FEMALE SEVERALLY BEATEN SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES
On Friday, July 10, 2020, members of the Klamath Falls Police Department responded to a structure fire at 112 Wendling Street. Officers were told an elderly female lives at that address.
Upon arrival, officers observed heavy smoke coming from the residence at 112 Wendling St. Officers located the occupant of the house, 69-year-old Joan Pittennger, outside near a detached garage. The female had been severally beaten and had a weak pulse. The female was transported to Sky Lakes Medical Center, and due to the severity of her injuries she was flown to another area hospital where she later died.
Over the course of a subsequent criminal investigation, officers determined the fire at the residence had been intentionally set. Officer developed probable cause for the arrest of 39-year-old, James Marshall Johnson. James Johnson fled the area and at this time his location is unknown.
The incident is still under investigation. If you have information regarding this incident, or the location of James Johnson, please contact the Klamath Falls Police Department at 541-883-5336, or call the anonymous tip line at 541-883-5334.
Photo Is From 2007
James Marshall Johnson 39 -years-old
Murder / Arson I / Assault IV / Menacing
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Update: Suspect is in custody. He was arrested at the Klamath Falls Walmart July 11th.
I am beneath Em spratly and I have spoken out finally after a year after my mother is passed away I don’t know the truth about what happened that night it seemed to me there was ever 2 people on the scene and I saw 2 people on the scene and I couldn’t get a face verification but I saw the bills in the body of another person whether James Marshall Johnson actually committed the crime I couldn’t tell you I believe the accidents happened and I believe that James Marshall Johnson probably has a good heart and I believe that there was another suspect the soldier lives and breathes briely in society and should be arrested too Do I believe they have the right person the right person is being criminally charged right well I don’t believe that the person I saw saw salt her around the corner after her was David Marshall Johnson I believe there is a first suspect and vain suspect and Jim came in later and because he witnessed it and he witnessed it and his computer metal illness actually maybe slapped her to bring her out of shock character picture of bounced her around drunk and Damon’s tur and assaulted her that way But I don’t want to believe the worst so maybe I’m not a good person to ask but James had good intentions on returning to the home to check on me and yes everybody gets assaulted it’s just because you get assaulted or aggressive doesn’t mean that ear murder and do you know that James Marshall Johnson has no priors and no prior rest had no priors at all that I know of Much more good citizen without even police harassment or or engaging him with the police and being arrested or put in prison he has no arrest no arrest no arrest record he was a good upstanding citizen and this was his 1st incident I’m being in Baltimore the place that I know of Horace alder and anything else so I’m asking for mercy at the court because I think James really truly did love me and I loved him and then he came back to protect me In his junk and knife there was someone there before because I have very good sight close up and and when one thing is entered another sent to stronger and I identified another person and there’s a ham print and they even They wouldn’t have tested went out of testing me if they believed that Jim’s Marshall was the hampered on the wall so they tested me and I was clear completely then not one line not 1 print matched up with a bloody handprint on my garage ball so obviously there was another suspect because they don’t test I said a sin when they have somebody and arrest they test them 1st and then test for the next person that they have a suspect is the criminal Thank you for your time your opinions about James should be he was 11 husband trying to protect his wife and 14 people were killed in my family and 12 years before this and some of them were on decided the reason of debt was unannounced they could not find the reason of death not because of health or illness or anything else working people just up and died in 12 years so I’d be suspicious of that another person being there in my house was caught on fire a second time after James Marshall Johnson was in custody and had no family or anyone near me year later almost to the date.