Justin Johnson was 28 when he disappeared from Vanceburg, Kentucky. He was reported missing on March 23, 2017, and his abandoned pick-up truck was found the next day on Lower Twin Branch Road near Garrison.

On March 29, 2017, remains identified as Johnson’s were recovered on Cooper Ridge Road on the Lewis/Carter county line. The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office investigated and determined he died of a gunshot wound, classifying the death as a homicide. His family included a one-year-old son.

In the days after the discovery, two men named Wince L. Walters and Preston Neill Walters were arrested and held in the Lewis County Detention Center in connection with the murder. Anyone with information about Justin, his movements in late March 2017, or the events on Lower Twin Branch Road or Cooper Ridge Road is asked to come forward.