TN - DOC Administrator Debra Johnson murdered by inmate Curtis Ray Watson, 44, Henning, 7 Aug 2019

[mrz]

really scary looking creep

crepe spelled correctly. And absolutely true!

 

[GordianKnot]

crepe spelled correctly. And absolutely true!

Ha!

In all fairness, this creep would make a scary-looking crepe, too.

Dude's scary, period.

 

[mrz]

Man oh man, I would not like to be one of these guys relatives. I would think he would slip and contact one of them soon? Cops have to be all over them. What a mess of an ordeal. Crazy how one failure of society can inflict so much!

 

[Ray_of_hope]

Hated reading this: "TBI announced they obtained warrants for Curtis Watson on: first degree murder, especially aggravated burglary and aggravated sexual."

TBI announces warrants of murder, burglary for escapee

 

[Ray_of_hope]

How could he get so far on a tractor? They don't go very fast, maybe 25 mph. They need to get this guy and fast. Usually there's an officer out watching and keeping a count!

 

[Ray_of_hope]

Looking at a map, the escapee is also very close to Arkansas and Missouri. I don't think he had a coordinated plan with others due to the burglary charge. And I'm not sure how he gained access to the Johnson home, unless they were mowing the area containing the residences. And the homes are always outside of the prison fencing. So my guess is that they routinely mowed the areas of the residences and may have known the routines of some if the residents. I also wonder if the prison yard was facing the homes where residents could also be observed.

 

[Ray_of_hope]

Article reports that an unconfirmed tip came in from Marshall County which is in south central Tennessee (south of Nashville), just north of Georgia. That's approx 4 hours or slightly over 200 miles from the prison. TBI announces warrants of murder, burglary for escapee

 

[GordianKnot]

Hated reading this: "TBI announced they obtained warrants for Curtis Watson on: first degree murder, especially aggravated burglary and aggravated sexual."

TBI announces warrants of murder, burglary for escapee

Crud. Crud.

I hate seeing that list of charges, too.

The murder charge we knew was coming...the agg sexual was something I'm sure was one many of us dreaded, but predicted we'd see.

The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.

This evil moron is a convicted rapist, and the TN DOC allowed him to be in proximity to a woman's residence, unsupervised.

What did they think was going to happen?!

I'm wondering with the agg burglary what he stole...if any weapons from her home, the TBI needs to let the public know that.

JMO.

 

[Ray_of_hope]

Crud. Crud.

I hate seeing that list of charges, too.

The murder charge we knew was coming...the agg sexual was something I'm sure was one many of us dreaded, but predicted we'd see.

The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.

This evil moron is a convicted rapist, and the TN DOC allowed him to be in proximity to a woman's residence, unsupervised.

What did they think was going to happen?!

I'm wondering with the agg burglary what he stole...if any weapons from her home, the TBI needs to let the public know that.

JMO.

Yes, I agree and suspect that he may have stolen weapons and money from Ms Johnson's home. I pity anyone that he comes into contact with.

 

[Ray_of_hope]

Good grief, things are lax at that facility. I am so sorry for Ms Johnson. What a horrific death.

"Johnson had a meeting scheduled with the warden for 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. When she didn’t show employees started looking for her.

After they found her, a head count was done and a count of the farm workers where Watson worked. Investigators say he drove just over a mile away on a tractor he had access to and disappeared."

Search intensifies for W. Tennessee prison escapee suspected of killing correctional administrator

 

[Ray_of_hope]

I also hope they do a clothing inventory at Ms Johnson's home. I'm sure he wanted to change his clothing.

 

[GordianKnot]

https://www.courttv.com/news/inmate...tor-suspected-of-killing-corrections-officer/

SABBM:

The TBI said late Thursday afternoon that it had secured warrants for Watson for first-degree murder, especially aggravated burglary and aggravated sexual battery but didn’t include details of the charges or say whether they all pertained to Johnson.

Officials asked those who live in the area of the prison to look for things that are out of place, such as missing food, weapons or vehicles.

Roadblocks and checkpoints have been set up near Henning, with authorities searching vehicles for Watson. Law enforcement agents fanned out throughout the area, which includes farms, fields, rivers and woods. Railroad tracks also crisscross a landscape dotted by small towns and cities.

“He could be anywhere,” Rausch said.

Johnson, the slain administrator, had been a state employee for 38 years. She oversaw wardens at several area prisons, corrections officials said. No details of her killing have been released.

 

[GordianKnot]

Tennessee manhunt intensifies

SABBM:
A police report said Watson was arrested in 2012 after repeatedly raping his wife, beating her with a baseball bat and threatening her life.

He was seven years into his sentence when he escaped on a tractor while doing farm work at the prison.
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Another evil moron who favors baseball bats as his weapons of choice.

LE hasn't released any details r/t DJ's murder.

Given his track record of violent crimes against women and children, my fear is that he killed her in a horrifically violent fashion.

They gotta' find this guy sooner rather than later, before more innocent blood is shed.

JMO.

 

[PastTense]

Did Debra Johnson live alone--or with husband, children, significant other, roommate...?

 

[Jealoushe]

Major fail here allowing this man anywhere near a woman in any capacity other than a guard. Everything about him screams dangerous offender.

 

[PastTense]

Finally some details coming:
"Affidavits released from the Lauderdale County Clerk's Office detail the allegations against Curtis Ray Watson, a fugitive who escaped the West Tennessee State Penitentiary on Wednesday.... According to those documents, Watson was considered a trusty, a prisoner who has been given special privileges in return for good behavior.

He was released from the prison about 7 a.m. Wednesday for his daily mowing duties. Through his position at the prison, he had access to equipment, including a tractor and a golf cart, according to an affidavit. At about 8:30 a.m., correctional officers saw Watson in a golf cart at the home of Debra Johnson, a corrections administrator at the prison. Johnson lived in one of about a dozen on-site residences at the prison facility.

Between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., Watson took a tractor and reflective vest from the prison and drove away from the site, the affidavits say. Officials did not notice he was missing until an hour later, according to the affidavit.

Johnson's coworkers went to her residence and discovered her body at 11:30 a.m. Johnson was found with a cord wrapped around her neck and ligature marks. Investigators believe she had been strangled and sexually assaulted, according to the affidavit. The tractor Watson was driving was found about two miles away from the prison at 1:30 p.m. where his prison identification was recovered, according to the affidavit."
Affidavit says Curtis Ray Watson strangled, sexually assaulted Tennessee corrections employee

 

[Jealoushe]

Wow, so they even saw him at her residence???

I am thinking these prison residences are not safe, wasn't someone killed last year in a similar incident?

A lot of criminals play that "good prisoner" role until they get their chance to escape.

 

[Ray_of_hope]

Wow, so they even saw him at her residence???

I am thinking these prison residences are not safe, wasn't someone killed last year in a similar incident?

A lot of criminals play that "good prisoner" role until they get their chance to escape.

BBM. Exactly! They make sure to behave in prison to get the 'trusty' status, hence the chance to escape. I lived outside of a prison hospital once and the prison yard was behind my home, which was a prison residence. It was an intake facility for the whole state. The trusty's would routinely perform grounds work, etc. There was always a guard with a rifle nearby. Once a prisoner was shot trying to climb the fence behind my home. So I moved.

 

[Ray_of_hope]

Did Debra Johnson live alone--or with husband, children, significant other, roommate...?

I haven't seen much, but I suspect so. It was reported in an interview with her daughter that Debra was a mom of three and a grandmother of seven. Her daughter is 37 years old.
Slain TDOC employee grew up in north Nashville, leaves behind 7 grandkids

 

[Handsome Sailor]

Hunt 'em down, make him pay the piper!