{"id":84167,"date":"2023-11-03T10:24:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/mi-man-receives-prison-sentence-for-killing-parents-and-burying-their-bodies-84167"},"modified":"2023-11-03T10:24:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:24:42","slug":"mi-man-receives-prison-sentence-for-killing-parents-and-burying-their-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/mi-man-receives-prison-sentence-for-killing-parents-and-burying-their-bodies-84167","title":{"rendered":"MI man receives prison sentence for killing parents and burying their bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">western Michigan<\/a> man was sentenced to decades in prison after pleading no contest in the 2021 slayings of his parents, whose bodies were found buried at a state game area.<\/p>\n<p>A Kalamazoo County judge on Wednesday sentenced Nicholas Johnson to spend between 29 and 69 years in prison. The Portage man must serve a minimum of 29 years before he&#8217;s eligible for parole, WWMT-TV reported.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson pleaded no contest last month to two counts of second-degree murder in the February 2021 fatal shootings of his parents, Gary Johnson, 65, and Laura Johnson, 64. Authorities said they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/homicide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were slain<\/a> at their home in Portage, about 55 miles south of Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mi-man-admits-double-homicide-2-women-teen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MI MAN ADMITS TO DOUBLE HOMICIDE OF 2 WOMEN, INCLUDING TEEN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mi-man-receives-sentence-triple-homicide-free-bond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MI MAN RECEIVES SENTENCE FOR TRIPLE HOMICIDE WHILE FREE ON BOND<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After Gary Johnson&#8217;s employer reported that he had missed work, police determined that he and his wife were missing. Their bodies were later found buried in a wooded area at the Gourdneck State Game Area, about three miles from their home.<\/p>\n<p>A medical examiner ruled their deaths homicide.<\/p>\n<p>Relatives and friends who gave victim impact statements during Wednesday&#8217;s sentencing mentioned Nicholas Johnson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/mental-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental health<\/a> issues and said his parents feared him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was never if Nick was going to kill them, but when,&#8221; said Deborah Ryder, Laura Johnson\u2019s cousin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/michigan-teen-facing-adult-murder-charge-allegedly-killing-election-canvasser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MICHIGAN TEEN FACING ADULT MURDER CHARGE FOR ALLEGEDLY KILLING ELECTION CANVASSER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s parents had filed a no-contact order against their son after he broke into their home in September 2019, according to court documents. They also had personal protection orders against him, but those expired before they vanished.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mi-man-receives-prison-sentence-killing-parents-burying-bodies\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mi-man-receives-prison-sentence-killing-parents-burying-bodies <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A western Michigan man was sentenced to decades in prison after pleading no contest in the 2021 slayings of his parents, whose bodies were found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-84167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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