Barbara Barbie Jean Dedert, 41, of Milton, Florida, was found fatally shot at a home on Pinto Avenue on the night of August 1, 2025. She was remembered by family as a mother of four with deep Texas roots and close family ties.

Deputies from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office located Dedert at the residence identified as 6570 Pinto Avenue and opened a homicide investigation. Detectives focused on Curtis Marvin Johnson, 47, an Okaloosa County corrections officer who lived at the home; he was arrested the next night and booked on a charge of second-degree murder. Investigators say physical evidence, including multiple shell casings and six gunshot wounds, contradicted Johnson’s initial claims of self-defense and a reported suicide. Johnson has pleaded not guilty and was later fired from his job.

Johnson is the only person publicly named in connection with Dedert’s death. Did anyone in the Milton area know Dedert or have information about the events at Pinto Avenue that night?