In the early morning hours of December 19, 2021, 28-year-old Derek Johnson of Evansville, Indiana, and his partner, 27-year-old Samantha Robbins, were found dead in their home. A three-year-old from the residence went to a neighbor’s house around 3 a.m. and reported that his mother had been shot; other children in the home were unharmed. The Vanderburgh County Coroner determined both Johnson and Robbins died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators arrested 29-year-old Arthur Lee Jones IV, a childhood friend of the victims who was reportedly called Uncle Art by one of the children. Prosecutors said Jones shot the couple during a robbery and took about $400 and some costume jewelry; one of the children identified Jones to law enforcement as the perpetrator. Jones was later convicted of both murders in November 2023 and sentenced on December 15, 2023, to 145 years in prison, with the record noting he had been on parole for a violent crime for 65 days at the time of the killings.

Did anyone in the Evansville area know Derek Johnson or Samantha Robbins and have information that could shed more light on what happened that night?