Convicted Killer Commits Another Brutal Murder Less Than a Year After California Let Him Out on Parole
By Samuel Short
March 20, 2026 at 12:28pm
Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.
California released a man convicted of double murder only for him to kill again. KTLA reported Thursday that 53-year-old Fatima Johnson was found dead in her apartment on July 4, 2021.
The mother of six made family and friends worried when she did not come into work and stopped answering texts. Johnson was found choked or smothered to death with her hands tied and her body wrapped in a blanket.
Investigators identified Darryl Lamar Collins as the culprit. He had only been out of prison for less than a year at the time.
Collins killed two people in 1998 and was handed a 50-year prison sentence. That in itself is outrageous, as someone who unjustly takes a life should never have the chance to see freedom again.
https://www.westernjournal.com/convicted-killer-commits-another-brutal-murder-less-year-california-let-parole/
