The suspect now charged in the 2018 disappearance of a man in Portage was likely jealous of the victim’s romantic relationship, said police.
In court documents, investigators said Nicholas Johnson caught Bonifacio Pena in bed with a woman both men were attracted to. A day later, Johnson told the two he got a tip about an empty house with lots of money and guns inside.
He convinced Pena to go with him through the woods to break in and steal those items, according to investigators. Others who lived in Johnson’s apartment complex said they heard gunshots after the men left…