Michale Eugene Hodge was 28 when he and his mother, 51-year-old Robbi Hodge, were found dead at their home on Belknap Avenue in Dallas on December 20, 2018. The deaths were treated as a double homicide; the Dallas Police Department identified 55-year-old Patrick Douglas Johnson as a suspect and obtained a capital murder warrant for his arrest. A $5,000 reward was posted for information leading to his capture. Police said Johnson had a connection to the victims, but the exact nature of that connection was not disclosed.

The case also intersected with a broader procedural issue after the Dallas County Public Defenders Office sought an independent audit of murder cases following a large loss of evidence due to an IT error at the police department. The investigation into the Hodge murders and the legal proceedings involving Patrick Johnson continued to unfold in the years after the killings.

Did anyone in the community know the Hodge family or have information about their connections that could help this investigation?