release from Michigan's out attorney general, Dana Nessel, the victims are believed to have been targeted through dating apps for being members of the LGBTQ+ community, although the name of the app was not included in the statement.Nessel is offering county prosecutors throughout the state assistance through the office's Hate Crimes Unit, which she created in 2019 in order to investigate crimes tied to a victim's race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
Johnson was arrested in December. He was extradited from Indianapolis Tuesday and arraigned Wednesday in Dearborn for the armed robbery and Thursday in Detroit's 36th District Court for the murder charge.