MI MI - Bonifacio "facio" Miguel Pena, 17, Van Buren County, 19 May 2018 *POI*

[imstilla.grandma]

The Johnsons’ son Nick Johnson, 27, is considered a person of interest in the case. Also listed as a parole absconder as of late December, he was arrested Tuesday on unrelated weapons charges.

Nick Johnson is also a person of interest in the 2018 disappearance of 17-year-old Bonifacio Pena, who was last seen in Portage.
Bodies positively identified as Portage couple | WOODTV.com

 

[PommyMommy]

FEB 15, 2021
Bodies positively identified as Portage couple | WJMN - UPMatters.com
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Police were told by witnesses that around midnight on May 19, 2018, the two walked away from a townhouse on Valleywood Court, near the intersection of Centre Avenue and Oakland Drive in Portage. It’s less than a mile from the police department.

“Five hours later, around 5 a.m., Nick returned to the townhouse and Facio has never been seen again,” the police chief said.

Armold said Pena’s social media activity stopped that same day.

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“One of the difficulties in the Facio Pena case is that the people involved that we’re getting the the information from, none of them are very credible,” Armold said.

“Now that (the Johnson) case came up last week, it just simply maybe verifies what we were thinking in 2018,” he added. “Hindsight is 20/20. The only connection that Nick Johnson has is he was the last person seen with Pena and that’s where it stops.”

 

[mlhenn]

Bonifacio Miguel Pena – The Charley Project

Updated since last week’s update*
Last updated February 22, 2021; details of disappearance updated.

Details of Disappearance
Bonifacio was last seen in Portage, Michigan on May 19, 2018. He was staying with a woman and a friend, Nicholas Johnson. On the day of his disappearance, the woman gave both of them bandanas and Bonifacio and Nicholas left the residence together on foot.

Later that day, Nicholas returned to the woman's home alone, and said Bonifacio had gotten into a car with unidentified friends. He had Bonifacio's bandana and was acting extremely anxious. Bonifacio has never been heard from again. After his disappearance, Nicholas tried to claim his belongings, and the woman had to act secretly to return them to Bonifacio's mother.

In February 2021, Nicholas's parents, Gary and Laura Johnson, disappeared from their Portage residence. When police went to their home to do a welfare check, they found signs of violence inside it. Several days later, their bodies were found in a state game area; they'd been murdered. Nicholas was arrested on outstanding warrants in the days after his parents went missing. He had a history of violence towards then, and after their bodies were found, he was charged with their murders. Authorities stated he was a person of interest in Bonifacio's disappearance as well. He has not faced charges in Bonifacio's case, however.

It's uncharacteristic of Bonifacio to leave without warning, and investigators believe he may be deceased. His case remains unsolved.

 

[Flicka1]

https://www.fox17online.com/news/lo...le-victim-of-man-charged-with-killing-parents

 

[GuyfromCanada]

PORTAGE, Mich. — The Portage police chief said the only hope in solving a missing teen may hang on getting help from a man accused of killing his parents.

A Michigan State Police helicopter searched the night skies over Portage March 31, 2021, for any signs of Bonafacio Pena, 17. of Gobles. Portage Department of Public Safety Chief Nicholas Armold said the Wednesday night search didn't turn up new clues.

More at No new clues found after nighttime helicopter search for missing teen

 

[MKZoo]

My brother was out in the game area today. They had a helicopter up again and they have the missing posters tacked to trees.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping case up. Rooting for answers/ justice in this case.

 

[PommyMommy]

MAY 19, 2022

17-year-old boy missing for 4 years after last seen with Michigan man accused of murdering parents

A 17-year-old boy has been missing for four years after he was last seen with a Michigan man who has since been accused of murdering his parents, police said.

www.clickondetroit.com

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The circumstances surrounding Pena’s disappearance are a bit of a mystery, but Michigan officials said he was last seen leaving a friend’s house in the area of Centre Avenue and Garden Lane. He got into a car with “unknown friends,” according to the state.

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Timeline​

• May 19, 2018: Pena went missing after he was last seen with Johnson, according to police.
• Feb. 3, 2021: Gary and Laura Johnson, the parents of Nick Johnson, were fatally shot.
• Feb. 18, 2021: Nick Johnson was formally charged with murder in connection with his parents’ deaths.
• March 31: 2021: Police flew a helicopter over the area where Pena was last seen, looking for clues.
• May 19, 2022: Four years after his disappearance, Pena’s case remains unsolved.

 

[PommyMommy]

NOV 2, 2023

Man who pleaded to murder of parents gets decades

A man will spend at least 29 years in prison after pleading in the shooting death of his parents.

www.woodtv.com

Nick Johnson is also considered a person of interest in the case of 17-year-old Bonifacio Pena, who vanished in 2018 after having last been seen with Nick Johnson. Williams told News 8 that Portage police are still investigating that case, but no charges are imminent.

 

[dogmom55]

Do we know who's house they were seen leaving? OR if any of his belongings have ever been found?
There are many businesses in the area, I wonder if cameras were ever checked?

 

[Nina Michigan]

https://www.woodtv.com/news/kalamazoo-county/convicted-murdered-charged-in-death-of-missing-teen/

Justice for Facio!

 

[byo]

Police: Suspect in 2018 disappearance was jealous of victim's romantic relationship

"KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The suspect now charged in the 2018 disappearance of a man in Portage was likely jealous of the victim's romantic relationship, said police.

In court documents, investigators said Nicholas Johnson caught Bonifacio Pena in bed with a woman both men were attracted to. A day later, Johnson told the two he got a tip about an empty house with lots of money and guns inside. . ."