bluesbaby said:

thanks girl

I every time I hear about this, just so sad!
She's free from them, the only good thing about this!!
Erica Michelle Marie Green RESTING IN PEACE

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Its been amazing how the folks in Kansas City have had so many vigils for four years. Her funeral is tomorrow. I bet the church will be packed, and that church is huge. She is the adopted daughter of Kansas City

Tipster Tricked `Precious Doe' Suspect By SHAUN SCHAFER, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 1 minute ago



MUSKOGEE, Okla. - The tipster who helped crack the case of a beheaded 4-year-old girl went to police with his suspicions nearly a year ago and recently tricked the child's mother into providing a hair sample that he taped to a photograph and mailed to Kansas City, a community activist said Friday.

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Police would not comment on what role the hair sample may have played in the arrests of Michelle M. Johnson, 30, and Harrell Johnson, 25, the girl's stepfather. The two agreed Friday to be returned to Kansas City to face murder charges.

Some of the hair came from the mother's brush, and she gave some of it to the tipster after he told her he would put it in a Bible under the 23rd Psalm to bring her good luck, said Alonzo Washington, a Kansas City community activist who has long championed efforts to identify the girl.

Washington said the tipster, who does not want his name released, first contacted police nearly a year ago and gave them all the pertinent details about the case, but investigators did not believe him.

"He is very clever, but he is not the most articulate-sounding person, and I think that made them dismiss him," Washington said. "They probably thought 'This is some Okie from Muskogee, and he doesn't know what he's talking about.'"

The child, who was almost 4 when she was found in 2001, was identified by police Thursday as Erica Michelle Marie Green. Her body was found near an intersection in Kansas City in 2001. Days later, her head was found nearby, wrapped in a trash bag. Police say the girl's head was cut off with a pair of hedge clippers.

Police knocked on doors in the neighborhood and even went to the house where the Johnsons were staying, police confirmed Thursday. Michelle Johnson answered the door and gave an officer a bogus tip on a suspicious man she said had been wandering the neighborhood.

In the months after the child became known as Precious Doe, hundreds attended candlelight vigils, volunteered to answer witness hot lines and passed out fliers with an artist's rendering of the girl. The FBI took blood samples from family members of missing black girls, and the case was featured on television's "America's Most Wanted."

Police investigators said the tipster was in touch with them numerous times since July 2004, but his information was incomplete. Then, on April 29, "He called back with a lot more detailed information," said Kansas City police spokesman Darrin Snap.

"We work the lead until the end," Kansas City Police Chief James Corwin said. "I mean that's what we do is we get a lead, we work it until the end and when it comes to a dead end. And you stop and some more information comes in and you work it again."

The tipster called Washington on Saturday and later sent him the hair sample and photo.

Washington got the photo and hair on Tuesday and provided it to police. Kansas City investigators then traveled to Muskogee to interview Michelle and Harrell Johnson, who were already in jail on unrelated charges.

According to court papers, Harrell Johnson beat the girl one night in April 2001 and the couple left her unconscious on the floor for two days. They did not seek medical help, the mother said, because both had warrants out for their arrest.

The child died, and the couple carried the body to a church parking lot, then through the woods, where the stepfather cut the girl's head off with hedge clippers, police said.

A $33,000 reward is being offered in the case, but Washington said the tipster was not influenced by the money.

"He said he just wanted to right a wrong," Washington said.

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On the Net:

Police: http://www.kcpd.org

Alonzo Washington: http://www.omega7.com

Thank you for posting NPP...

when I heard I was relieved and disgusted at the same time...glad they found these people and relieved that she now has a name ...and we can call her by name, in our prayers. Like most of you...I know she is at rest now....bless her heart...it hurts my heart...but ...well



RIP Erica...may s and clouds be your world now. I for you ...but I know your sweet spirit...lives.

I first saw this case on A&E's Cold Case Files. God bless little Erica Green. And god bless whoever broke this case U are surely an
from heaven.

I cannot believe such people are walking the streets. How do you live with yourself knowing you decapitated a baby to hide another crime.....I..... ...I fear for mankind and its future knowing these parasites live among us in unknown numbers.... I am deeply saddened by this

pardonme4livin said:

not trying to jack but do i know you?

nakedpianoplayer said:

I remember that woman, I believe her name was Susan Smith (should be Susan Shit for killing her poor, innocent kids). I can't believe she would murder her kids all because of a guy she was interested in. What kind of fucked up thinking is that? If I were a woman with kids, and the guy I was dating did not like or want kids, he would get the heave-ho from me. My kids would come first, no doubt about that, and any guy who wasn't down with that would be history in no time flat!

What really pissed me off about the case was when I read that Susan was reading the book entitled "When Bad Things Happen to Good People" in jail. I remember thinking, "What the fuck, she's not a "good person", she's a cold-blooded murderer!" She killed her kids on purpose, that's NOT a "good person" at all! Then I read something about her being a "born again Christian"; in fact, someone at work showed me an online dating website where Susan had her picture posted, saying she was looking for a relationship, and asking people to correspond with her. Good luck, honey, I don't think anybody would want to date you, "born again Christian" or not!

Erica was such a pretty little girl, so sad that she had to be so thoughtlessly murdered! I hope her so-called "parents" spend a lifetime in prison with no parole! Stories like this really make me sick.

RIP little Erica.

brownsugar said:

I dunno.....possibly....

nakedpianoplayer said:

Give me five minutes alone in a room with that MFer. I'll treat him the same way he treated that poor little angel. Bastards like this who harm children should be shot on sight.

pardonme4livin said:

feel like i know you ...but i could be wrong, oh well, back to the little girl. its really sad when things happen like this i still can't figure out why people do things like this to defenseless kids, she was only 3, still a baby. some things just can't be explained i guess.

uPtoWnNY said:

I beg to differ...shot on sight is far too kind.....I think I could be much more creative than that.... I better pack a lunch....could be a loooong nite with Michelle and Harrell...

pardonme4livin said:

Can I watch, better yet, Can I sell the tickets for the event!!! It'd be sold out!!

bluesbaby said:

im actually thinking of driving in for this ...

just because this whole thing has me so damn upset, i think to show that we care any way we can, and to be there in person to show support, and just because there are such few words to say to get this out...


yeah, i think i may drive in

I thank you for posting this NPP. As u know I live in KC and was not staying too far from where they found her. Since the news broke EVERYONE has been buzzing about how the Black community kept this case alive. As u read in one of the other news reports the police didn't even want to hear what the tipster had to say but they went as far as Jamaica searching for clues that were in Oklahoma! Despite the mishandling of reports and other mistakes I am glad that the truth came out and our daughter has a name, face, and story...Albeit more heartwrenching. Our local news station had an interview with the woman who actually raised Erica from birth until the day her mother (used loosely) came to take her on that trip to Kansas City. The woman still bought clothes for her and had bags full anticipating her return. When she would try to check on her Michelle always had an exscuse. One relative living here said that when she called Michelle put her other daughter pon the phone to trick her into thinking that she was talking to Erica. The cousin that Michelle, Harrell and Erica stayed with when she died reported a foul odor eminating from their room for two days before they quickly left.

This is still so painful. Justice will be done. They are changing her headstone soon with her name, 'Precious' moniker intact, also.

bluesbaby said:

And so fitting that it will be Mother's Day.

Lizzy7701 said: