2 brothers get life for slayings of woman, daughter
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — Two brothers have been sentenced to life in prison for the 2013 slayings of a Detroit-area woman and her 11-year-old daughter found brutally stabbed to death in their apartment.
A Macomb County judge sentenced Tony Johnson, 43, and Henry Johnson, 38, on Thursday to life without parole. The brothers were convicted in November on two counts each of premeditated first-degree murder and premeditated felony murder.
The bodies of Tina Geiger, 47, and her daughter, Kristine "Krissy" Geiger, were found in their Clinton Township apartment in July 2013. Tina Geiger suffered about 60 stab wounds, while Krissy had more than 20 stab wounds and had also been sexually assaulted.
After the cold case was reopened in 2019, investigators found that a bloody palm print and DNA found on Krissy matched Tony Johnson. Henry Johnson was linked to blood found in a stairwell in the apartment building and prosecutors said a form of DNA under Krissy's fingernails matched one or both of the brothers.
Investigators believed the brothers had walked the victims home from a convenience store, sexually assaulted the girl and then fatally stabbed both victims.
Wayne Law to present Rosen Constitutional Law Lecture Jan. 18
Wayne State University Law School will present the Paul A. Rosen Constitutional Law Lecture on Wednesday, January 18, from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. in-person in Partrich Auditorium in Detroit and online via Zoom.
Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, will be speaking. Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that focuses on improving systems of democracy and justice. The Brennan Center is a leading national voice on voting rights, money in politics, criminal justice reform, and constitutional law. Waldman, a constitutional lawyer and writer who is an expert on the presidency and American democracy, has led the Center since 2005.
The Paul A. Rosen Constitutional Law Speaker Series Endowment was established in 2017 by Bernard Mindell, Wayne Law class of 1964; Barry Waldman, Wayne Law class of 1969; and Bob Garvey, a trial attorney in St. Clair Shores, to commemorate their friend Paul A. Rosen's passion for constitutional law.
For additional information or to register for the online option, visit https://law.wayne.edu and scroll down to “events.”
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