Signs Of “Violent Activity” Found In Missing Couple’s Home

The 27-year-old son of Gary and Laura Johnson has been taken into custody in connection with their disappearance. WOOD's Kyle Mitchell reports.

PORTAGE, Mich. (WOOD/NBC News) — Authorities in Portage, Michigan, say the son of a missing couple was found at the same apartment complex where his mother’s car was recovered.

The Portage Department of Public Safety is still searching for Gary and Laura Johnson.

Authorities were contacted by Gary Johnson’s employer after he did not log on for work in a few days. Officers went to their house for a welfare check but the couple wasn’t there.

“Mr. Johnson was a 25-year-employee, very reliable and responsible … for the past couple days he hadn’t shown up to work virtually,” Portage Public Safety Director Nicholas Armold said.

“Once they got inside the home they didn’t find the Johnsons; nobody was there. One of the vehicles was missing out of the garage. But they did find evidence inside that led them to believe there was some sort of violent activity that took place,” he added.

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