Missouri Couple Meet Monkeyman for Business Transaction, Get Murdered

Deonta Johnson.

If a nigger wants dem sail phones, he’s gonna get dem sail phones.

Even if it means causing a traffic accident and shooting the two sellers in the head.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

A 22-year-old Normandy man was charged Wednesday with two counts of first-degree murder in the killings Nov. 29 of an Olivette couple.

Deonta M. Johnson, of the 4600 block of San Diego Court, also was charged with two counts of first-degree robbery and four counts of armed criminal action. He was ordered held without bail.

Igor Zhukov, 47, and Michele Laws, 43, both of the 9800 block of Greenery Lane, were found about 2:30 p.m. Dec. 3 in their Nissan Sentra, which was at the bottom of a ravine in the 300 block of Bluff Drive, near Riverview and the St. Louis city border.

Charges say that the victims met Johnson on the 300 block of Bluff Drive for a business transaction involving cellphones. Johnson attempted to steal the property, causing an auto accident, charges say, and he then shot both victims in the head. Four shell casings were found inside the car, charges say.

According to the charges, Johnson admitted the killings to police. Afterward, he and an accomplice stole the victims’ property, charges say. The accomplice has not been charged, police said.

The couple’s family called police on Nov. 30 and said it was not like the couple to leave without a word. The couple had two daughters, ages 13 and 9, who were safe with relatives when their parents disappeared.

Igor Zhukov and Michele Laws.