GUILTY WI - Beth Johnson, 50, found deceased, Nelson, 25 Dec 2016 *arrest*

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Beth Marie Johnson
Buffalo County, Wisconsin
50 year old white female

Height (inches)

Weight (pounds)

[TD="class: view_field"]64.0[/TD]

[TD="class: view_field"]100.0[/TD]

Hair: Red/Auburn; Straight; length just beyond the shoulders
Eyes: Blue

Tattoos: Right Shoulder: Sunflower (Colors: yellow green and brown with a date in the center)
Lower left front waist area: butterfly

Walks on her tip toes, does not have teeth and rarely wears her dentures

Circumstances: Beth Johnson's son called the police March of 2017 to have them check on his mother who resided in Nelson, WI. Beth was originally from Minnesota and lived near the twin cities for a lengthy period of time prior to moving near Wabasha, MN and eventually to Nelson, WI.

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/43061/

 

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Charley Project page Beth Marie Johnson – The Charley Project

 

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Current NAMUS link: Missing Person Case

 

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Rochester man accused of killing, hiding corpse of missing Buffalo County woman

ARREST MADE
PRESUMED DECEASED/NOT FOUND

JUNE 17 2020
Randall Q. Merrick, 48, of Rochester, Minn., was arrested and charged with first-degree intentional homicide in connection with the disappearance of Beth Johnson. He was also charged with domestic abuse and hiding a corpse.

Sometime between Dec. 25, 2016, and March 12, 2017, Merrick killed Johnson, who would be 54 now, according to the complaint. She was last seen in her mobile home in the village of Nelson, where she lived with Merrick.
Merrick then allegedly hid or buried Johnson’s body.
A cadaver dog alerted to decomposing human remains in the mobile home and in Beth’s Cadillac DeVille, which still was parked at the trailer, on April 20, 2018, the complaint said.
A witness told a deputy that Merrick told the witness in July 2018 that he didn’t mean to hurt her, but said, “I killed her. … I hit her too hard.”
Asked where the body was, Merrick allegedly said in the DeVille’s trunk, but her body has not been found.

 

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Rochester man facing 1st degree murder charge in missing woman case

Additional article


Merrill was arrested and charged first degree intentional homicide, domestic abuse, and hiding a corpse in the disappearance of Beth Johnson.


Beth’s debit card was used in January 2017 and signed by Merrick. One transaction included a sledgehammer, 42-gallon trash bags, and Formula 409 cleaner.

A 1st degree murder conviction in Wisconsin comes with a life sentence.

 

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Woman’s body found in Blaine — more than three years after she disappeared – Twin Cities

FOUND DECEASED

The body of a woman missing for more than three years was found in Blaine — one week after Wisconsin officials charged a suspect with her death.

The remains were identified as 50-year-old Beth Johnson of Nelson, Wis., the Wisconsin Department of Justice announced Monday.

Blaine police would not comment on the body found in their city, including how it got there, when it was found or where. The Wisconsin Department of Justice would not provide any additional information.

 

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DOJ: Blaine, Minnesota remains identified as Beth Johnson

In April 2018, a K9 searching the area of Johnson's home came upon decomposing human remains.

 

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DOJ: Blaine, Minnesota remains identified as Beth Johnson

In April 2018, a K9 searching the area of Johnson's home came upon decomposing human remains.

Two months later, a witness saw Merrick crying and admitting, "I killed her." When the witness asked who he killed, Merrick is said to have answered "Beth."

 

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Rochester man pleads guilty of killing Buffalo County woman

Merrick was initially charged with intentional homicide. He pleaded guilty to an amended charge of 1st degree reckless homicide.

 

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Rochester man pleads guilty to 2016 murder of Wisconsin woman

Sentencing for Merrick is scheduled for February 2, 2022, in Buffalo County District Court.

 

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Rochester man gets 30-year sentence for Wisconsin woman’s murder in 2016

The suspect in a 2016 murder in Buffalo County is sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Fifty-year-old Randall Merrick of Rochester was sentenced on Friday for reckless homicide in the death of Beth Johnson of Nelson.