01-28-2014, 01:42 AM
@ Rene,
(Q) Do you know if Brittany was putting in any money for the land deal? or was it all Bo & your parents money?
(A) No, it was in Bo's plans to purchase some land for some years now. He just wasn't quite sure on location yet. Bo was purchasing the property with his own funds with some help from the parents. Brittany was not involved with the land deal or purchase.
(Q)Was Bo ever in the Military? foreign or domestic. If he was, What job did he do while there?
(A) National Guard, boot camp, domestic.
(Q) Do you have the phone bill from Bo's cell phone from that time period?
(A) I'll have to ask my parents. Last time I checked, no.
(Q) Were you ever threatened with or did you see anyone with any type of handgun or rifle during your stay with Bo? and if you were, can you name the person with the firearm?
(A) Me personally, no. I was with Bo for only a few days in Hawaii before I flew back to the mainland at the end of my vacation. The threatening happened just around 3 days after I left. My sister Ruth and my brother Bo were threatened by a lava tour guide after only being in their new rented house down in Kalapana for 3-4 days. Straight from Ruth's statement, the guide threatened to "shoot up" the house. If you look at the previous posts by Ruth Johnson, she actually posted a link to the text messages I received from her the day of the threat. The same man on a different day was said to have been waving around his firearm that he threatened to "shoot up" Bo's house with in a threatening manner in another area in Kalapana. Ruth Johnson explained most of this in her own words in a previous post, Rene.
I would speak with anyone privately about the threat that was made. You may email me at sajohnson92@gmail.com
*I need to clear up a misconception about who was threatened. It was Bo and Ruth. Brittany was not present when the threat was made. Just wanted to make sure we were all on the same page.
(Q) Did the local Police in your Alaska town every come to your house or your parents house to search for Bo in Alaska?
(A) No. I have often asked my parents and siblings; If the police are so sure that Bo did this and they believe he may have left the island and thy have claimed that he is dangerous, why haven't they come to check the sailboat? why haven't they checked my parent's house? Never once. I would think they would have if they really thought Bo to be alive and at large. There are ways to arrive on this island that are under the radar, the police know this, so why weren't they checking up on us?
(Q) Was your family ever notified that there was a "no-bail" warrant for Bo's arrest?
(A) No, I thought that was also sealed in the indictment sealing, maybe I am wrong on that. No we were never even notified that a warrant for his arrest existed.
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Just some of my opinions and thoughts.
Ever since I saw the press conference with Ted and Jerry there and heard Julie's statement read, I have wondered why my parents weren't also given a heads up on the date and location of the press conference. Why weren't my parents shown the same courtesy. Did it ever occur to HPD that my parents also should have been notified? Maybe even enough warning so they could have also prepared a statement like Julie did? Why the police gave this information to the Royal family and not the Johnson family is beyond me. Reporters were notified but the Johnson family was not. At least not in time to make an appearance or prepare a statement.
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My own opinions on how the last few months played out;
So a haole girl is found murdered. Police conduct investigation. As soon as the news broke about the murdered haole girl and her missing boyfriend, almost immediately after the news also broke about the local/Big Island resident lava tour guide who threatened the now missing haole boy. It was our family's gut feeling that the threats were connected to the murder, so we made sure that our concerns were noticed, if not by police, then by the public. Even after we tried to inform police about Bo being threatened and gave them access to the eye witness (Ruth) of the threats made, we still received no response from police on that issue, even to this day. Now everyone one is pointing a spot light on the tour guide for having something to do with the murder, because of the threats he made on Bo's life. The case is starting to get a little more attention than the police and people were expecting. Now police are pressured by media, and possibly their superiors to get the magnifying glass off of Kalapana and it's local residents for having anything to do with this crime. It would really hurt the tourism business if case was rumored or solved as a resident who murdered two young traveling haole/tourists.
So right around this time the police have made statements that Bo is believed to be off island. They have two options, since they have stated Bo is the suspect and murderer, he is either a FUGITIVE or SUICIDE. Since his body was no where to be found, did they even look?, they go with FUGITIVE for now. TSA video surveillance? Suspects father brought large boat? This went on for months. Many were asking on public forums and FB saying; if the HPD believed Bo to be off island then why haven't the US Marshals or FBI been brought into the case in the search for the escaped murderer?
A turning point for this case was when not only the Johnson family believed Bo to have been murdered alongside Brittany, but Brittany's mom was believing this as well. Now there were two families really pressing questions and wanting details on what happened to Bo. More pressure on police to get this solved. Now that both families were sort of on the same page, media was all over the story. It wasn't a conspiracy anymore, it wasn't just the suspect's family fighting against the unwanted news that their son/brother is a murderer. Both families were unconvinced by police effort and information. Not just local media, but national media was now telling the story. (Dateline, People's Magazine, I.D. Discovery, Nancy Grace, Good Morning America.) More, more, and more pressure.
With all this recent media attention, the case was getting dug up again, details looked at a little more closely. It seems very strange that the body just happens to show up right after all the GOOD media attention for Bo and NOT SO GOOD media attention for HPD and Hawaii. It almost seemed like a countermove. It's been a chess match, from the start. Media was our move, having Bo's body pop up in a neat little suicide package all wrapped up in a bow, was theirs.
So now that Bo's body popped up, even though he supposedly left the island and was at large and dangerous. Even though there was TSA video surveillance, even thought his father brought his large boat to aide Bo in his escape. Since FUGITIVE turned out to be a bust, they choose the second option, SUICIDE, just like we all knew they would.
If Bo's body was found JAN 2, then I would assume the confession/ intention of suicide book that was found with the body was also found that day (JAN 2.) Maybe not. Like my mom said, they had 19 days to get their ducks in a row before the press conference.
If the police wanted our family to trust them, I think they would have tried a little harder. Even though they can't give away important info on the case, they could have treated my parents with a little more respect and compassion, not treated them like criminals. Leaving us in limbo for how many months on just about everything. Rarely answering calls or returning them. Letting the media make the calls for them.
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I could never picture Bo meditating murdering Brittany at all, let alone, long enough to go seek out a rope, then find Brittany again, wrap it around her, and the time it would take to for the act to happen, without him coming to realization of what he was doing. It's just too much time, not just a simple, quick crime of passion with hands around the throat.
I would like to openly say that I would be willing to accept that my brother did this if I had some absolute proof, which I don't. I am hoping for some absolute proof about anything right about now.
This case has had some very strange twists and turns and a lot of inconsistencies along the way.
(Q) Do you know if Brittany was putting in any money for the land deal? or was it all Bo & your parents money?
(A) No, it was in Bo's plans to purchase some land for some years now. He just wasn't quite sure on location yet. Bo was purchasing the property with his own funds with some help from the parents. Brittany was not involved with the land deal or purchase.
(Q)Was Bo ever in the Military? foreign or domestic. If he was, What job did he do while there?
(A) National Guard, boot camp, domestic.
(Q) Do you have the phone bill from Bo's cell phone from that time period?
(A) I'll have to ask my parents. Last time I checked, no.
(Q) Were you ever threatened with or did you see anyone with any type of handgun or rifle during your stay with Bo? and if you were, can you name the person with the firearm?
(A) Me personally, no. I was with Bo for only a few days in Hawaii before I flew back to the mainland at the end of my vacation. The threatening happened just around 3 days after I left. My sister Ruth and my brother Bo were threatened by a lava tour guide after only being in their new rented house down in Kalapana for 3-4 days. Straight from Ruth's statement, the guide threatened to "shoot up" the house. If you look at the previous posts by Ruth Johnson, she actually posted a link to the text messages I received from her the day of the threat. The same man on a different day was said to have been waving around his firearm that he threatened to "shoot up" Bo's house with in a threatening manner in another area in Kalapana. Ruth Johnson explained most of this in her own words in a previous post, Rene.
I would speak with anyone privately about the threat that was made. You may email me at sajohnson92@gmail.com
*I need to clear up a misconception about who was threatened. It was Bo and Ruth. Brittany was not present when the threat was made. Just wanted to make sure we were all on the same page.
(Q) Did the local Police in your Alaska town every come to your house or your parents house to search for Bo in Alaska?
(A) No. I have often asked my parents and siblings; If the police are so sure that Bo did this and they believe he may have left the island and thy have claimed that he is dangerous, why haven't they come to check the sailboat? why haven't they checked my parent's house? Never once. I would think they would have if they really thought Bo to be alive and at large. There are ways to arrive on this island that are under the radar, the police know this, so why weren't they checking up on us?
(Q) Was your family ever notified that there was a "no-bail" warrant for Bo's arrest?
(A) No, I thought that was also sealed in the indictment sealing, maybe I am wrong on that. No we were never even notified that a warrant for his arrest existed.
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Just some of my opinions and thoughts.
Ever since I saw the press conference with Ted and Jerry there and heard Julie's statement read, I have wondered why my parents weren't also given a heads up on the date and location of the press conference. Why weren't my parents shown the same courtesy. Did it ever occur to HPD that my parents also should have been notified? Maybe even enough warning so they could have also prepared a statement like Julie did? Why the police gave this information to the Royal family and not the Johnson family is beyond me. Reporters were notified but the Johnson family was not. At least not in time to make an appearance or prepare a statement.
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My own opinions on how the last few months played out;
So a haole girl is found murdered. Police conduct investigation. As soon as the news broke about the murdered haole girl and her missing boyfriend, almost immediately after the news also broke about the local/Big Island resident lava tour guide who threatened the now missing haole boy. It was our family's gut feeling that the threats were connected to the murder, so we made sure that our concerns were noticed, if not by police, then by the public. Even after we tried to inform police about Bo being threatened and gave them access to the eye witness (Ruth) of the threats made, we still received no response from police on that issue, even to this day. Now everyone one is pointing a spot light on the tour guide for having something to do with the murder, because of the threats he made on Bo's life. The case is starting to get a little more attention than the police and people were expecting. Now police are pressured by media, and possibly their superiors to get the magnifying glass off of Kalapana and it's local residents for having anything to do with this crime. It would really hurt the tourism business if case was rumored or solved as a resident who murdered two young traveling haole/tourists.
So right around this time the police have made statements that Bo is believed to be off island. They have two options, since they have stated Bo is the suspect and murderer, he is either a FUGITIVE or SUICIDE. Since his body was no where to be found, did they even look?, they go with FUGITIVE for now. TSA video surveillance? Suspects father brought large boat? This went on for months. Many were asking on public forums and FB saying; if the HPD believed Bo to be off island then why haven't the US Marshals or FBI been brought into the case in the search for the escaped murderer?
A turning point for this case was when not only the Johnson family believed Bo to have been murdered alongside Brittany, but Brittany's mom was believing this as well. Now there were two families really pressing questions and wanting details on what happened to Bo. More pressure on police to get this solved. Now that both families were sort of on the same page, media was all over the story. It wasn't a conspiracy anymore, it wasn't just the suspect's family fighting against the unwanted news that their son/brother is a murderer. Both families were unconvinced by police effort and information. Not just local media, but national media was now telling the story. (Dateline, People's Magazine, I.D. Discovery, Nancy Grace, Good Morning America.) More, more, and more pressure.
With all this recent media attention, the case was getting dug up again, details looked at a little more closely. It seems very strange that the body just happens to show up right after all the GOOD media attention for Bo and NOT SO GOOD media attention for HPD and Hawaii. It almost seemed like a countermove. It's been a chess match, from the start. Media was our move, having Bo's body pop up in a neat little suicide package all wrapped up in a bow, was theirs.
So now that Bo's body popped up, even though he supposedly left the island and was at large and dangerous. Even though there was TSA video surveillance, even thought his father brought his large boat to aide Bo in his escape. Since FUGITIVE turned out to be a bust, they choose the second option, SUICIDE, just like we all knew they would.
If Bo's body was found JAN 2, then I would assume the confession/ intention of suicide book that was found with the body was also found that day (JAN 2.) Maybe not. Like my mom said, they had 19 days to get their ducks in a row before the press conference.
If the police wanted our family to trust them, I think they would have tried a little harder. Even though they can't give away important info on the case, they could have treated my parents with a little more respect and compassion, not treated them like criminals. Leaving us in limbo for how many months on just about everything. Rarely answering calls or returning them. Letting the media make the calls for them.
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I could never picture Bo meditating murdering Brittany at all, let alone, long enough to go seek out a rope, then find Brittany again, wrap it around her, and the time it would take to for the act to happen, without him coming to realization of what he was doing. It's just too much time, not just a simple, quick crime of passion with hands around the throat.
I would like to openly say that I would be willing to accept that my brother did this if I had some absolute proof, which I don't. I am hoping for some absolute proof about anything right about now.
This case has had some very strange twists and turns and a lot of inconsistencies along the way.