Hunting 4 Answers: Unfinished Business: Mary Ann Johnson

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In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: Days before Christmas in 1994, Mary Ann Johnson disappeared without a trace. But before she vanished, she received a chilling warning—two men had been hired to break her legs, yet instead of carrying out the act, they let her go. Who wanted to harm her? And why? Decades later, no suspects have been named, no leads have surfaced, and the mystery of her disappearance remains unsolved. Anyone with information about this case should contact the Los Angeles Police Department- Adult Missing Persons Unit at 877-275-5273 or their local authorities. The agency case number is 941006395. 

This is the story of Mary Ann Johnson. 

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Episode Transcript

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Hunting for Answers is a production of the Black Effect
Podcast Network and iHeartRadio. Welcome to Hunting for Answers, a
true crime podcast. I'm your host, Hunter and today's case
takes us into the unsolved disappearance of a California woman
who seemed to just vanish into thin air just days

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before Christmas in nineteen ninety four, a woman whose final
days were shrouded in threat and mystery, and a woman
who knew she was in danger. This is the story
of mary Anne Johnson. Marianne was born on July twenty first,

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nineteen thirty nine.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
She was just.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
Fifty four years old when her life took a terrifying turn.
In the days leading up to her disappearance, she received
a visit from two men, men sent to do her harm.
They had been hired for one purpose, to break her
legs for a payout of eight hundred dollars, but instead

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of following through, they issued her a warning instead. But
who had sent them and why was Maryanne targeting? They
never said why, but Marianne was left with a gut
wrenching fear that danger might be close by. On December nineteenth,
nineteen ninety four, Marianne left her job at Robinson's May

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Department store in Los Angeles. She told coworkers she was
meeting her a strange husband, Andrew Johnson. The following day,
but when police questioned Andrew, his story didn't match up.
He claimed they had spoken that day but had no
plans to meet. Were they reconciling after their separation in

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nineteen ninety three or was there something else lying beneath
the surface? The Johnsons weren't just former spouses. They were
business partners. They co owned Louisiana West, a restaurant in Vanuy's, California,
which had closed down just before Marianne disappeared. Was this

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a connection? A week after she was last seen, a
disturbing discovery was made. Marianne's black nineteen eighty eight Chevrolet
Corvette was found abandoned in the restaurant's parking lot. Her
keys were still inside, the doors were locked, but Marianne

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was nowhere in sight. More than three decades have passed
and still no witnesses, no name, suspects, and no answers.
Yet the eerie circumstances surrounding her disappearance still remain a mystery.
At the time she vanished, Marianne Johnson stood five feet

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seven inches tall, weighing one hundred and fifty pounds. She
had reddish brown hair, brown eyes, and pierced ears. What
she was last seen wearing is unknown, along with any
X ray rects. Today, mary Anne would be eighty five

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years old. Anyone with information about mary Anne Johnson's case
should contact the Los Angeles Police Department Adult Missing Persons
Unit or their local authorities. Their contact information, including the
agency case number, can be found in the description box below.
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