Johnson case: The man who found Donna's body

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Johnson case: The man who found Donna's body

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Walter Geiger

in Crime and Arrests

Thursday, July 22. 2010

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Part five in a serialization of interviews published on the 26th anniversary of the brutal murder of Donna Johnson:

Herman Coffey volunteered to look for his neighbor Donna Johnson after he heard she was missing. He ultimately found her body at about 7:20 p.m.

“I am very aware of the anniversary of Donna’s death. It is like yesterday to me.

“I still get mad. Whoever did it came right between me and (then sheriff, now deceased) Frank Monaghan. It was raining so hard you couldn’t see one car length.

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#1 Anonymous on 07/22/10 at 09:18 AM

''The tracks were fresh.''

did anyone investigate the tracks??

''Whoever did it came right between me and (then sheriff, now deceased) Frank Monaghan''

dont' understand this.

“Frank Monaghan stayed up on the road wringing his hands. He didn’t even go down there.”

hmm, wonder why

#1.1 Anonymous on 07/22/10 at 10:42 AM

so their were tracks. wow, just wow. and the sheriff let people run around a crime scene?? This is so messed up. This whole case stinks to high heaven.

#2 Anonymous on 07/22/10 at 11:32 AM

Why is this such important news anyway? All these stories about it when there is so much else to report, like salacious judges, a car that had a flat tire next to the courthouse, a woman who got the evil at Fresh Market, a dog that almost got run over next to the high school, ad nauseous, this old killing is all we read about

#2.1 Teresa Roberts on 07/22/10 at 05:22 PM

You cold, heartless idiot. Whomever killed this person is still walking the streets! Did you read what they did to her?

If he's not dead or in prision, he's a danger to your wife, your mother, your sister, your children- or to you.

This family deserves justice and it should have happened long, long ago. We need to leave no stone unturned until that vermin scum is found and killed- preferrably the same way he (or she or they) killed her.

#2.1.1 Anonymous on 07/23/10 at 03:14 PM

have they ever thought about calling in Sylvia Browne the psychic that has solved a lot of crimes i believe she could tell you who killed Donna

#2.2 Anonymous on 07/22/10 at 07:05 PM

Are you ok with a person who would hot-tie a woman, sodomize her with and object, gouge her eyes out, run her over, and then beat her in the head 3 times with a hammer? That says plenty about you to me if so. Why do you see this as trivial? Are you involved in violence against women and have a reason to want things like this to be ignored?

#2.3 Sheila Tolley on 07/23/10 at 04:08 PM

Since it is so insignificant to you, maybe you are the one that committed this cold bloodied murder. I got news for you, Anonymous, Walter will not let this murder die until the scumbag is caught that committed the crime. I hope the guilty is so busy watching his/their back that they walk into a train running full speed. You are a sorry person as well for writing your heartless comment.

#3 Donna Jo on 07/23/10 at 12:07 PM

I think this person is being sarcastic. No one would want the world to think they could go along with such.

The fact is no woman is safe. This area of America is Southern Baptist. They base their belief on The King James Bible.

King James was the third English translated version. King James also believed in witch craft as he considered a branch of theology.

James is known to have personally supervised the torture of women accused of being witches. He liked it or he wouldn't have presided over it.

Several people, most notably Agnes Sampson, were convicted of using witchcraft to send storms against James's ships. Yes! She controlled the weather.

It doesn't matter who you Daddy was. It doesn't matter who who were related to. It doesn't matter how good you are.

It's what you (have) that they can take from you. Good Ole Boy style.....

#3.1 Anonymous on 07/23/10 at 04:28 PM

It matters who's back you scratch. Maybe next election we should keep in mind who never helped us when we needed them. And I am not talking that help where you cover up crimes and keep things low key. I mean that help where someone stands up and says you can't beat your partner & kids or threaten to kill people. Why aren't we striving for that kind of community instead of turning our heads?

#3.1.1 Louise on 07/27/10 at 07:28 AM

Amen, I totally agree with you. I have seen first hand how the justice system Doesn't work down there, I have never seen things get covered up & shoved under the rug like it does it Upson & Lamar Co. they all scratch each others backs & they do not tell the whole truth when it comes to crimes that happen there. They only tell you what they want you to know & everything else disappears like magic.

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