David Johnson was shot outside his home in Bagdad, Arizona, on December 12, 1987, suffering gunshot wounds to his chin and lower back. Testimony presented later contended the wounds themselves were not immediately fatal and that subsequent medical carelessness at the hospital contributed to his death.

Investigators say the killing grew out of an affair between Johnson’s wife, Susan Minter, and Michael Ray White, both employed at a Prescott nursing home. Prosecutors asserted a life insurance policy and financial gain as the motive. Authorities arrested White on December 18 after finding an empty box of bullets, a holster, a ski mask and a bag of potatoes in his car; one potato matched the improvised silencer used in the shooting. Susan Minter was arrested December 23.

Both were convicted of murder and conspiracy; Susan Minter received two concurrent sentences of 25 years to life and Michael Ray White was sentenced to death. The original prosecutor later characterized Susan as the instigator and the brains behind the plot. Does anyone have information about David Johnson’s last days or the people who were in his life leading up to December 12, 1987?