Son of Portage couple found buried in woods arraigned on murder charges
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
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KALAMAZOO, MI — The son of Portage couple found buried last Friday in the Gourdneck State Game Area was arraigned Thursday on two counts of open murder and three other felony charges.
Nicholas Alexander Johnson, 27, is suspected by police to have killed his parents: Gary Johnson, 65, and Laura Johnson, 64. He was arraigned, Thursday, Feb. 18 on two counts of open murder, two counts of felony firearm and one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
Nicholas Johnson has been held at the Kalamazoo County Jail since Feb. 9, when he was arrested on two outstanding warrants and two new felony firearms charges issued the day of his arrest. Johnson was arraigned on those charges in Kalamazoo County District Court on Feb. 10.