Mischa Mabeline Kaalohilani Johnson was 19 and six months pregnant when she was last seen at her home on Schofield Barracks, an Army installation on Oahu. Her disappearance was reported to the Army Criminal Investigation Division on August 1, 2024. She was described as Filipino, 5 feet 2 inches tall, about 170 pounds, with a large dragon tattoo on her back.

Initial reports say her husband, Private First Class Dewayne Arthur Johnson II, reported her missing and helped with searches. Forensic evidence, including blood and DNA, was later recovered from the couple’s home. Authorities charged him with murder and related counts; the case shifted from a missing-person investigation after Mischa’s family confirmed she was dead.

According to the court-martial record, Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson II pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, admitting he struck Mischa in the head with a machete on July 12, 2024, and later dismembered her and the unborn child’s bodies, disposing of remains in base trash. Her remains have not been recovered and are believed destroyed in the base incinerator.