Rivers is accused of immediately going back home to Mississippi and killing Johansen. Her body was found in the back of a car. Her father, Lance Johansen, described the body as “brutally mutilated.”
Johansen, 22, was a college student at Mississippi University, working toward her degree as a registered nurse.
Rivers was denied bond on a first-degree murder charge. He received a $20,000 bond on a grand larceny charge and a $20,000 bond on a tampering with evidence charge, according to NewsNation affiliate WJTV.
According to prosecutors, Rivers stole Johansen’s vehicle, tried to clean it to hide evidence and took her body across county lines. Investigators said new evidence suggested Rivers killed Johansen in Forrest County. She was found deceased in the back of a car in Harrison County.
Rivers’ bond in Harrison County for a drug trafficking charge in 2022, as well as kidnapping and stalking charges in 2023, were revoked on Friday.
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