Long Beach Police homicide detectives filed murder charges on Dec. 14 against a suspect wanted in connection with the murder of a 29-year-old woman identified as Samantha Lang of Signal Hill.
When officers located Lang’s vehicle on Dec. 5, it had been abandoned and vandalized at the bottom of the flood control basin near the 1000 block of W. Carson Street. Her body was later located when officers returned to the area and conducted an extensive search.
During the course of their investigation, detectives obtained information that led them to the victim’s ex-boyfriend, identified as 41-year-old Justin James Johnson of Signal Hill. Johnson was arrested by LBPD detectives on Dec. 9 in Los Angeles.
On Dec. 14, detectives presented their case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, who filed one count of murder against Johnson. He was arraigned that afternoon in Long Beach Superior Court and will be held at LA County Men’s Jail without bail.
Source: LBPD
