A Portage man already serving a long prison term for killing his parents is back in the spotlight, this time in connection with a cold missing-teen case that has haunted Kalamazoo County for years.
Nicholas Alexander Johnson, 33, appeared in Kalamazoo County court this week as prosecutors pushed ahead with new charges tied to the 2018 disappearance of 17-year-old Bonifacio “Facio” Peña, whose body has never been found. A preliminary examination that began last month continued today in Kalamazoo County District Court.
New charges filed
According to FOX 17, prosecutors recently authorized an open murder investigation and a slate of weapons charges against Johnson. Portage public-safety officials say he was the last person seen with Peña.
The new counts include two felony-firearm charges, one felon-in-possession charge, and a carrying a concealed-weapon charge. Authorities said Johnson will be transferred from the Michigan Department of Corrections to the Kalamazoo County Jail for arraignment on the new case.
Already behind bars for parents’ deaths
Johnson is already serving a 29-to-69-year sentence after pleading guilty to the 2021 killings of his parents, Gary and Laura Johnson. Investigators later found their bodies buried in the Gourdneck State Game Area…