So she couldn’t hear what was happening, and that the man had told the girls he would kill them and their families if they told anyone what happened,”.
The publication went on to say that the “once active, outgoing teenagers were now quiet and reserved and he had no idea why.”
The arrest follows the issuance of an executive order by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly earlier this year, which offered a $5,000 prize for information leading to the identification and conviction of those involved. Additionally, her family volunteered to double the informational prize.
Melissa Underwood, director of KBI communications, stated that as of right now, the organization does not think that “any public tip or information helped to solve the case.”
Nor, according to Underwood, have they “identified a relationship between the accused female subjects and Joanne Johnson.”
