Alan and Diane Johnson

Meet Alan and Diane Johnson....



A happily married husband and wife from Idaho with 2 children. Their lives came to a brutal and tragic end on September 2, 2003. When police arrived at the home they found to quote one officer "There was blood and hair on the carpet. It was on the ceiling. It was on all the walls. There was part of a skull cap in the hallway." They had been shot to death in their beds with a Winchester Rifle. Alan Johnson was shot in the chest, while Diane was shot in the head. Their killer leaving their bedroom a bloody testament to the rage it took to commit this crime.

The individual sentenced to 2 life terms in prison for killing this couple was 16 at the time of the crimes. She is a Juvenile offender serving a life sentence. She is also the daughter of these victims. She had a dispute over her personal life, that police say led her to cold blooded murder.

Police found her pink bath robe along with gloves in the trash while investigating the crime. After this 'child' had shot her parents point blank, she hid this evidence in the trash. Family members described her as upset that police had cut her nails after the murder. She was fixated on getting her nails done for the funeral service, rather than grieving the murders.

This family has lost two of its members to murder, and then had to see another sentenced to life in prison. At the time of the sentencing the family told the media that they were satisfied that a life sentence without parole was appropriate for the crime. If there was a change to retrospective sentencing of juvenile offenders, it is possible that this family would have to rip open all of these wounds and revisit this gruesome and troubling part of their lives.