A Missouri man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder after police say he killed a woman who was pregnant with twins.
Darryl K. Tyson Jr., 39, was indicted in the deaths of BreAnna Johnson, 28, and her two preborn children. Police in Wentzville, Missouri say Johnson was four months pregnant with her twins when Tyson, who was their father, shot her in their home on October 31. Johnson also leaves behind a 17-month-old and a six-month-old, both of whom were in the home at the time of her death.
According to reports, Tyson had a long history of domestic violence abuse against Johnson. In January 2023, she visited a domestic violence shelter, which documented lacerations and bruises all over her body and eyes swollen shut; Johnson told workers Tyson had given her the injuries.
Police arrested Tyson at the scene of the crime and were able to hold him on a domestic violence charge that had occurred just a day earlier until they gathered enough evidence to charge him with the murders.
“Based on evidence we were able to immediately issue the Domestic Assault charges that occurred earlier in the day and requested a high bond for him to be held on,” the office of Prosecuting Attorney Joe McCulloch said. “This allowed us time to review the evidence which consisted of verbal statements, video, and audio recordings for his claim of self-defense and having the Grand Jury returning an indictment on the murders.” […]
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