Vincent Johnson American serial killer Date of Birth: 06.01.1969 Country: USA

1. Biography of Vincent Johnson
2. The Revelations and Contact with Police
3. Confessions and Victims
4. The Motive
5. The Lack of Remorse
6. Imprisonment and Media Portrayal

Biography of Vincent Johnson

Vincent Johnson, also known as the "Brooklyn Strangler," gained notoriety as an American serial killer. During the summer seasons of 1999 and 2000, a series of prostitute murders occurred in the vicinity of Brooklyn, specifically in Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant. This led to the arrest of a suspected homeless man from Brooklyn who had brutally killed around 30 prostitutes. However, DNA analysis definitively ruled out this homeless wanderer as a suspect.

The Revelations and Contact with Police

After being cleared of all suspicions, the homeless man surprisingly contacted the police officers from the targeted group in North Brooklyn who were working on the case of the Brooklyn Strangler. He revealed information about another homeless man from his area, who frequently used crack cocaine and had a sadomasochistic sexual obsession. The identity of the new suspect was soon determined, and it turned out to be Vincent Johnson, who stood at 1.6 meters tall and weighed 59 kilograms. Initially, Johnson refused to provide a DNA sample to the police and claimed to have no knowledge of any of the murdered women. However, one of the detectives devised a ruse and obtained Johnson's saliva when he spat on the street. The sample was sent to a medical expert for analysis, and it matched the DNA samples found at the four crime scenes.

Confessions and Victims

Later on, Vincent Johnson confessed to the murders of five women: Patricia Sullivan, Rhonda Tucker, Joanne Feliciano, Vivian Caraballo, and Laura Nusser. All five were drug addicts with prior police records related to prostitution and drug-related crimes. Johnson was also suspected of the murder of Katrina Niles, although he continued to deny his involvement in her death. The police believe that Johnson engaged in sexual activity with at least three of his victims.

The Motive

The Brooklyn Strangler claimed that he embarked on this criminal path due to his hatred for his mother. Three of his victims, Caraballo, Feliciano, and Sullivan, were killed on Thursdays. Apparently, Johnson chose Thursdays as the day to carry out his premeditated strangulations because it was the day his mother rested and did not go to work.

The Lack of Remorse

Johnson displayed little guilt for his actions, stating, "I didn't see anything wrong in the moment I strangled Patricia Sullivan." However, after murdering his first victim, Laura Nusser, he felt some regret and desired to apologize to her family. Each victim was strangled using whatever was readily available to Johnson. Two were strangled with their own shoelaces, one with a drawstring from athletic pants, two with electrical cords, and the last one with a piece of fabric. The bodies of the prostitutes were left where they were killed: two on rooftops, one in an empty lot in Williamsburg, two in apartments in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and the last one in a storeroom beneath the Williamsburg Bridge, where Johnson occasionally slept on a couch.

Imprisonment and Media Portrayal

Currently, Vincent Johnson is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York. The pursuit of the Brooklyn Strangler and his subsequent arrest served as the basis for several episodes of the documentary series "Brooklyn North."