Case Date:07/13/1995
Age:29
Sex:Female
Race:Black
County:Marion
Location of Crime:190 Feet North & West of 13th Street and Lewis Street
Circumstances:On July 13, 1995, a maintenance crew was mowing grass in the median area commonly referred to as the “north split”. More specifically, 190 feet north and west of 13th and Lewis streets in Indianapolis. The maintenance crew discovered a decomposed human body under debris. The victim was later positively identified as Johanna Weaver, a Brightwood neighborhood resident and mother of two.
Johanna Weaver 07/13/1995
On July 8, 1995, Brightwood resident Johanna Weaver, a 29-year-old mother of two known for her vivacious smile, was last seen alive by her family.
Relatives first became alarmed when Weaver failed to pick up her daughter Dannisha Shawnta Radford, 6, and son Tyree Harper, 8, from her mother’s home. “She dropped us off, and never came back,” recalls Radford.
Det. Sgt. Jeffrey A. Coffey, who is investigating Weaver’s homicide, noted that like many homicide victims, she had become enmeshed into a lifestyle of addiction. “It can happen to the best people in the world,” he said.
On July 13, a maintenance crew found the charred, stabbed body of an African-American woman while mowing grass in the median area called the “north split,” approximately 190 feet north and west of the intersection of 13th and Lewis Streets in Indianapolis.
Leads sought in local cold cases - Indianapolis Recorder
Age:29
Sex:Female
Race:Black
County:Marion
Location of Crime:190 Feet North & West of 13th Street and Lewis Street
Circumstances:On July 13, 1995, a maintenance crew was mowing grass in the median area commonly referred to as the “north split”. More specifically, 190 feet north and west of 13th and Lewis streets in Indianapolis. The maintenance crew discovered a decomposed human body under debris. The victim was later positively identified as Johanna Weaver, a Brightwood neighborhood resident and mother of two.
Johanna Weaver 07/13/1995
On July 8, 1995, Brightwood resident Johanna Weaver, a 29-year-old mother of two known for her vivacious smile, was last seen alive by her family.
Relatives first became alarmed when Weaver failed to pick up her daughter Dannisha Shawnta Radford, 6, and son Tyree Harper, 8, from her mother’s home. “She dropped us off, and never came back,” recalls Radford.
Det. Sgt. Jeffrey A. Coffey, who is investigating Weaver’s homicide, noted that like many homicide victims, she had become enmeshed into a lifestyle of addiction. “It can happen to the best people in the world,” he said.
On July 13, a maintenance crew found the charred, stabbed body of an African-American woman while mowing grass in the median area called the “north split,” approximately 190 feet north and west of the intersection of 13th and Lewis Streets in Indianapolis.
Leads sought in local cold cases - Indianapolis Recorder
