IOSCO COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - Disturbing details this evening on what may have caused an Iosco County woman to allegedly murder her three year old daughter.
It was back in September when Justine Johnson's brother found a human foot sticking out of garbage bag.
Johnson was eventually arrested & has been found competent to stand trial.
The preliminary hearing was today & there was some disturbing testimony.
Justine Johnson told an investigator that she was watching SpongeBob on TV & the cartoon character told her to kill her child or face death herself.
It was at an Oscoda Township home in September when 22-year-old Justine Johnson's brother made the grisly discovery.
The body of Justine's 3-year old daughter, Sutton was found in a trash bag. She has been stabbed to death.
Johnson was not at the home when her daughter's body was discovered & an affidavit indicates police officers found her four & a half hours later, walking on railroad tracks in Oscoda Township.
A family member said she had been using drugs. Johnson was questioned but told the officers she did not want to talk about the death of her child.
But at today's preliminary hearing, testimony indicated Johnson told an investigator with Child Protective Services that she had been hallucinating & she heard a cartoon character tell her something.
Jim Bacarella is the Iosco County prosecutor.
"She said that the television, specifically SpongeBob told her she had to do this to the child or she would be killed," says Bacarella.
While Johnson has been found competent for trial, Bacarella says there is a second component to a psychological exam in criminal matters.
"Evaluation regarding criminal responsibility which is basically whether or not she knew the difference between right and wrong when this event occurred," says Bacarella.
That evaluation might be done as Johnson was bound over for trial on felony murder & first degree child abuse charges.
"That would be used if she chose to raise the affirmative defense of not guilty by reason of insanity," he says.
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