Newly obtained photos from Brooke’s Bail Bonding appear to show Bricen Rivers was in violation of his bond conditions at the time he pulled into the company’s parking lot before leaving again for Mississippi.
Security cameras captured the footage outside the building just four days before Lauren Johansen’s murder in Mississippi, and according to Brooke Harlan, the company’s owner, it shows Rivers driving in Johansen’s car with her in the passenger seat.
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The bonding company was under court order to return Rivers to jail if he had any contact with Johansen after his release.
It’s unclear why that never happened.
Submitted to WTVFNewsChannel 5 Investigates shared these findings with Lauren’s father, Dr. Lance Johansen, who said his daughter was most likely held against her will if she was spotted near Rivers.
Four days after the image was captured in Nashville and seven hours away in Mississippi, Dr. Johansen learned the tragic news.