Thursday, Augusta 26, 2010

RICHMOND CTY., Ga. – Two men, already incarcerated, have been charged for two separate murders in Richmond County.

According to investigators, Andre Maurice Jackson and Marcus Demitrius Tyler have been charged with the murders of L.V. Wilson III and Janee J'Quanda Johnson.

L.V. Wilson was found at his home on Haynie Drive on June 28. Wilson was stabbed to death. J'Quanda Johnson’s body was found, also stabbed, inside her apartment on Spruce Street on July 2.

Jackson and Tyler have been in custody at the Richmond County Jail on unrelated offenses but were suspects from early on. Both are charged with two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a knife during the commission of a crime.

After the charges were filed, News 12 spoke with Patrice Knox, J'Quanda Johnson's mother about the developments in the case.

"You know you want to think you'll go first before your children and it's just a hurting thing," said Patrice Knox.

Knox says her daughter J'Quanda Johnson was her best friend and confidante. The mother and daughter relationship was so deep they shared same likes and interests. They were even in the military at the same time. J'Quanda deployed to Iraq first and then her mother.

"When she deployed, I watched her kids and when she got back then I deployed to Iraq,"added Knox.

Knox is now planning to help keep her daughter's children permanently by moving to Augusta. Knox was in Virginia on July 2nd when she got the horrible news that her daughter had been stabbed to death. Her body was found in an apartment on Spruce Street.

"The bigger picture is the children,"said Knox. "I want to be able to step in where my daughter left off. So, I'm going to be moving to Augusta,so I'll be right here in their lives 100 percent."

Knox says she is primarily focusing on her two small grandchildren who have been left without a mother. She says she's determined not to let them forget the woman who gave birth to them.

"The pain is still there, going to be a long journey but, we're not going to forget but we'll get through it, said Knox. "I'll see these guys in court to the very end."

More arrests are possible since the investigation is still ongoing.