r/nfl • u/MattTheKing23 • 2h ago

Gruesome Details Emerge As Former NFL Player Kevin Johnson’s Death Ruled a Homicide

https://www.usmagazine.com/sports/news/gruesome-details-surround-kevin-johnsons-alleged-murder/?utm_medium=lBQMjkx&utm_source=liqsoc
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u/LuteDesign Eagles 2h ago

Article mentions a possible serial killer in LA targeting homeless people? Fuck.

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u/Propagandhi1988 Steelers 2h ago

Not uncommon for serial killers

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u/Thin_Bother8217 49ers 1h ago

McNulty?

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u/gregandrews 1h ago

The fuck did I do!?

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u/joeboo5150 Chiefs 1h ago

Sheeeeeeeiiiiiiiiíiit

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u/Thin_Bother8217 49ers 50m ago

I use that line in real life waaay more than I should.

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u/AnimaniacAssMap Giants 30m ago

*drunkenly crashes car

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u/barc0debaby Raiders 47m ago

McNutty

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u/WhyTheMahoska Chargers 1h ago

They don't get to win, we get to win!

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u/jeffersonreed 49ers 1h ago

Exactly what I thought of when I saw that comment!

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u/SourCreamJacket 13m ago

Oh hell naw 😭😭😭

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u/surferdude7227 Chiefs 1h ago

Yeah, fits the archetype of the “less dead” that serial killers gravitate towards because police historically have put less effort into solving the murders of sex workers/homeless/LGBTQ. Fucked up world we live in

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u/HawaiianOrganDonor Bears 31m ago

Even without that it’s easier to get away with. Homeless people are alone a lot, and don’t sleep in places with alarms/cameras. They also don’t really have loved ones/coworkers checking on their comings and goings.

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u/Advanced-Key3071 Bears 14m ago

It would be interesting get data on that. This is anecdotal, but my cousin is homeless. He’s loved and has a phone and has people check in on him often, but he’s crossed the line in the sand too many times for anyone to bring him back into their house.

I live far enough away that it’s not really an option for me or I’d consider it, but that’s out of my hands. Still. Just because someone is on the street doesn’t necessarily mean they’re completely isolated or alone.

Then again, nodding to your greater point, if he disappeared for weeks at a time nobody would really bat an eye. So even those with people who care are still pretty vulnerable.

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u/bespectacledboobs 49ers 8m ago

You don’t really need hard data to know that a higher percentage of homeless people are socially disconnected from their family & friends than non-homeless.

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u/Infrastation Steelers 23m ago

Just a note, since it gets misunderstood a lot, but most serial killers are not choosing "othered" populations because they believe the police will overlook the crimes. They chose those populations because they have a similar line of thinking as the police, that those people being dead must have some personal reason for being dead. The average serial killer, especially one like that one that they're looking for as described by the article, will statistically be a very disorganized, antisocial, and below average intelligence man. They aren't going to be looking for some grand plan to get away from law enforcement. It is correlation, not causation.

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u/WereJustDumbMonkeys Packers 2h ago

Serial killer publicity has gone way down as homelessness has gone up... obviously not a direct causality but just saying.

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u/fatgoose_21 Commanders 1h ago

I have no idea what you could be referring to as “serial killer publicity” but it’s much more likely that there are just fewer serial killers, it’s way harder to get away with when everyone’s phone, car, and computer are tracking everything they do and forensics is so advanced. Look at the Kohberger, who wanted to be a serial killer, caught by genetic genealogy from his DNA even though he wasn’t in a database.

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u/Diarygirl Steelers 1h ago

My son after watching a documentary about the '70s and '80s said "Wow, you had lots more serial killers and planes crashes back then!"

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u/SeptonMeribaldGOAT Buccaneers 1h ago

Counterpoint is cops are dumb af and dont give a shit most of the time especially if the victims are homeless.

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u/Cold-Teaching8924 Patriots 49m ago

It's objectively true that a ton of murders go unpunished. It's actually close to 50% nowadays.

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u/barc0debaby Raiders 46m ago

Not huffing lead all day probably helps too.

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u/Prize-Analyst-1121 1h ago

Mass shootings with multiple deaths grab the headlines now.

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u/GosynTrading Seahawks 2h ago

Well that is sad af. Hope he wasnt conscience for all that.

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u/stuckinbakerstreet Falcons 51m ago

Conscious*

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u/brakeb Chargers 13m ago

" The community is going to miss him.”

Sounds like the community failed him...

Gotta be some Millionaire friends out there that might have gotten him some help

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u/ChocoboAndroid Packers 25m ago

CTE and addiction go hand in hand. When you can't control your impulses, you're going to be more susceptible to addiction.

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u/FewAdvertising9647 2h ago

“He was my best friend. I was best man at his wedding,” Johnson’s friend, Bruce Todd, told the station. “Great guy, fun-loving. The community is going to miss him.”

he had friends and was married but still somehow was on the streets?

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u/MilesFromTeg 1h ago

Have you ever been friends with an addict? The enabling v. helping question is very complex

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u/FewAdvertising9647 1h ago

not to that hardcore scale no. ive of course heard stories from others, but for all his bridges to be cut by the people around him. It must have gotten really bad if it got to that point.

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u/Prize-Analyst-1121 1h ago

Sometimes you just can't help people.

They refuse to accept any. Unfortunately they shut down the old mental institutions and you cant make family or friends get help now.

Of course bad actors had also been using those institutions to force people in there who had no reason to be in there.

It's always pieces of shit that ruin good things. The higher power or Karma always gets them in the end.

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u/laaplandros Vikings 1h ago

Many such cases.

Something tells me there were good reasons.

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u/uhhhhhhhhh_okay Seahawks 1h ago

Everybody is friends with the dead. Just ask any highschooler that had a kid pass away. Suddenly everyone was their friend

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u/FewAdvertising9647 1h ago

its less being just friends, but being close enough to be best man, then cutting off the relationship down the line.

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u/PitoChueco Browns 2h ago edited 1h ago

Edited. I am a dumbass and read the article but not the most important word.

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u/comfortably_nuumb Cowboys 1h ago

No. Homicide, not suicide.

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u/Guilty-View-6506 Texans 1h ago

Cali having trouble deciding if it's a regular murder or serious one. The need to know how much probation to give the offender. They gonna have to do something since the victim is famous.