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Shawn Johnson

Case from Spokane, WA dated Dec 18, 1997

Victim Details

Shawn Johnson

Female

White / Caucasian

Spokane

WA

1997-12-18

36

Shawn

Johnson

07/23/2026

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In the winter of 1997, the community of Spokane, Washington, was gripped by a series of unsolved murders that cast a long shadow of fear. Among the victims was Shawn Lynette Johnson, a 36-year-old White/Caucasian woman whose life was cut tragically short. On December 18, 1997, her body was discovered by utility workers in a remote area in the 12600 block of South Hangman Valley Road, near a sewage treatment plant. An autopsy would later confirm that she had died from a gunshot wound. Johnson, a ...
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  • Yates admits to 13 killings | Whidbey News-Times
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