Sarah Marie Johnson

Sarah Marie Johnson (born January 24, 1987) is an American woman who was convicted of killing her parents in 2003 when she was 16 years old.
Early Life
Johnson was born on January 24, 1987 to Alan Scott Johnson and Diane Johnson. She grew up in the upper-class Idaho suburb of Bellevue and attended Wood River High School in Hailey.
Murders
On September 2, 2003, Sarah Johnson's parents, Alan Scott Johnson and Diane Johnson, were shot to death in their Bellevue, Idaho home.
Trial
Johnson's trial began in March 2005. Her defense focused on the possibility of another shooter that killed her parents, and she maintained her innocence during and after the trial.
The trial concluded that, at approximately 6:20 am on September 2, 2003, Johnson took the murder weapon from the guest house, walked into her parents' bedroom and then shot her sleeping mother in the head. She then walked into the bathroom, where her father was taking a shower, and shot him in the chest, right above the heart.
Johnson was found guilty of the murders of her parents by an Ada County, Idaho jury on March 16, 2005.
Media
The case has been featured on Solved series and Deadly Women series, the Suburban Secrets documentary show, the Spike TV reality show Murder, Snapped on the Oxygen Network and ABC's Primetime: Crime. This case also appeared on an episode of Forensic Files on TruTV and on Too Young to Kill: 15 Shocking Crimes at #9.

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