Twin Cities Man Indicted In Dismemberment Of His Wife

A Ramsey County grand jury Tuesday indicted 35-year-old Steven Roger Johnson on charges of first-degree murder and second-degree intentional murder.

 

 

 

 

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A St. Paul man accused of dismembering his wife now faces a first-degree murder charge.

A Ramsey County grand jury Tuesday indicted 35-year-old Steven Roger Johnson on charges of first-degree murder and second-degree intentional murder.

Johnson was previously charged with second-degree murder in the death of his wife, 32-year-old Manya Jewel Johnson.

Charges allege Steven Johnson fatally shot and dismembered his wife in their home Jan. 6 after she said she planned to leave him and take their son. The complaint alleges Johnson placed her remains in plastic bins and stored them in a friend's garage in White Bear Lake.

The complaint says the friend alerted police after Johnson told him what he'd done.

 

AP

   

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