HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) The man charged in the murder of a Houston woman is sitting in a Jefferson County Jail, three weeks after the victim was found strangled in the trunk of a vehicle involved in a police chase.
It s not clear when the Harris County Sheriff s Office will bring 35-year-old Victor Campbell Jr. back to Houston. According to Houston police, HCSO is the agency that would be involved in Campbell s return.
Campbell has told investigators he did not remember the evening before the pursuit in which he was seen at the victim s apartment complex.
The woman killed has since been identified as 28-year-old Briana Johnson.
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Victor Campbell, Jr. (Image source: Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office)
A Fresno, Texas man is now facing a murder charge after law enforcement discovered the body of a Houston woman in the back of the car he was driving during a high-speed chase, reports 12NewsNow.
On Thursday, Dec. 10, Victor Campbell, Jr. was charged with murder for the death of 28-year-old Briana Johnson. Prior to Campbell’s arrest on Saturday, Dec. 5, he led Texas Department of Public Safety state troopers on a chase when they tried to pull him over for reckless driving.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) The man charged with the murder of a Houston woman who was found strangled in the trunk of a vehicle involved in a police chase told investigators he did not remember the evening before the pursuit in which he was seen at the victim s apartment complex.
In charging documents, investigators placed the suspect, 35-year-old Victor Campbell Jr., at the southeast Houston apartment complex where 28-year-old Brianna Johnson lived. Through surveillance cameras, Campbell was spotted going in and out of Johnson s apartment late in the evening of Nov. 27, according to the documents.
The video above is from previous reporting on this case.
Murder charge filed against man accused of leading police on chase with Houston woman s body in trunk
The chase started in Chambers County, and ended in downtown Beaumont. That s where investigators found a Houston woman s body in the trunk Author: Raegan Gibson, KBMT (12NewsNow) Published: 3:26 PM CST December 9, 2020 Updated: 6:48 PM CST December 9, 2020
BEAUMONT, Texas A man is facing murder charges after the body of a Houston woman was found in the trunk of a car following a chase in Beaumont.
Victor Campbell Jr., of Fresno, is accused of leading police on a chase that ended with the discovery of Briana Johnson s body in the car trunk according to investigators.