Investigators use technology to connect the dots and arrest a murder suspect

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>> WE'RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT A ROBBERY THAT ENDED IN MURDER IN LAST YEAR. THE SUSPECTED KILLER'S CAPTURE MULTIPLE SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS TRACKING HIS EVERY MOVE. 70 YEAR-OLD PAIN FAIR. JOHNSON JUNIOR IS NOW ACCUSED OF MURDERING 67 YEAR-OLD PHILLIP AT CENTER. >> IN DECEMBER NEWS FOR JAX REPORTER JENESE HARRIS IS JOINING US NOW HE'S EVEN REVIEWING NEWLY RELEASED ARREST WARRANT.

THIS KIND OF CONNECTS THE DOTS ON JOHNSON'S MOVEMENT AFTER POLICE SAY HE SHOTAND LLEDAT SIR, IT CONNECTS PLENTY OF DOTS WITHIN THAT. 24 TO 48 HOUR PERIOD. AND WITH THAT, JOHNSON MAY HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FROM THE SCENE IN TALLY RAN. BUT ACCORDING TO POLICE, A CELL PHONE AND LOTS OF SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, THAT WAS THE FINGERPRINT THAT HELPED POLICE FIND JOHNSON. DECEMBER 4TH, 2022 PHILIP LIFE ENDED WITH A SINGLE GUNSHOT.

AND ACCORDING TO THIS ARREST WARRANT PAIN FEAR JOHNSON JUNIOR WAS THE GUNMAN. BUT THE QUESTION STILL REMAINS WHY JOHNSON TARGETED HURTS, NEVER HURTS WS. UGER ALSO WONDERS. I WANT TO KNOW WHY JUST LIKE WHY I JUST UNDERSTAND. ACCORDING TO THIS NEWLY RELEASED ARREST WARRANT DECEMBER 4TH, JOHNSON IS SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE AND WITH MORE ROAD AROUND HURTS NEWS JOB KEYSTONE PROPERTIES, LLC.

>> THE SAME DAY HER IS FOUND DEAD CELL PHONE GOT FRAUD ALERTS THAT LED POLICE TO 2 DIFFERENT ATM'S ON BEACH BOULEVARD. SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE CAPTURED JOHNSON AGAIN WHO TRIED TO USE HURTS NEWS DEBIT CARDS AT LEAST 5 TIMES. L THE ATTEMPTS DECLINED. POLICE FIND MORE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WITH JOHNSON AND HIS SILVER HONDA AS HE VISITS A POND SHOP ON ATLANTIC BOULEVARD IN THE SAME DAY, THE WARRANT DESCRIBES HOW JOHNSON DROVE 3 HOURS AND 27 MINUTES TO PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA. AND HE'S CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE AGAIN AT A GAS STATION AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO HERTZ NEWS DEATH BEGAN.

JOHNSON'S FIANCEE FILED A MISSING PERSONS REPORT FOR JOHNSON ON DECEMBER 5TH BECAUSE THE SAME DAY OF THE MURDER, JOHNSON TOLD HIS FIANCE HE'D BE HOME SOON BUT DIDN'T ARRIVE ACCORDING TO THE WARRANT, JOHNSON KEPT MOVING AND WAS FOUND IN SOUTH CAROLINA ON DECEMBER, 7TH. BUT EFFINGHAM COUNTY DEPUTIES DURING A TRAFFIC STOP MARCH FIRST, JOHNSON WAS ARRESTED IN SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA BY THE U.S. MARSHALS FUGITIVE TASK FORCE. THIS IS JOHNSON AFTER BEING ARRESTED AND BROUGHT BACK TO FLORIDA REMAINS IN JAIL. JOHNSON HAS A BACKGROUND IN THE CONCRETE INDUSTRY, BUT THERE IS NO CLEAR CONNECTION FOR WHY HE CHOSE TALLY RAN FOR STAKEOUT.

AND THERE WAS A ROBBERY MURDER A WEEK EARLIER AND IT WAS A MILE AWAY FROM WHERE HURT SUMNER WAS KILLED. >> SO WE ASKED JSO TODAY IF THERE COULD BE A CONNECTION AND WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK. JIMMY'S JOHNSON, DOES HE HAVE ANY PRIOR CONVICTIONS? HE ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A LIST OF PRIOR CONVICTIONS. THEY'RE ALL SPECIFICALLY IN GEORGIA. HE'S BEEN CONVICTED FOR ROBBERY, ASSAULT, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, BURGLARY RECEIVING STOLEN