[2] When he was young, Johnson was accidentally struck with the head of an axe handle, which thereafter caused him to have bouts of amnesia and dizziness, and is also said to have displayed symptoms of schizophrenia.

[2] On September 26, 1972, Johnson was in Klamath Falls, Oregon, when he broke into the hotel room of 50-year-old Roger E. Geller, a cook who had recently quit his job to return to his home state of Nebraska.

[7] After managing to lock their jailer in a supply closet, the pair stole two knives and overpowered a police officer, but in the ensuing scuffle, Johnson was shot in the shoulder.

[7] They nevertheless stole his gun and then fled in a patrol car, but each was recaptured only a few hours after their attempted escape - Johnson was left abandoned at a ditch, while Hill surrendered at a basketball court when surrounded by police.

[1] On June 23, 1983, the two men travelled to Easton and broke into the home of 76-year-old Clarice Lula Reinke, whom they proceeded to rape and then strangle to death.

[1] At the time, neither man was considered a suspect and the murder quickly became a cold case; for unknown reasons, Johnson and Jennings went their separate ways, with the former continuing his travels cross-country.