Michael Johnson was 29 when he was killed in January 2016 in Brentwood. Members of the MS-13 Sailors clique, reportedly believing him to be a member of a rival gang, spotted him at a local deli and lured him into a wooded area between Suffolk Avenue and Second Avenue under the pretense of smoking marijuana. Once secluded, he was beaten with a baseball bat, stabbed with a knife, and hacked with a machete. Two men walking through the woods found his body; an autopsy confirmed a significant head injury.

Johnson’s murder was later linked to a string of killings attributed to the Sailors clique and became part of a broader investigation into MS-13 activity in the area. One person connected to the case, Jonathan Hernandez, known as Kraken and Travieso, has been identified in relation to the investigation.

Did anyone in Brentwood know Michael Johnson or see him at the deli that day?