In early December 2024 a welfare check prompted by unanswered texts led to the discovery of four family members dead in an apartment at the Vineyards at Flat Shoals in DeKalb County, Georgia. Mollian Molly Johnson, 43, was found alongside her 25-year-old daughter Kaylyn Samuels and the two children, 5-year-old Jedorah Powell and 1-year-old Jontavious Powell. All four had sustained gunshot wounds and were discovered inside the unit.

Authorities identified 32-year-old Jonathan Darden, Johnson’s live-in boyfriend, as the suspect. Investigators say Darden shot Johnson, Samuels and the two children; he was also found with a gunshot wound. Family members said Johnson had been planning to leave Darden and were unaware of his prior conviction for rape; Darden had recently been indicted on a charge tied to his status as a sex offender.

Johnson, originally from Milwaukee, had moved to the Atlanta area about two years earlier and was remembered by family as loving and adventurous. A GoFundMe was organized to return the victims to Milwaukee for burial. Did anyone in the community know Mollian Johnson or the family and have information that could help clarify what happened?