Day 2 of Jury Trial in double homicide off Truman Pkwy in 2023; Step-son testifies

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – The stepson of Derek Johnson, the man accused of killing two people along Truman Parkway in 2023, took the stand Friday in the second day of Johnson’s double murder trial in Chatham County.

The witness, Kewan Crawford, was the boyfriend of 19-year-old Shaliyah Collins — one of the two homicide victims in the case.

Prosecutors say Collins’ body was thrown from an overpass into the marsh below that night, at the hands of his father.

Testimony covers relationship, final days before death

Crawford told jurors that Collins had moved in with him just three weeks before she was killed. The two had obtained a marriage license in September of 2023…

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