On Thursday, WKYT’S Miranda Combs spoke with Johnson’s girlfriend, who’s the last one to talk to him. She was talking to him on the phone when he got a knock at the door of his North Hanover Drive apartment. He hasn’t been seen or heard from since then.

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Lisa Horobin said she’s been dating Johnson for a year. She goes to college out of state, but spend about four months this past summer with him in Lexington. She called us Thursday, saying she and the family are still trying everything they can to keep Alex’s name and face at the front of everyone’s mind. Lisa said their last conversation together was normal, and Alex was excited to head to Bowling Green to see his family for the holiday’s the next day. When Alex got a knock on the door, he said he’d call her back later that night, but he never did.

“I think that is the worst because you have no idea. Everyone’s mind just keeps going and you go through millions of scenarios in your head of what could have happened, where he could be. It’s weird when none of them make sense,” Horobin said.

Lexington Police are not commenting on this case, saying this is a missing person investigation. Horobin says police are doing everything they can to find Alex.

On Thursday night, Mellow Mushroom is holding a benefit to help raise funds to support the search for Johnson. It’s scheduled to last from 7 to 11 p.m.

Local band ‘The Tallboys of Kentucky’ will perform.

An account for donations is being set up. His family put up a billboard in central Kentucky asking for information. They also put up fliers around the area.

The Enterprise Police Department is seeking information about the whereabouts of Mr. Raymond Capers.

Mr. Capers has been reported missing by his family.

He is a 67 year-old black male, six feet–four inches tall, weighs approximately 215, has close-cut hair which is mostly gray, and a graying goatee.

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Mr. Capers is reported to have dementia and PTSD.

Mr. Capers has been missing since January 2, 2014; the family reports that this is unusual and distressing.

Anyone with knowledge of Mr. Capers whereabouts is encouraged to contact the Enterprise Police Department at 347-2222.

A Carter County father was arrested after detectives say he hit his 2-month-old baby in the head causing severe injuries.

The two-month-old infant was taken to King’s Daughters Medical Center to be treated for a head injury on Sunday, and was later transfered to Cabell Huntington Hospital due to the nature of the injuries.

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Detective Jeff Kelley determined 32-year-old Shannon Wagoner, the infant’s father, had struck the baby in the head causing the injury.

Wagoner, of Grayson, was arrested Wednesday and taken to the Boyd County Detention Center.

He is charged with assault first degree, domestic violence, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The case remains under investigation.

A Lexington man is wanted by Cincinnati Police because they said he is a suspect in a double murder.

Police are searching for 29-year-old Brandon Thomas. His last known address was located in Lexington.

Adam Bostic, 31 and Betty Thomas, 28, were found shot to death this morning at a home.

Brandon is no stranger to Lexington Police as he is a “person of interest” in a deadly shooting at the Diva’s Nightclub off Russell Cave Road from November 2013.

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Back in 2004, an officer shot Brandon during a fight at another Lexington night club. The officer told investigators he was armed.

Police said Brandon may be driving a green/gray 1995 Ford Explorer with Ohio registration GBG 9532. He is considered to be armed and dangerous.

St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain said skeletal remains found in an abandoned house Monday near Bayou Liberty in Slidell are those of a man who was reported missing in January 2010. St. Tammany Parish Coroner Pramod Menon identified the remains Wednesday as John Felton Winston Jr., 47.

The LSU Department of Anthropology is working with the St. Tammany Parish coroner to determine the cause of Winston’s death.

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St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies found the remains Monday inside an abandoned home on West Street and Martin Road. The Sheriff’s Office said the home had been abandoned for some time and that the remains appeared to have been inside the structure for a few years.

Deputies were led to the location while working with probation and parole agents from the state Department of Corrections, the Sheriff’s Office said, but could provide no further information.

In 2010, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office put out a missing person alert for  Winston, 44, of Slidell. They said at the time that Winston disappeared after leaving his girlfriend’s house on Jan. 19, 2010, to go to the grocery store.

He did not return to her house, authorities said, and was last seen on Caroll Road in the Slidell area on March 8, 2010. Authorities said at the time that Winston needed medication for a medical condition.

Strain said in a news release on Wednesday that he looks forward to working with the coroner’s office to “fill in the pieces surrounding Winston’s disappearance and death in hopes of providing his family, who never gave up searching for this man, some sort of closure.”

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in the search for a missing man.

William “Dan” Oakes, Sr., was reported missing Wednesday around noon.

Oakes’ daughter, Crystal Thomas, said she last saw her father at his home on Hwy 25 South near Williamsburg, Ky, on Jan. 2, around 4:15 p.m.

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Oakes is 62-years-old, approximately 5’11” tall and weighs around 181 pounds. He has blue eyes and brown hair. Oakes has some scarring on his face.

The Whitley County Sheriff’s Department is conducting a ground search for Oaks. If anyone has any information about his current or potential whereabouts, please contact Whitley E911 at 606-549-6017.

The Sheriff’s Department is being assisted by Williamsburg Fire & Rescue, South Whitley Fire Department, Whitley County Emergency Management and Pleasant View Fire & Rescue.

The number of homicides in Topeka last year has now risen to 12, after police this week say a woman found in a motel was killed.

The woman has been identified as, 39, Lena Keithley. Maintenance workers found her body in November in a room at the Country Club Motel.

Topeka Police had been waiting for test results before determining a cause of death, they’d said it was suspicious.

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On Tuesday, they tell us the case is officially being investigated as a homicide, but no suspect information is available.

They’re also not yet releasing how Keithley died. Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 234-0007.

Alex Johnson has been missing since Dec. 20 and his family and friends continue to raise awareness and keep his name and picture fresh with the area.

There’s already one billboard with the word “missing” outside of Lexington that was put up a few days ago. The family has also bought five more digital advertisements that will go up in high-traffic areas around Lexington.

The first billboard is located along Highway 27 near the Fayette-Jessamine County line. The first ad went up a few days after the first of the year.

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“That’s why this is particular is so concerning because he’d enver miss holidays with his family,” Karen Sahetya, a friend of Johnson, said.
Sahetya describes the 32-year-old Johnson as caring, trusting and one who loves a good intellectual conversation.

“It’s really hard to guess what could have happened. He’s not the kind of guy that has enemies,” she added.

What is known about Johnson’s disappearance is that he was at his apartment on Dec. 20 on the phone with his girlfriend when there was a knock at his door. Johnson told her he’d call her back but never heard back from him.

No piece of information is too small Sahetya said. They believe someone out there knows something which is why the billboard went up to jog the memories of anyone who had driven by the sign.

“There’s lots of hope,” Sahetya said.

Along with the signs, a benefit and fundraiser is scheduled for Thursday night at the Lexington Mellow Mushroom from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Lexington Police said human remains have been found in a storage unit in Lexington Wednesday evening.

The remains were found at the Econo Self Storage on James Court near the intersection of New Circle and Winchester Roads.

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The coroner’s office currently can’t determine how long the body had been there, whether it was male or female or what caused the person’s death.

Police also said it’s a joint investigation with a federal agency.

San Diego County Crime Stoppers and the San Diego Police Department Missing Persons Unit continue to look for leads to help locate missing person Gianni Belvedere. The family and friends of Gianni have increased the reward to $10,000 for any information that may lead to Gianni’s whereabouts.

Detectives said Gianni Belvedere was last seen on December 23, 2013 at approximately 10:00 p.m. in the area of Mission Valley and Friars Road in San Diego. Gianni is described as a 24 year old White male, 6’1” tall, approximately 160 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes. Belvedere may be driving a 2004 green Toyota Camry with Utah license plate B154V2. Gianni Belvedere has fast growing hair, and may possibly change his appearance.

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Several pictures of Gianni Belvedere are attached to page two of this release.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Gianni BELVEDERE is asked to call the San Diego Police Department at (619) 531-2000, Detective Mo Parga (619) 531-2277 or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (888) 580-8477. Anonymous email and text messages can be sent in via www.sdcrimestoppers.com.

Media inquiries should be directed to:

• Questions regarding the investigation should be directed to Lt. Mike Hastings at 619-531-2275.

• Questions regarding Crime Stoppers should be directed to Officer James Johnson at 619-531-1500 or Deputy Adriana Uribe at 619-531-1547.