” on June 10, 2008, but was released July 18, 2008, and placed back in the Hobbs home for another trial reunification.

In a bizarre turn of events, a CHBS worker reported on Sept. 30, 2008, that Aja’s mother had called attorneys to report she had relapsed on drugs. Three days later, DHS recommended that a judge release Aja and her sister from DHS supervision and allow both children to continue living in the home of Hobbs and their mother. The judge followed the recommendation and dismissed the case.

• On April 16, 2009, DHS received a report that Aja, then 6, was engaging in inappropriate sexual conduct with boys and that Hobbs was a threat to the children and anyone who questioned him. DHS concluded the children remained safe.

• On June 17, DHS received a report Aja had been out sick from school for a full week and the reporter was concerned the child might be too bruised to go to school. DHS screened out the report as not indicating abuse.

• On Aug. 5, DHS received an abuse complaint that alleged Hobbs had hit Aja’s mother and taken her car keys to prevent her from leaving. DHS was told Hobbs had forced Aja to scrub the floor with a toothbrush for stealing cookies from his bedroom. When DHS investigated, the children told a worker Hobbs had "threatened to kill them with a hammer.” Aja’s mother told the worker she wanted to leave the house, but no beds were available in area women’s shelters. The worker told the mother she needed to keep Hobbs away from the children or she could be charged with child endangerment. The worker recommended to the district attorney that "Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs not expose the children to any domestic violence and Mrs. Hobbs continue to protect her children from any abuse or neglect.”

• On Sept. 10, DHS received a neglect complaint. DHS was told Aja was exhibiting serious behavior problems and had been abandoned by her mother. DHS screened out the complaint after Aja’s mother was found in a local hospital being treated for a health condition. DHS said someone was caring for the children.

• On Oct. 29, DHS officials in McClain County received a report that Aja had been seriously abused and abandoned by her mother with a friend and neighbor. The reporting party said the mother refused to turn over guardianship of the children because she needed their "checks.” The person also said the mother had returned the children to Hobbs, who had "beat them to a pulp” in the past. DHS screened out the report as not alleging abuse or neglect.


• On Nov. 2, DHS received a seventh report of abuse or neglect involving Hobbs and his wife. When DHS investigated, it found living arrangements had changed and Aja had been taken to live with her biological father and her stepsister was living with a friend. The biological father signed a safety plan to keep Aja away from Hobbs and not allow her to leave his home with her mother. The father was granted a temporary custody order in Oklahoma County civil court.


• DHS subsequently received two more abuse reports — after Aja had been abducted.

http://newsok.com/aja-sister-sent-ho...ad_story_photo

This is so sad. Once again, the system completely failed this little girl. Seven years old and she was having severe psychiatric problems and they kept sending her back to him. It's so obvious that this was a terrible situation for these kids, I can't believe all the recommendations that they be put back in the home. I hope the stepsister is doing okay now that she's out of there.

[akika666]

starting to remember why i needed a break from DD. nothing personal DD guys. this is horror.

RIP little angel. no more cruelty will touch you. :(