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A Mississippi girl’s father begged a choose to not launch her allegedly abusive ex-boyfriend from jail, fearing he would “kill her” as soon as out. Nonetheless, that choose didn’t take heed to the warning. Now, days after his launch, she was discovered lifeless.
Again in December 2023, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Division mentioned Bricen Rivers was on trip with 22-year-old Lauren Johansen in Nashville when “she referred to as [her family] screaming, afraid that her boyfriend could kill her.” He allegedly attacked her and held her hostage, beating her so badly at one level that she nearly misplaced consciousness. OMG. Her household shortly contacted the native authorities and when cops arrived on the scene, they “might hear the sufferer banging on the car as she tried to flee the assault.” The police mentioned Lauren was “capable of get out [of] the automotive upon officer’s arrival.”
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Rivers was arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping and interfering with an emergency name. Her father, Lance Johansen, warned a choose he would hurt her if let loose of jail at any level. He advised WLOX:
“I sat within the courtroom in Nashville and advised the choose that in the event that they let him out, he was going to kill her. He had assaulted her — this was most likely the fifth or sixth time the place they’d get right into a combat and he would beat her. We’d get her away from him for some time, however he would discover a method to weasel again in it.”
The choose sadly didn’t heed his warning. In line with WLOX, Rivers’ bond was initially set to $250,000. However after sitting in jail for seven months, it was decreased to $150,000. The ex-boyfriend’s protection lawyer made an settlement with the Johansen household, saying they’d be contacted if any adjustments had been made to his standing and provides him a GPS ankle monitor. That by no means occurred, although. Lance advised the outlet they only let Rivers out of jail with out ever informing them:
“They let him out and didn’t inform us, and didn’t put the ankle monitor on him. They simply let him stroll out of jail.”
What the f**okay. It wasn’t till the next Monday, July 1, that he acquired a voicemail from the Davidson County District Lawyer’s Workplace telling him Rivers was launched and wasn’t being tracked. The voicemail mentioned:
“That is Bailey calling from the district lawyer’s workplace in Nashville. Bricen Rivers was launched from custody. He was presupposed to report straight to a GPS firm and be placed on a GPS monitor and he was to not depart Davidson County. However as quickly as he was launched, he didn’t report back to that GPS monitoring firm, and he has not been heard from. I needed to verify Lauren is secure.”
Sadly, she wasn’t. Lance mentioned he instantly referred to as his daughter. Nonetheless, Lauren by no means answered. When she texted him afterward, Lance famous it “didn’t actually seem like the way in which she talks.” However he didn’t push the difficulty. The next day, he wakened round 4 a.m. to a notification that her Life360 Tracker was turned off. He additionally obtained a name from his youngest daughter who was residing with Lauren on the time that she was not house, the entrance door was open, and their safety digicam was destroyed.
Realizing one thing was unsuitable, the household filed a lacking individual report with the Hattiesburg Police Division. Police finally tracked Lauren’s automotive via OnStar on Thursday, finding it at a cemetery in Gulfport. Upon arrival, they discovered her physique mutilated and wrapped in a sheet. Lance recalled the second the authorities contacted him:
“I knew she was lifeless. After we obtained there, her automotive was in the course of the cemetery and she or he was at the back of the automotive wrapped up in sheets and trash baggage. She was principally overwhelmed to demise. Her face was smashed in, her head was smashed in, she was brutally overwhelmed to the purpose she couldn’t see out of both eye when she lastly died and there was a number of holes in her head. I helped the coroner carry her physique out of the automotive. It was simply mutilated.”
Jeez. Police additionally encountered Rivers working from the automotive into the woods within the space after they arrived on the scene. A number of hours later, they managed to search out him and arrested him. He was booked into the Harrison County jail on a homicide cost and being held on a $1 million bond.
This poor, poor lady. The justice system utterly failed Lauren in defending her. Reactions, Perezcious readers? Tell us within the feedback under.
In the event you or somebody you understand is experiencing home violence, assist is on the market. Take into account calling the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or textual content START to 88788, or go to https://www.thehotline.org/.
[Image via Lauren Johansen/Facebook, Harrison County Sheriff’s Department]
