Michigan mom says Spongebob told her to kill her 3-year-old daughter

Justine Johnson allegedly stabbed her daughter Sutton Mosser a number of instances on Sept. 16, 2021.

A Michigan mother, whose 3-year-old daughter was discovered useless in a trash bag, informed investigators that Spongebob ordered her to kill the kid or she would face dying herself, a report stated on Friday.

Justine Johnson, 22, allegedly stabbed younger Sutton Mosser a number of instances on Sept. 16, two days after the kid’s third birthday earlier than stuffing her physique right into a black trash bag after she was hallucinating because of weeks of heroin withdrawal and lack of sleep. She’s charged with felony homicide and first-degree youngster abuse.

Ryan Eberline, an investigator with Little one Protecting Companies, testified throughout Friday’s preliminary listening to into the case. Eberline, who interviewed Johnson on Oct. 1, stated that on the day Sutton was killed, Johnson stated she had left her mom’s Oscoda Township home the place she was dwelling and handed out in a graveyard, in accordance with MLive. She stated she then returned to her mom’s home and tried to kill herself earlier than she killed her daughter.

“She informed me that she didn’t keep in mind the specifics of what occurred on the time of what occurred to Sutton, that she was experiencing hallucinations because of heroin withdrawal and never sleeping for about two weeks,” Eberline stated. “She was getting hallucinations from the TV that had instructed her to take her daughter’s life or they might kill her.

Johnson allegedly stuffed her daughter’s physique right into a rubbish bag as she hallucinated.

“It was SpongeBob who was saying these items on the TV,” Eberline continued. “If she didn’t do what she did to her daughter they might kill her. She stated she was afraid for her life and she or he had misplaced her thoughts.”

Johnson sobbed as she was led into the courtroom in shackles, and cried all through the listening to, MLive reported.

Prosecutors known as Johnson’s brother, Knesley Johnson Jr., to the stand as their first witness.

Sutton Mosser celebrated her third birthday two days earlier than the tragedy.

Knesley Johnson stated that he had left for work on Sept. 16 round 2:30 p.m., including there was nothing uncommon about his sister or his niece when he’d gone. When he returned from work on Sept. 17 round 3:30 a.m., he requested his brother the place their sister and Sutton had been.

When the brother, 17, went to the again of the house to search for them, he stated he noticed a human youngster’s foot protruding of a bag, Knesley Johnson testified.

The brother, who was not named because of his age, additionally testified on Friday. He stated he bumped into his sister within the rest room at 6 a.m. on Sept. 16, the place he stated it seemed as if Johnson had been “doing traces” of cocaine, however he was unsure.

The teenager stated he requested his sister the place Sutton was.

“She stated, ‘Thoughts your personal F***ing enterprise.’ However that’s like her regular response,” he stated, MLive reported.

Shortly after the encounter, the brother stated Justine Johnson exited the home to strategy a pink automobile that had stopped at a retailer throughout the road. He stated she returned dwelling shortly after earlier than going out once more. He went to the seaside and returned dwelling round 10 p.m., at which period he stated no person was dwelling. 

The 17-year-old described the second he discovered Sutton’s physique in a bag.

“There was like a foot protruding of the bag,” he stated. “I ran up and informed Knesley, ‘There’s a foot in a bag.’ He didn’t imagine me. He thought I used to be joking.”

The brothers seemed on the bag then known as their uncle, he stated.

Justine Johnson was charged with felony homicide and first-degree youngster abuse.

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Oscoda Township Police Officer Gerald Soboleski responded to the residence within the early morning hours of Sept. 17 after the brothers reported discovering the foot.

“Knesley began telling me about how he got here dwelling from work on at the present time and seemed all through the home for his sister and niece and was unable to find them,” the officer testified Friday.  “At that time, he stated, ‘After which we discovered this,’ referring to what we later discovered was the human foot.”

Soboleski stated he went to a again room of the home, the place he discovered a blue tote bag with two rubbish baggage stacked on high with a foot uncovered.

Johnson informed investigators “Spongebob Squarepants” instructed her to kill her daughter.

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“I felt the underside of the kid’s foot. It was chilly to the contact, and EMS was known as to the scene,” he stated. He proceeded to name detectives from the division and a health worker to reply.

Investigators discovered a number of bloodstains on a hallway closet door, on lounge couches, and on objects in a bed room, Shane Hill, a forensic scientist with Michigan State Police Crime Lab testified.

Three knives had been additionally present in a bed room, Hill stated.

Sutton’s physique was wrapped in a comforter within the again, together with a pair of denims that examined optimistic for blood. Hill testified that it was most definitely that Sutton was killed within the house.

Iosco County health worker Dr. Jaya L. Sankaran stated Sutton had stab wounds in her neck, chest, and stomach, with one massive wound exposing a part of the kid’s small gut.

Prosecutors requested Decide Christopher Martin to maneuver Johnson’s case over to Circuit Court docket for trial. The request was granted and a pre-trial listening to was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Feb.28. He ordered Johnson stay in jail with out bond.

“My coronary heart goes out to the household who’s right here,” the decide stated on the listening to’s finish. “Good luck to you, Justine, as your case proceeds.”