Initially charged with homicide, Johnson pleaded responsible to voluntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice, and offering false official statements. Moreover, per an Military press launch, costs of possession of kid pornography and the manufacturing and distribution of kid pornography have been dismissed.

He was given 23 years, the utmost sentence attainable for the fees. His rank was additionally diminished non-public, will forfeit pay and allowances and be dishonorably discharged.

His spouse, 19-year-old Mischa Johnson, went lacking whereas six months pregnant again in July 2024. Her physique nonetheless has not been discovered and presumed incinerated.

Per the Military press launch, Johnson and his spouse have been at their dwelling on the Schofield Barracks on Oahu “after they started arguing after which issues escalated to violence.”

In courtroom this week, in keeping with Island Information, Johnson mentioned Mischa accused him of dishonest. He reportedly mentioned he then picked up a machete, as she advised him their little one would by no means know he existed.

“I simply snapped. I hit her and he or she fell straight down. I could not imagine what I simply did. I killed the love of my life and my child,” he mentioned, revealing the machete received caught in her temple. “I used to be overwhelmed with rage. I could not image my life with out my little one. I do not know why I received so mad. I should not have did it.”

Hawaii Information Now reviews he mentioned he tried to dismember her physique with the machete, however could not — so he then purchased a chainsaw. He reportedly admitted to reducing off her legs and arms, maintaining her head and torso intact, earlier than putting them in three separate trash luggage and tossing all of them right into a dumpster. He mentioned he knew the trash could be incinerated.

“My spouse did not deserve that. She wasn’t trash,” he mentioned. “I hate myself for what I did, day-after-day.”

He did not report her lacking for one more two weeks, on July 31, 2024, and, per the Military, “even participated with neighborhood search events that spanned the island to search for her.” He additionally reportedly used her telephone in that point, impersonating her to members of the family. A search of their dwelling, nevertheless, later discovered “blood, DNA and different forensic proof” which led to his arrest on August 27.

A particular agent claimed Johnson additionally messaged 18 totally different ladies on a courting app after his spouse was killed, whereas a search of his telephone got here again with pictures of him in sexual conditions with one other girl, in addition to alleged little one pornography. He and that girl, the agent testified, have been allegedly speaking about getting married and having a life collectively.

“He had been on a courting app and reached out to 18 ladies whereas my sister’s blood was nonetheless moist underneath their flooring,” Mischa’s sister, Marianna Tapiz, advised Hawaii Information Now. “That was disgusting.”

On the stand, Johnson apologized to her household, saying, “They each deserved a lot extra … I failed as a husband. I failed as a father and I failed as a person … I will perpetually be sorry.”

He’ll serve his sentence at a Fort Leavenworth, Kansas navy jail.