Black Gang Member Charged with Murder and Robbery of White Man

Fox 59
July 4, 2015

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Jeremy Myles Johnson’s body had been decomposing for over half a year by the time he was found.

A man has been charged with killing a Muncie man who was reported missing last year.

The family of 23-year-old Jeremy Myles Johnson reported him missing in October 2014. His decomposed body was found on June 12 in the 4500 block of North Dearborn Street in Indianapolis.

According to Indianapolis Metropolitan police, Martize Kirkland, 27, was identified as a person of interest. On June 26, IMPD’s Gang Unit took Kirkland in for questioning. They arrested him on a preliminary charge of murder.

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Martize Kirkland has been arrested and charged with the murder.

Wednesday, prosecutors filed formal charges against him, including murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, auto theft, and being a felon in possession of a handgun. He was taken to the Marion County Jail.

According to the Muncie Star Press, investigators in Delaware and Marion counties have been in contact about the case. Kirkland was arrested in April after another Muncie man accused Kirkland of robbing him at knifepoint.