Bodies unearthed in Portage woods those of Gary and Laura Johnson
Updated Feb 19, 2021;
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PORTAGE, MI The bodies of two people found buried in Gourdneck State Game Area last Friday have been identified as Gary and Laura Johnson, police confirmed.
The couple, both in their mid-60s, were last seen alive Wednesday, Feb. 3, Portage Public Safety Chief Nicholas Armold told MLive last week.
Armold said Monday. Feb. 15, the manner of death will be listed as a homicide.
“We hope to present the case to the prosecutor’s office in the next 24-48 hours,” he said.
A welfare check Tuesday morning, Feb. 9 at the couple’s home, in the 2300 block of Romence Road, turned quickly into a missing persons case. By Thursday, the case had pivoted toward a homicide investigation, Armold said.
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Jacob Britton Emmendorfer (Kalamazoo County)
PORTAGE, MICHIGAN: A Michigan man has been accused of sexually abusing and murdering his former girlfriend s 14-month-old baby daughter. The man, 27-year-old Jacob Britton Emmendorfer, was charged on Monday, December 21, in the death of Meilani Marie Hart, according to MLive. The child was killed in a Milham Meadows Apartment in Portage, Michigan. The sickening incident had taken place on August 12.
Meilani was found unresponsive when first responders arrived at the scene of the crime at around 10 pm at night, according to authorities. A couple of hours later, the toddler passed away after she was transported to Bronson Methodist Hospital. The Kalamazoo County Medical Examiner s Office had determined that the child s death was a homicide.