Personal Data
Name: | Theodore JOHNSON |
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Crime Data
Classification: | Serial Killer |
Country: | USA |
Active: | 1981 – 2016 |
Victims: | 3 |
M.O.: | Killed his wife & two partners |
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Fate: | Life with 26 yrs minimum |
History
Johnson killed his first wife, Yvonne Johnson by pushing her off a ninth-floor balcony of their Wolverhampton home.
In 1993 he was convicted of strangling Yvonne Bennett with a belt at their London home.
In 2016 he killed Angela Best after she left him and started a new relationship by hitting her over the head with a claw hammer and strangling her with a dressing gown cord.
Johnson appeared at court in January 2018 where he pleaded guilty to Best’s murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum recommendation of 26 years. He had two previous convictions for manslaughter.