The trial of Marvin Ray Markle Jr., charged with the 1982 murder of 14-year-old De Anna Lynn Johnson, began with Chief Deputy District Attorney Paul Sequeira outlining the circumstances surrounding the crime. Johnson was brutally killed near railroad tracks after leaving a party. Sequeira detailed the violent nature of her death, attributed to blunt force trauma and strangulation. He described the moments leading up to her last sighting, which involved Markle and a group of teenagers in a car. Evidence will be presented to demonstrate Markle's role in her disappearance and death.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Paul Sequeira described the Nov. 15, 1982, killing of De Anna Lynn Johnson as a "brutal murder" and a long-held "secret" harbored by the man who is now on trial in the case. Johnson drew her last breath on railroad tracks, and Sequeira stated that she died at the hands of Marvin Ray Markle Jr. He detailed how Markle allegedly attacked Johnson, resulting in her death from blunt force trauma, brain hemorrhage, and strangulation.
The autopsy showed "someone had knelt on her shoulders," smashed her head with a rock or piece of concrete and strangled her. The official cause of death cited was brain hemorrhage and strangulation. This brutal attack took place not far from Johnson's home after she had attended a party, where the prosecutor noted the common presence of absent parents, alcohol, and teenage impulsivity.
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