Murder of Donna Ogletree Johnson

On July 16, 1984, 28-year-old Donna Ogletree Johnson left her home in Lamar County, Georgia at 2 p.m. She took her car and her two small dogs to bring trash to a local dumpster. She never returned back home. A few hours later her vehicle was found with her two small dogs still inside by the dumpster she went to. This was found to be suspicious.

The Lamar County Sheriff's Department in Barnesville, Georgia were called. They responded immediately and the officer responding, Rene M. Hood, knew something was wrong. She was familiar with Donna and knew something was wrong. A search party ensued.

Unfortunately, a heavy downpour of rain began soon after the discovery of the vehicle.

On that same Monday night, her body had been discovered. Around 8:52 p.m. she was found bound and gagged in a rain-filled rut of an abandoned logging road. She had been sexually assaulted, hit by a car and hit about the head three times.  Lots of potential evidence had been washed away or ruined by the rain.

SOURCES:

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27526945/murder_of_donna_ogletree_johnson/

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27526988/murder_of_donna_ogletree_johnson/

https://gbi.georgia.gov/case/unsolved-homicide-313