Kevin McDarin Johnson pleaded innocent Thursday to first-degree premeditated murder while armed in the choking death of Detra Martin on February 20. Police found Martin, 48, late at night in a locked bedroom unconscious and strangled to death. Before she was killed, charging documents say, Martin and Johnson had a heated confrontation over a loan … Read more →
Fifteen years ago, on November 23, 1998, Kevin McDarin Johnson strangled and killed his former girlfriend in Prince George’s County, detectives say. And on June 4, 1999, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Maryland court. Now, months after he finished serving his five-year parole in late 2013, he faces another murder charge. He’s suspected … Read more →
Kevin McDarin Johnson, 51, was held without bond Saturday on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the death of his girlfriend, 48-year-old Detra Martin. Martin was found unconscious and unresponsive on her bedroom floor in the 800 block of Southern Avenue in Southeast DC at about 11:00 p.m. Thursday. Police believe she was … Read more →
Kevin McDarin Johnson, 51, was arrested Friday evening on suspicion of second-degree murder in the death of Detra Martin. Martin, 48, died at a local hospital after being found unconscious in the 800 block of Southern Avenue Southeast. A medical examiner found that she died of “asphyxia due to strangulation” and ruled her death a … Read more →
A 48-year-old woman found unconscious late Thursday night was choked to death, MPD said Friday. The woman, identified by police as Detra Martin, was transported to a local hospital from the 800 block of Southern Avenue Southeast. She was later pronounced dead at the hospital, and her death was ruled a homicide. A press release … Read more →
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