John Brain Green-Johnson, 34, of Detroit was found guilty of second-degree murder, tampering with evidence, and felony firearm by a Wayne County Circuit Court jury on Aug. 16.
The sentence announced Sept. 12 by Circuit Court Judge Bradley L. Cobb was 65-100 years in prison for second-degree murder, 10 to 20 years for tampering with evidence, (with 574 days credit for time served) and two years for felony firearm. The sentences are served concurrently.
He also was fined $1,874.
Green-Johnson’s original charge of homicide-open murder was vacated and a charge of first-degree murder dismissed.
This sentence is for the death of Amber Nicole King, 29, whose body was found in a storage shed in the city of Westland after she was shot and killed May 9, 2021 in Westlake Apartments in Van Buren Township.
He was also charged with domestic violence/aggravated assault on Feb. 8, 2020 in Romulus. That charge was dismissed by the party and the Personal Protection Order was canceled.
He was extradited from a federal prison in West Virginia, where he was serving time for a probation violation, to face the Van Buren Township murder warrant.
Van Buren Township Police Chief Jason Wright said at about 4 p.m. on May 9, 2021, the Van Buren Township Police Department began receiving information regarding a potential homicide that occurred within the township.
Chief Wright said after many steps and much investigation, the body was found in a storage unit in the City of Westland.
Chief Wright said police determined that a suspect had shot a female in an apartment at the Westlake Apartments. The female victim’s identity was unknown initially and her body had been moved. However, officers had a suspect’s name.
Chief Wright said officers were able to locate the scene of the homicide at Westlake. A search warrant was obtained and VBT Police requested the assistance of the Michigan State Police Forensic Unit to process the apartment
Further investigation led VBT Police to Monroe County where the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department located and arrested a male suspect, who was a VBT resident.
Acting on information, Van Buren detectives subsequently executed a search warrant on a storage unit in the City of Westland where the female victim was found.
The victim, Amber Nicole King, was a 2011 graduate of Belleville High School. She was survived by a son and many relatives in the Belleville area.
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