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Morning Cup of Murder

A Rare Case of Parenticide - September 2 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

September 2nd: Sarah Marie Johnson Kills (2003) What happens when a family unit begins to unravel? On September 2nd 2003 a family who seemed to have it all suffered a major tragedy that saw police digging into and breaking apart their perfect facade.  https://murderpedia.org/female.J/j/johnson-sarah.htm, https://deadlywomen.fandom.com/wiki/Sarah_Johnson, https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/tag/sarah-marie-johnson/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Diane_and_Alan_Scott_Johnson, https://www.crimetraveller.org/2018/06/sarah-johnson-parricide-case/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrives, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.0

What happens when a family unit begins to unravel?

0:18.3

On September 2nd, 2003, a family who seemed to have it all suffered a major

0:23.7

tragedy that saw police digging into and breaking apart their perfect facade. So if you like

0:31.2

your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:37.3

Alan and Diane Johnson had a life that many dream of.

0:41.5

The pair were longtime sweethearts, having been together for 20 wonderful years, had a beautiful

0:47.3

home situated on the outskirts of Sun Valley, Idaho, worked good jobs, and had two

0:52.7

loving children.

0:59.2

Matt, who was in 2003, 22 years old, and 16-year-old Sarah.

1:12.4

Unfortunately, on September 2, 2003, all of that success, love, and comfort was brutally ripped away from them when both Alan and Diane were shot to death inside of their own home. Police were informed of the tragedy when Sarah absolutely devastated, made a frantic phone

1:19.5

call to 911. And when they arrived, officers found Diane lying in her master bedroom with a shot

1:25.9

to the head, likely delivered while she was sleeping,

1:28.9

and Alan with two shots to the chest as he exited the shower.

1:33.3

The sole survivor of the horrific double murder, Sarah was taken into protective custody

1:38.3

and then questioned about what exactly she might have seen and heard the morning of her parents' deaths.

1:44.9

According to her claims, Sarah had been fast asleep in her bedroom when, at around 6.20 a.m.,

1:50.8

she heard the booming sound of gunfire.

1:54.3

Terrified, she ran into her parents' bedroom and found them both lying there in pools of their own blood.

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