Press Release

February 12, 2025

US Army Garrison Hawaii

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – On Feb. 12, 2025, the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel referred five charges and 19 specifications against Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson II stemming from the disappearance of his wife, Mischa Johnson.

The general nature of the charges are for the murder of Mischa Johnson, intentionally killing her unborn child, obstruction of justice, providing false official statements, possession of child pornography and the production and distribution of child pornography.

Pfc. Johnson waived his right to an Article 32 preliminary hearing. Now that charges are referred, the case will be assigned to a military judge who will schedule dates for an arraignment, pretrial hearings and the trial itself.

Pfc. Johnson remains in pretrial confinement.

The charges are merely allegations and Pfc. Johnson is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

For information about court-martial proceedings, the Army facilitates public access to its docketing information online through the Army’s eDocket system at: https://www.jagcnet.army.mil/Apps/eDocket/eDocketPublic.nsf.

Mischa Johnson is presumed deceased and her body has not been found. This case remains an ongoing investigation and Department of the Army CID continues to ask for the public’s assistance. Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact the Army CID Pacific Field Office at (808) 208-0559, or via cid.army.mil/tips.

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Questions regarding the investigation should be directed to Department of the Army CID PAO at [email protected].

For specific queries as to the legal proceedings of the case, please contact Michelle McCaskill with the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel, [email protected].