{"id":77715,"date":"2025-12-10T00:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/77715\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T00:18:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T00:18:07","slug":"man-indicted-on-first-degree-murder-charge-accused-of-killing-his-mother-in-cape-coral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/77715\/","title":{"rendered":"Man indicted on first-degree murder charge, accused of killing his mother in Cape Coral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe State Attorney&#8217;s Office announced a grand jury indictment Tuesday afternoon against a man accused of killing his mother after stabbing her more than 100 times in her Cape Coral home on Sept. 16.According to the State Attorney&#8217;s Office, the Lee County Grand Jury returned an indictment against Devin Johnson on the charge of first-degree murder, aggravated abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult, fleeing and eluding law enforcement officers and driving with a suspended license.Johnson&#8217;s mother, Rosemary Johnson, was found dead in her Cape Coral home, suffering from more than 100 stab wounds, lacerations to her face and neck, and bruising on her neck, according to a detective.Two knives used in the attack were found on Jacaranda Parkway.Collier County deputies arrested him in North Naples as he was accused of attempting to flee.According to investigators, Johnson was chased down to US-41 near Immokalee Road, where deputies threw stop sticks at his car. Johnson then is accused of getting out, running and trying to take a gun and a Taser from deputies. A K-9 was released to get him, and deputies accuse Johnson of trying to choke the dog.Detectives said Johnson bought a ticket to Costa Rica and may have been trying to leave the country, investigators said.The State Attorney&#8217;s Office held a news conference at its Fort Myers office to announce grand jury indictments in three separate murder cases.DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tFORT MYERS, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The State Attorney&#8217;s Office announced a grand jury indictment Tuesday afternoon against a man accused of killing his mother after stabbing her more than 100 times in her Cape Coral home on Sept. 16.<\/p>\n<p>According to the State Attorney&#8217;s Office, the Lee County Grand Jury returned an indictment against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com\/article\/man-killing-mother-cape-coral-first-court-appearance-judge\/68078074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Devin Johnson<\/a> on the charge of first-degree murder, aggravated abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult, fleeing and eluding law enforcement officers and driving with a suspended license.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s mother, Rosemary Johnson, was found dead in her Cape Coral home, suffering from more than 100 stab wounds, lacerations to her face and neck, and bruising on her neck, according to a detective.<\/p>\n<p>Two knives used in the attack were found on Jacaranda Parkway.<\/p>\n<p>Collier County deputies arrested him in North Naples as he was accused of attempting to flee.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, Johnson was chased down to US-41 near Immokalee Road, where deputies threw stop sticks at his car. Johnson then is accused of getting out, running and trying to take a gun and a Taser from deputies. A K-9 was released to get him, and deputies accuse Johnson of trying to choke the dog.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives said Johnson bought a ticket to Costa Rica and may have been trying to leave the country, investigators said.<\/p>\n<p>The State Attorney&#8217;s Office held a news conference at its Fort Myers office to announce grand jury indictments in three separate murder cases.<\/p>\n<p>DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/qrco.de\/gcnapp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gulf Coast News app<\/a>\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylocal.com\/wbbh-ft-myers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Very Local Gulf Coast app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The State Attorney&#8217;s Office announced a grand jury indictment Tuesday afternoon against a man accused of killing his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,4561,11578,7438,104,43675,1179,7441,213,2391,1961,39902,660,6272,43676],"class_list":["post-77715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-deputy","tag-detective","tag-devin-johnson","tag-entertainment","tag-first-degree-murder-charge","tag-gulf-coast-news-app","tag-investigator","tag-late-news","tag-man","tag-mother","tag-neck","tag-office","tag-state-attorney","tag-stop-stick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}