On October 31, 2024, officers in Wentzville, Missouri, found 28-year-old BreAnna L. Johnson dead in a bathroom hallway of a home on Katie Lynn Court from multiple gunshot wounds. An autopsy showed she was shot five times, four of the shots struck her back. Johnson was four months pregnant with twins at the time; the twins were later counted among the deceased in the investigation. Two other young children, a six-month-old and a nearly two-year-old, were in the home but were found physically unharmed.

Investigators focused on Johnson’s live-in boyfriend and the children’s father, 39-year-old Darryl K. Tyson Jr., who was at the scene and initially told police he acted in self-defense after she pointed a gun at him. Forensic evidence about the wound locations did not match that account. Police also noted a domestic disturbance the day before when officers responded to an incident in which Tyson allegedly struck Johnson with a thrown phone. Tyson was arrested and later indicted on multiple charges including three counts of first-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action, and one count of second-degree domestic assault; he was ordered held on a cash-only bond.

Did anyone in the area know the Johnson family or have information about the days leading up to October 31?