I emailed you on 11/22 or 23 requesting any information that you could give on the murder of this lovely young lady. She was murdered in her own apartment, in bed, on December 6, 2004, in Knoxville, Tennessee. I sent you a link to an article by Ellen Mallernee of the "Metro Pulse," which outlines this case very clearly.
Could you possibly try a remote viewing on Johnia to see if you can come up with anything? There are many of us in this town who care very deeply about this tragedy and the pain it has caused the Berry family. Please email me back if there is something else I can do to make this happen. (I have never made a request such as this one before.) I found your website and I am fascinated by your readings. You truly have a gift.
Here is the link, again, to the article on Johnia Berry's murder.
Hi Nancy, I'm sorry for the delay, will be doing this soon and it will be posted in my public RV section.
Hi, very sorry about this, RV is completed and posted.
"white male, early 20's, J., red Polo shirt, scar, kitchen knife, DNA was contaminated on purpose'
"Denver, 812, find the book, J. will confess, anger, J. knows, Rx drugs, no one knew, door"
Your dream is unbelievably accurate. This case is three years old you did your remote viewing in March. JJ Jones (accurate) is the new sherrif. He solved the case. He wasnt in office when the prediction was done. This was a robbery.(true) Jason nor Johnna knew him.(True) Compare your scetch. Scar accurate. He stole CD case off of the shelf.(true) large like a book. No one knew,(true) he confessed. Jason moved to Denver.(true) 812 July 12 812 violated probation which he was arrested 27th of July which led to DNA match. (true). Two tennis courts out side her door and a baseball field is exactly 10 miles away mabey he left his car ???? you are simply amazing. I included the photo and news article.
Blake
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Thanks Blake, and I have found the case.
Brian
A 22-year-old Knoxville man has been indicted on first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Johnia Berry nearly three years ago.
Knox County Sheriff Jimmy “J.J.” Jones said today that Taylor Lee Olson of Knoxville also has been charged with felony murder, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated burglary in the death of Berry and an attack on her roommate.
A Knox County grand jury returned the seven-count presentment this morning. Olson is being held in the Knox County jail on $1 million bond.
Olson, a petty criminal with a record of arrests in Knox and Sevier counties, admitted to killing Berry this afternoon as he was led to a waiting Sheriff’s Office cruiser for transport to the jail following a press conference.
Asked if he meant to kill Berry, a tearful Olson replied, “No. … It was an accident.”
Berry, 21, an East Tennessee State University senior from Bristol, was stabbed to death in her West Knox County apartment on Dec. 6, 2004. Her roommate, Jason Aymami, was injured in the attack.
Jones declined to discuss many details of the case but did say that Olson became a “person of interest” about four or five months ago and voluntarily gave a DNA sample when he was arrested by Knox County detectives July 27 on a violation of probation warrant.
Jones said there was no indication that Olson knew either Berry or Aymami.
Authorities released little information about Olson. Jones said he lived on-and-off in Knoxville, and KCSO records indicate he was born in Oregon.
Knox County Schools spokesman Russ Oaks said Olson was enrolled at Bearden High School for a few months in 2000 but transferred out-of-state. “It wasn’t even a full year,” Oaks said.
When Olson was arrested at his North Knoxville home at 124 Lynnview Drive in July, officers allegedly found him hiding in the basement. The officers also “located two rooms that had marijuana growing in them,” according to a KCSO report.
Olson was arrested about 7 p.m. Friday in the parking lot of West Town Mall on two warrants issued by the Knoxville Police Department, Jones said. The warrants charged him with aggravated burglary and theft.
KPD spokesman Darrell DeBusk said the warrant were issued in connection with an Aug. 29 burglary. Olson allegedly used a cinderblock to break through a glass door at a residence and took a laptop, CDs, a black safe with baseball and basketball cards, cash and jewelry.
The only other charges Olson has faced in Knox County have been for driving without a valid license, harassment and failure to give information and aid.
He was charged with credit card theft and forgery in Sevierville in May 2005, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The lead investigators on the case were Knox County detectives Brad Hall and Amy Lynn Delgado. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, and the FBI also helped in the probe and in tracking down Olson.
District Attorney Randy Nichols, TBI Director Mark Gwyn and FBI Special Agent Mike MacLean also spoke at the press conference.
Jones and Gwyn said the TBI helped process more than 400 DNA samples in the case. Gwyn said it was the most expensive case in the TBI’s history, having cost several hundred thousand dollars.
Sheriff’s detectives interviewed more than 1,000 people and received more than 400 DNA samples, Jones said.
Hundreds of tips were received with each one investigated by a detective who was assigned full time to the case, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Nichols said the charges levied by the grand jury today include: felony murder in the perpetration of a burglary; felony murder in the perpetration of a robbery; felony murder in the perpetration of a theft; first degree murder; attempted first degree murder; and two counts of aggravated burglary.
When asked if he would seek the death penalty against Olson, Nichols said: “Those decisions will be made at the appropriate time.”
More details as they develop online and in Tuesday’s News Sentinel.
© 2007, Knoxville News Sentinel Co.
Suspect arrested, charged in murder of Johnia Berry
September 24, 2007
KNOXVILLE (WATE) -- A Knoxville man has been arrested and charged with first degree murder in the nearly three-year-old Johnia Berry case, Knox County Sheriff J.J. Jones said Monday.
Taylor Lee Olson, 22, of Knoxville, is charged in a seven count indictment that includes felony murder, pre-meditated first degree murder, attempted first degree murder and aggravated burglary.
He was indicted by a Knox County grand jury on Monday. According to Sheriff Jones, the suspect was taken into custody in the parking lot of West Town Mall on Friday.
Olson is being held on a $1 million bond.
On Monday as he was being escorted by sheriff's deputies, Olson said he "didn't mean for it to happen. It was an accident."
What led investigators to Olson?
Sheriff Jones said Olson's became "a person of interest" four to five months ago after investigators received a tip.
The sheriff also said there's no evidence to support that Olson knew Berry or her roommate, Jason Aymami, who was wounded in the same attack that killed Johnia Berry.
Prior criminal record
Olson has a prior criminal record in two counties. The crimes include:
August 2007 - charged with aggravated burglary and theft
May 2005 - Sevierville - charged with credit card theft and forgery
2004 - Knox County - charged with failure to give information and render aid, driving without a valid driver's license and harassment.
Olson voluntarily submitted his DNA when he was charged with violating his probation on July 27. Authorities say it matched DNA samples collected in the Berry case.
Murder case is nearly three years old
Berry, who was 21, was stabbed multiple times in her apartment in the Brendon Park complex in West Knox County on December 6, 2004. Her roommate, Jason Aymami, was wounded but got away, ran to a Weigel's a half mile away and called 911.
When police arrived at the crime scene they found Berry alive outside another apartment, but she died shortly afterward.
Sheriff's detectives say they have interviewed more than 1,000 people in connection with the case and submitted over 400 DNA samples.
Several CDs and a car stereo that didn't belong to Johnia or her roommate were found at the scene, leading many people to believe the murder began as a break-in. However, there was no evidence of forced entry.
Berry was an ETSU graduate who had moved to Knoxville to start graduate school. She was also engaged to be married the next spring.
In Knoxville, Berry worked as a holiday staffer at a local jewelry store and at Peninsula Hospital.
Her roommate later moved to Colorado.
The sheriff's office repeatedly turned down requests by the Berry family to bring in a national TV show, such as America's Most Wanted, to help with the investigation. In a statement in December 2006, the sheriff's office said it continued to believe the suspect was in the local area.
DNA legislation honors Berry
Johnia Berry's parents, Joan and Mike Berry, pushed for the 2007 passage of state DNA legislation. In her honor it was named the Johnia Berry Act.
The law requires anyone arrested for a violent crime to give a DNA sample. It goes into effect on January 1, 2008.
"In the end, Johnia is still gone and I'm still heart broken," Joan Berry said after the announcement about Olson's charges
