No Justice, No Peace: The Murder of Travoski Johnson

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In February 2001, 20-year-old Travoski Latraze Johnson vanished from Mount Enterprise, Texas. Two days later, his body was discovered in the trunk of his own car, parked on a desolate county road in rural Rusk County. The discovery sparked an investigation involving the Rusk County Sheriff's Office and the FBI—but despite the agencies involved, no one has ever been arrested. No one has been charged. And Travoski’s family is still waiting for answers. In this episode of Gone Cold: Texas True Crime, we walk through the events of that weekend. We trace the investigation, and we give voice to a mother’s relentless fight to make sure her son’s death is not forgotten. From a mysterious crime scene to two decades of silence, this case remains a haunting example of how quickly justice can slip through the cracks.

If you have any information about the murder of Travoski Latraze Johnson, contact the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office at (903) 657-3581.

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Sources: The Longview News-Journal, The Tyler Morning-Telegraph, The Tyler Courier-Times, The Kilgore News-Herald, The Henderson Daily News, KETK.com, KLTV.com, and dps.texas.gov

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0:00.0	Gone Cold Podcasts may contain violent or graphic subject matter.
0:05.4	Listener discretion is advised.
0:08.6	In the Piney Woods of East Texas, the roads are quiet.
0:13.5	So quiet, you can hear yourself breathe.
0:16.6	These are roads where the only sound is the crunch of gravel under your tires
0:20.9	and the occasional whisper of wind through the trees.
0:25.4	It was on one of these roads in the chill of a February morning
0:29.2	that a Rusk County constable noticed a car sitting off to the side.
0:34.4	Nothing about it screamed trouble.
0:36.7	The windows were up.
0:38.2	It was cold to the touch.
0:39.9	It looked like it had simply been left there, temporarily abandoned, perhaps as the result of engine trouble.
0:47.6	But two days later, that car would no longer be just a car.
0:51.8	It would be a crime scene.
0:56.7	Inside its trunk was the body of a young man,
1:03.6	20 years old. The questions of how he ended up in that trunk and how he ended up dead have never been answered. This is the story of a life stolen, a family that felt ignored by
1:10.6	the system and a case that's still waiting for
1:13.5	justice.
1:25.2	You're listening to Gone Cold, Texas True Crime.
1:28.6	I'm Vincent, and this is No Justice, No Peace, the murder of Travaski Johnson.
1:40.3	Travossky-Letreys Johnson was born on September 13, 1980 in Rusk County, Texas.
1:48.6	By the year 2001, he was 20 years old and enrolled at Kilgore College.
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