Matthew Joseph Johnson, 41, of Connersville, Indiana, was found dead in Fort Wayne in late summer 2024. Volunteers cleaning the St. Marys River discovered his body on September 20 near the Guldlin Park boat ramp; 40-year-old Christina Michelle Dixon of Connersville was found at the same location. Both had been placed in trash bags and left in the river.

The Allen County Coroner’s Office ruled both deaths homicides. Matthew died from gunshot and stab wounds; Dixon died from strangulation and suffocation. The couple had been reported missing to the Richmond Police Department on September 19 after Dixon’s 9-year-old son last saw her getting into a car with Matthew; their phones were turned off soon after.

Police arrested 29-year-old Dominique M. Washington of Richmond on September 23 and charged him with two counts of murder, felony murder, and kidnapping. Investigators say Washington lured the pair into a vehicle, forced them to turn off their phones, killed them, and dumped their bodies in Fort Wayne; authorities later determined the killings occurred outside Allen County. Washington invoked his right to a speedy trial, with a trial set for December 3, 2024, in Allen Superior Court 5.

Did anyone in Connersville or Richmond see Matthew or Christina in the days before they disappeared?