AJA DANIELLE JOHNSON - 7 yo (2010) - Geronimo/Davenport OK

U.S.
Marshals are taking to the skies and combing every inch of Geronimo in
what is now the most intense search yet for missing seven-year-old, Aja
Johnson. They are going door to door asking questions, scouring
buildings, cellers. anything that could help find Aja.



Seven-year-old
Aja and her step-father Lester Hobbs have been missing since January
24th. The same day Aja's mother was found beaten to death in her camper
near Geronimo. A murder warrant has been issued for Hobb's.
If you have any information on Aja, Hobbs or where his 1992 Toyota Paseo with a license plate 577-BPW is, please call 911.
Richard
Boss of the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation said, "We don't have any
definitive information that Lester Hobbs might still be in the area of
Geronimo, Oklahoma, but on the contrary we don't have any definitive
information that has led us to believe he's outside of the area."

Officials say last week's ice storm hampered their search efforts, even
though investigators have worked around the clock since Tonya Hobbs was
killed. OSBI said they're following about 300 leads.

GERONIMO — The first time he got the question, U.S. Marshal Marc Crawford thought it was just a fluke."What are you doing here?” people asked him as he knocked on their
doors or ran into them at the restaurants where tactical team members
planned their work over lunch. Crawford began to realize a lot of
people hadn’t heard about the search for 7-year-old Aja Johnson.

In the midst of what may be the longest-standing Amber Alert in Oklahoma
history, hundreds of people near the scene where Aja was kidnapped and
her mother was slain still don’t know about it, Crawford said."I’ve lived here all my life, and this is one of the worst ice storms
I’ve ever seen,” he said. "There is just a great deal of damage, and
people don’t have electricity ... . When I tell them we are assisting
in an abduction/homicide, they don’t know what we are talking about.”Crawford’s Sex Offender Investigation Unit is continuing their search for Aja and her 46-year-old stepfather, Lester Hobbs.The two have been sought since Jan. 24, when Hobbs’ estranged wife and Aja’s mother, Tonya Hobbs, was found beaten to death in Geronimo inside Lester Hobbs’ recreational vehicle. Lester Hobbs has been charged in Comanche County with kidnapping Aja and with murder in connection with Tonya Hobbs’ death.Funeral services for Tonya Hobbs are scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Family Worship Center in Oklahoma City. Nearly two weeks after her body was found, there have been no confirmed sightings of her little girl, her husband or her car.The last time Lester Hobbs was on the run from the law, Crawford said, authorities tracked him down in the Corpus Christi, Texas, area. This time they are following leads from coast to coast and trying to make sure they haven’t missed anything.For Crawford, that means looking in vacant homes and barns, searching under bridges and flying a 10-mile radius around town.Gene Thaxton,
chairman of the Oklahoma Amber Alert committee, said the Amber Alert
system was implemented to work in the hours and days after an
abduction, but Aja’s alert remains active."This is the longest one we’ve had in Oklahoma with no resolution,” he
said. "But we are going to leave it up as an active Amber Alert because
the child has still not been found.”Tonya Hobbs’ mother, Alice Dunkin
of Oklahoma City, said last week she had little reason to believe her
granddaughter was still alive. But Crawford said he doesn’t share that
belief."We still firmly believe she’s alive and it’s urgent we get to her,”
Crawford said of the missing girl. "We’re not going to let this little
girl’s story go untold. We really believe it’s going to be the media
that gets her found for us by keeping the word out there. We’ve just
got to keep that light on for her and get her back here safely.”

TomTerrific0420 wrote:. "We’re not going to let this little
girl’s story go untold. We really believe it’s going to be the media
that gets her found for us by keeping the word out there. We’ve just
got to keep that light on for her and get her back here safely.”

This is incredibly sad. I fear the worst, but am hoping for the best, however, it doesn't look good.

PIEDMONT, OK -- It's been almost three weeks since the search for
seven-year-old Aja Johnson began. The amber alert for the little girl
was issued after her mother was found beaten to death in an RV in
Geronimo. Aja's mother, 37-year-old Tonya Hobbs was laid to rest
Tuesday.

Aja's father, Tonya's ex-husband was a pallbearer and says, "Her soul
isn't quite rested yet because this hasn't been resolved." J.J. Says
Tonya Hobbs took Aja for the weekend, but left him with a promise.

He says, "I believe she's still going to try to fulfill the promise
that she made when she left here that day. She was going to bring my
daughter back safely. She promised me that."

Authorities have finished their door to door search in Geronimo for Lester Hobbs.

Lester is Tonya's estranged husband.

He is charged with Tonya's murder and Aja's kidnapping.

Marc Crawford with the U.S. Marshals Service says of the search, "It
was productive as far as letting us know where he's not, and that gave
us a better feel for the investigation."

Investigators continue to follow up on tips from the public and
Crawford says, "Every lead that comes in is new hope and a new
inspiration in the investigation."

If you have any information about the location of Aja Johnson, Lester
Hobbs, or the white 1992 Toyota Paseo they are believed to be in please
call 1-800 THE LOST.

LAWTON, Okla. -- Investigators with
the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said they continue to be
baffled by the disappearance of an Oklahoma girl after her mother was
killed.Authorities have been looking for Aja Johnson since Jan. 25. Her mother was found dead in the family's home in Geronimo.Police
have said they believe Johnson's mother's estranged husband, Lester
Hobbs, beat her to death and abducted Aja. Winter weather in Oklahoma
slowed the search in the days following the disappearance.Officials said they have never seen two people and a car disappear so completely.Aja
Johnson suffers from bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder and sleeping issues that require medication. The last time
she's known to have had her medication is Jan. 22.

GERONIMO — Inside the command post at Geronimo’s town hall, red-eyed
investigators sift through documents, exchange theories and field every
tip that might lead to finding 7-year-old Aja Johnson. They have done so continuously since Johnson’s disappearance on Jan. 24, the day Aja’s mother, Tonya LeAnn Hobbs, was found beaten to death inside a recreational vehicle in Geronimo. The RV was owned by Tonya’s estranged husband, Lester William Hobbs – the man now charged in Comanche County with her killing and Aja’s abduction.Investigators from multiple agencies have followed more than 336 leads
in a manhunt that has stretched across the nation. Yet there have been
no confirmed sightings of Aja, Hobbs or the white 1992 Toyota Paseo that likely carried them away from the scene of her mother’s slaying."We will continue to look until that little girl is found,” said Richard Goss, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
agent in charge. "We have essentially become Aja’s proxy family. The
child is real. She’s a precious, 7-year-old girl with her whole life in
front of her.”J.J. Johnson, Aja’s father, said his daughter’s disappearance is a parent’s worst nightmare. "I would like to tell her that Daddy loves her, and to come home,” said Johnson, who lives in Oklahoma City and is Aja’s custodial parent. "This may be old news to some people, but this news is front page every day for me.”Goss, a law enforcement veteran of 34 years, rubs his tired eyes. He
and other investigative team members have routinely logged 16- and
18-hour days in an effort to bring Aja home safely. They worked through
the Jan. 28 ice storm, which knocked out electricity at the home of
every team member.They used a search warrant to confiscate the recreational vehicle,
Comanche County Sheriff Kenny Stradley said. Crime scene investigators
are now combing the vehicle for clues."If you can think of it, we’ve done it,” Goss said. "We’re following
every lead, even the weak ones, because any one of them could turn out
to be legit.”Last week investigators mobilized within minutes of receiving a tip that Hobbs had been spotted at a Shawnee restaurant, Stradley said. The alleged sighting ended with hopes yet again dashed."I’ve had my share of manhunts over the years,” Goss said. "But I have
never experienced one in which someone has been able to avoid detection
with the amount of intensity we have applied to this investigation."I still hold the firm belief that the car is the key. If we find the car, we’ll find them.”Alleged sightings have poured in from throughout Oklahoma, Texas, California, Oregon, Florida and Indiana, Goss said. Several calls were generated by "America’s Most Wanted”,
which featured the case for a second time Saturday night during a
15-minute segment. The hot line has even received calls from psychics."We’re looking at everything,” Stradley said. "We just keep asking for the public’s help.”Large strips of butcher paper hang on the walls inside the command
post, listing the names of everyone pertinent to the investigation and
a timeline of events. Telephones ring around the clock, and hope ebbs
and flows with each new lead.No one has to be reminded that Hobbs had as much as a 29-hour jump on
law enforcement. "Really, it boils down to two things,” Goss said.
"Hobbs is either receiving aid from a person or persons we’ve not yet
identified, or he’s isolated himself somewhere with the automobile.”The investigator in him refuses to rest."And let me say this: If anyone is providing aid or assistance to
Hobbs, it’s not worth it,” Goss said. "This will end some day, and when
it does we’ll find out.”

Geronimo - A reward for information on the whereabouts of a
seven-year-old girl thought to have been abducted by a man wanted for
murdering the girl's mother has been increased.

A 20-thousand dollar reward is now being offered for information on Aja
Johnson's whereabouts. She hasn't been seen since January 24th, when
her mother, Tonya Hobbs, was found beaten to death inside an RV near
Geronimo in southwestern Oklahoma.

Law enforcement in Oklahoma, Texas, California, Oregon and points in
between have been looking for 46-year-old Lester Hobbs, who is charged
with Tonya Hobbs' murder.

Authorities believe Lester Hobbs has a home in Lincoln County and may have relatives in Texas, California and Oregon.

Hobbs is a white male, about 5'9" and 185 pounds with brown hair and
hazel eyes. He no longer has a goatee as seen in his photo, but he
does have a mustache. He has several tattoos all over his upper body.

He was last seen driving a white, two-door 1992 Toyota Paseo with
Oklahoma tag 577-BPW. The vehicle has no hubcaps and its back window
was covered with plastic.

Aja is a white female, about four feet tall and 65 pounds with a very
thin build. She has brown hair and brown eyes. Authorities say the
child has a health condition which requires daily medication.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Aja Johnson, Lester Hobbs or the vehicle is asked to immediately call 911.

It was announced that the U.S. Marshal’s Service added
its Sex Offender Investigation Unit to the search for little Aja
Johnson. This decision was made after they received information leading
them to believe Hobbs could be sexually abusing Aja. While this is a
horrific thing to imagine, it also leaves hope that little Aja COULD be
held some where and not yet murdered.

On the heels of this decision,
the U.S. Marshal’s office moved it’s $1.3 million command center to
Geronimo, Oklahoma, the last place Aja is known to have been before the
murder of her mother, Tonya, and the disappearance of Lester Hobbs and
Aja. This unit is capable of linking up real-time with multiple sources
of information so that investigators assigned to this case can receive
updated information as it occurs.
There has been no update since this announcement.

-- The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is shutting down a mobile command center used
to support the search for a missing 7-year-old girl.
The command center being closed Tuesday had
been posted at Geronimo City Hall in western Oklahoma to help search
for 7-year-old Aja Johnson and her suspected kidnapper, Lester Hobbs.
However, as long as the two people remain
missing and leads continue to come in, the investigation will continue,
Jessica Brown, OSBI spokeswoman, said.
"Absolutely," Brown said. "Were still
getting leads not as many as in the beginning, but thats typical. As
long as we get leads were going to keep it going. Were not going to
stop."
Hobbs, 46, is wanted in the beating death
of his estranged wife, Tonya, 37. He was charged Jan. 26 in Comanche
County District Court with first-degree murder and kidnapping of Aja
Johnson, Tonya Hobbs' daughter.
Law enforcement authorities have been
seeking Hobbs, the girl and the 1992 Toyota Paseo he is believed to be
driving since the Jan. 24 discovery of his estranged wifes body inside
an RV in Geronimo. After executing a warrant earlier in February,
investigators took the RV into custody for forensic testing.
An Amber Alert continues for the 7-year-old
girl. She suffers from bipolar disorder, attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder and sleeping issues that require medication the
last known time she had her medication was Jan. 22.
The closure of the command post means investigation operations
return to the OSBI and U.S. Marshals Lawton offices.
"My guys are so darned tired theyve been
working 18 hour days with little or no sleep since this began," Brown
said. "But we arent going to stop until we know what happened to that
little girl."

BLANCHARD — Aja Johnson
was beaten and bruised by her suspected abductor in August, according
to a family friend who had sheltered the 7-year-old child and her
mother at that time. Lester William Hobbs, 46, the man wanted in connection with Aja’s apparent kidnapping and the slaying of his estranged wife, Tonya LeAnn Hobbs, "just went off” on the girl, bruising her "from her butt to the bottom of her knees,” said Sissy Miller, 26, of Blanchard."That poor child was bruised so badly she couldn’t even sit,” Miller said. "We took pictures and turned them into DHS.
We told school officials, and they reported it, too, but we were just
told there was nothing that could be done. Now look what’s happened.”Aja has been missing since Jan. 24, when relatives found her mother
beaten to death inside Lester Hobbs’ recreational vehicle that was
parked outside his sister’s trailer home in Geronimo. Tonya Hobbs, 37, died from blunt force trauma to the body, according to the state medical examiner.Since then there have been no confirmed sightings of Aja, Lester Hobbs or Tonya Hobbs’ white 1992 Toyota Paseo (Oklahoma tag 577-BPW), which investigators think might be key to solving the case. The U.S. Marshal’s office and the FBI have joined the hunt."I can’t even sleep at night,” said Miller, who is taking care of Tonya
and Lester Hobbs’ 13-year-old daughter. "I just keep waiting to hear
that little knock at the front door, hoping it will be Aja. I look all
the time. Whenever I’m driving I’m constantly looking, thinking I might
see her walking down the street.”Miller said on a recent cold day, Aja’s older sister said to her, "‘I
hope Aja has her coat. It’s really cold today.’ I just broke down and
started crying.”Roy Anderson,
Miller’s father and next door neighbor, is also grieving. He had known
Tonya Hobbs for 15 years and has raised her oldest child, a 15-year-old
boy, since he was a baby.Anderson said he worried about Tonya Hobbs’ relationship with Lester Hobbs."I tolerated him,” Anderson said. "Then I saw those bruises on that
little girl, and that was it for me. I don’t care who you are, you just
don’t hurt a child.”Department of Human Services spokeswoman Beth Scott said Friday she could "neither confirm nor deny” the reports of Aja’s bruising. She cited state law and the agency’s requirement to protect victim confidentiality.J.J. Johnson,
Aja’s father who gained custody of her in November, continues to have
sleepless nights. Through it all, he said he remains positive."I just miss her so bad,” said Johnson, 60, of Oklahoma City. "Every time the phone rings I think, ‘This could be it. This could be the one.’"I think about the day she comes home all the time. I just picture her
walking through that front door with a big smile and hugging her daddy.”Waiting for her

Aja’s bedroom remains as it was the day she left with her mother, supposedly for an overnight birthday party. Barbie dolls
she played with in the bathtub rest atop a toy chest, her favorite
miniature horse sits atop a dresser and a stuffed wiener dog lays on
her tiny bed with a inscription stitched on its side: "I love you this
much.”A Disney castle toy stove sits against the wall."This is where she’d turn on the stove and say, ‘Daddy, I’m cooking
breakfast,’” Johnson said. "She’s something else. ... I know wherever
she’s at, she’s missing her daddy and wants to come home.”Tonya Hobbs was supposed to have supervised visits only, but Johnson
allowed her to take Aja to the party. He never imagined she would
instead take Aja and her sister to see Lester Hobbs, who had reportedly
threatened to harm Tonya and the girls only months earlier.In August, Tonya Hobbs filed a request for a protective order in Lincoln County. She wrote, "My husband has threatened to hit my daughters in the head
with a hammer and kill them. He also threatened to kill me if I left
him.” The court dismissed the request when neither Tonya nor Lester Hobbs appeared for the hearing.By January, Lester Hobbs’ freedom appeared to be in jeopardy. He was
ordered to appear in Lincoln County District Court on Jan. 25 on a DUI
charge, and his criminal past seemed to be catching up with him. In
2001, state Corrections Department records show, he was convicted of
assault with a deadly weapon in Cleveland County."Lester wanted to see those kids one last time,” said Johnson, trying
to piece together the tragedy. "For whatever reason, she trusted him,
and it cost her her life.”On the night before the discovery of Tonya Hobbs’ body, she and Lester
Hobbs were seen arguing by the older daughter, Miller said."(She) told me Lester was yelling at Tonya,” Miller said. "He had found
the numbers of some guys in her cell phone, and became angry. He even
called a few of them, and one turned out to be a cousin."She misses Aja a lot,” Miller said of the older daughter. "I just tell her, ‘Pray.’ I truly believe Aja is still alive.”

http://www.newsok.com/article/3441113

LAWTON, Okla. --
Agents with the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation painted a picture of a kidnapping suspect as somebody who
can subsist on little, somebody likely moving from place to place at
night.Lester Hobbs is wanted in connection with the death of his
wife, Tonya Hobbs, and the kidnapping of her daughter, Aja Johnson. The
7-year-old has not been seen for 33 days.During a Thursday news
conference, OSBI agent in charge Richard Goss said investigators have
learned a lot about Hobbs, noting his penchant for cruising the
Internet for lonely women, hustling games of pool at local bars and
dyeing his hair.Hobbs is a self-taught auto mechanic by trade
and often works in small garages. He can live on as little as $20 here
and there, Goss said.Hobbs was last seen in a white Toyota
Paseo. Goss said that while there are leads coming in all the time,
none of them have pinpointed the location of the car, of Hobbs or of
Aja Johnson.Goss said the telltale giveaway of Hobbs' appearance
are two tattooes -- the word 'ROSE' on his right hand the word 'LOVE'
on his left. His nose is also crooked from previous breaks.The
OSBI said Hobbs has no friends and very few acquaintances. He has
always played the victim, Goss said, and was described by others as a
cowardly abuser, exemplified by his history of assaulting only women
and children.Investigators said Hobbs used a hammer to kill his wife,
possibly with Aja Johnson in the room.Agents
said the manhunt for Hobbs and the search for Johnson are still
intense. Goss urged Hobbs to drop the girl off at a Target or Wal-Mart
with a note on her shirt that reads, "Aja Johnson / Amber Alert."

HOUSTON - An Oklahoma man accused of killing his wife and kidnapping her daughter last month may be in the Corpus Christi area. An
Amber Alert for Aja Johnson was issued on Jan. 24 after authorities
discovered her the body of her mother, Tonya Hobbs, at a Geronimo motor
home belonging to her husband, Lester Hobbs. She had been beaten to death with a
hammer. Relatives last saw Lester Hobbs and Johnson the day
before the murder, but police think the duo may be in Corpus Christi.Johnson is not Hobbs' biological daughter. An autopsy determined Tonya Hobbs suffered blunt force trauma. Lester Hobbs, 46, is wanted on murder and kidnapping charges.

LAWTON — Lester William Hobbs, the suspected abductor of 7-year-old Aja Johnson, is a man who can survive in the shadows of society, investigators said during a Thursday news conference.
Investigators said they have uncovered a portrait of a drifter who can
hustle money in pool halls, work on cars and sustain himself on pocket
change. Now, more than a month after Aja’s disappearance, they are
again asking for the public’s help.Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Agent in Charge Richard Goss had a message for Hobbs, who is charged with Aja’s kidnapping and the Jan. 24 killing of his estranged wife and Aja’s mother, Tonya LeAnn Hobbs."Release Aja now,” Goss read from a statement. "Drop her off at a Target, a Walmart, a K-Mart
— any busy store where she will be safe. Attach a note to her clothing
simply stating: ‘Call police — Amber Alert — Aja Johnson.’”Then Goss added, "For once in your life, do the right thing.”State and federal investigators said they have immersed themselves in
Hobbs’ world, starting with the Geronimo homicide scene inside his
recreational vehicle. Goss revealed that investigators think Tonya was beaten to death with a
hammer and that Aja likely witnessed the killing "lying by her mother’s
side on a sofa.” The U.S. Marshals Service and FBI have joined the manhunt in a case that reached the national stage with a segment on "America’s Most Wanted.”Goss said his team has not received any concrete leads on Aja, Lester Hobbs or Tonya Hobbs’ 1992 Toyota Paseo, which they think Lester Hobbs was driving when he left. "Hobbs can survive on very little money — 20 bucks here, 20 bucks
there,” Goss said. "In fact, his needs seem to be met with only
cigarettes, liquor, and very little food. He is a self-taught
automobile mechanic and will offer to do minor repairs for little
money. "He likes to cruise the Internet searching for lonely women. If Hobbs
no longer has a vehicle, he will travel across the country by bus, or
will hitchhike.”U.S. Deputy Marshal A.D. Templeton likened Hobbs to a coyote."A coyote will run quickly across the road, continue on for another 20
yards into a field, and then lay down until the danger passes,”
Templeton said. "Lester Hobbs is really no different. At first he
quickly made his escape in the middle of the night, and now he’s laying
low. He’s probably traveling by night like a scavenger, moving from
point to point."I’ve hunted for individuals from one end of this country to the other.
Sometimes, we find people in a few days. Sometimes, it takes 15 years.
But we always find those people.”Goss said Lester Hobbs’ relatives described him as a "cowardly abuser
who preys on women and children.” He said Hobbs appears to have no
friends, but he suspects someone is harboring him."To that person or persons, I implore you to do the right thing and do
it now before it’s too late. Hobbs is only using you,” Goss said. "Call
your nearest law enforcement agency immediately. If you do not, the
consequences could be severe.”Investigators said Hobbs likes to change his appearance with the use of
hair dyes and hair growth, but there are two physical characteristics
he can’t easily hide: tattoos and a broken nose. Hobbs has the word "ROSE” tattooed across the fingers of his right hand
and "LOVE” tattooed across the fingers of his left hand.

I can't believe they haven't found this loser yet. Hope when they do, they charge every person that's helping him hide out. I don't even want to think what has happened to Aja, it just breaks my heart.

Oh no.

It's on live right now. They have located the car, it is in a heavily wooded area near Norman, OK. The newscasters are saying from what they have seen it does not appear to look good for Aja. They are saying there appear to be two bodies in the car.

Admin wrote:Oh no.

It's on live right now. They have located the car, it is in a heavily wooded area near Norman, OK. The newscasters are saying from what they have seen it does not appear to look good for Aja. They are saying there appear to be two bodies in the car.

Thanks Admin

Admin wrote:Oh no.

It's on live right now. They have located the car, it is in a heavily wooded area near Norman, OK. The newscasters are saying from what they have seen it does not appear to look good for Aja. They are saying there appear to be two bodies in the car.

Thank you for the update.

"J.J. Johnson, Aja's father, said an OSBI agent visited his house just before 6 p.m. and told him two bodies had been found. The agent could not confirm that one of them was his daughter.

Watching television coverage today from the scene, however, Johnson said he saw a pink and blue jacket he'd purchased for his daughter — and knew she was dead.

"About three weeks ago, I started to suspect this," he said. "As a parent, you have this fire in you that burns for your kid, that fire went out.

"Johnson said he is now waiting for a call from the OSBI to identify the body of what he believes is his daughter.


Read more: http://newsok.com/car-bodies-found-in-aja-johnson-case/article/3449950#ixzz0jc8Jr16k"




This just breaks my heart . . .

New developments in the search for a 7-year-old girl from Geronimo,
Oklahoma.
Oklahoma authorities believe they have found the suspect vehicle Aja
Johnson was last seen in. The car was found at Lake Thunderbird, which
is a rural area near Norman.
Right now, Jessica Brown with the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation
said there are two bodies that have been found in and near the vehicle.
An Amber Alert was issued for Johnson after she and her step-father,
Lester Hobbs, went missing in January. Authorities believed Hobbs killed
Johnson's mother then kidnapped the little girl. They were once thought
to be headed to south Texas.
Tonya Hobbs filed a protective order against Hobbs just months before
she was murdered. The documents indicate that Lester Hobbs threatened
to kill her children with a hammer. It now appears Lester used a hammer
to kill Tonya.

Police in Oklahoma said Monday that two bodies found near a car
belonging to a man accused of killing his estranged wife and kidnapping
her 7-year-old daughter more than two months ago are likely those of the
girl and the man.Police said officers discovered the vehicle and
bodies after receiving a call about 2:45 p.m. about an abandoned car
near Oklahoma Highway 9 in southeast Norman. Police suspect the bodies
are those of 7-year-old Aja Johnson and her stepfather, Lester Hobbs."We
have no reason to believe it's not those two people," said Jessica
Brown, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, who
added that the bodies were in an advanced state of decomposition. "We
wish it would have turned out differently."Brown said the
Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office will use fingerprints to positively
identify Hobbs and dental records may have to be used to identify the
girl. Brown characterized papers found inside the vehicle as a possible
suicide note. She said no weapon had been found and officials hadn't
immediately determined a cause of death.Hobbs and the child had
been missing since Aja's mother, Tonya Hobbs, was found dead Jan. 24
inside Lester Hobbs' motor home in Geronimo, about 100 miles southwest
of Oklahoma City. Police searched for Hobbs and the girl and an Amber
Alert was issued, but information called into authorities didn't lead to
their whereabouts.Meanwhile, Comanche County prosecutors charged
Lester Hobbs with first-degree murder for his estranged wife's killing
and with kidnapping for Aja's disappearance.Brown said
investigators don't know how long the vehicle had been at the scene, but
it could have been at least a month. The car was found well off the
road in a clearing surrounded by trees and thicket.Brown said
Hobbs, 46, lived in Norman for several years in the past and may have
been familiar with the area where the car and bodies were discovered.Brown
also said Hobbs' relatives would be questioned about whether they
helped him flee following Tonya Hobbs' killing."We have no
indication at this point in time that anyone did that," she said.

— J.J. Johnson had a strong premonition that his abducted 7-year-old
daughter, Aja, was dead. On Monday, that premonition appeared correct.
The decomposing bodies of an adult and child were found in a heavily
wooded area near Lake Thunderbird.
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman
Jessica Brown said agents think the remains are those of Aja and her
alleged abductor, Lester William Hobbs.Neither has been seen since Jan. 23.
"We have no reason to think it is not those two people,” Brown said at a
news conference. "We do not know the cause and manner of death yet.”
Investigators also found the white, 1992 Toyota
Paseo at the scene — a vehicle that belonged to Aja’s mother and
Lester’s estranged wife, Tonya LeAnn Hobbs. Tonya Hobbs, 37, was found bludgeoned to death inside
Lester Hobbs’ recreational vehicle Jan. 24 in Geronimo.Agents have since suspected Lester
Hobbs of fleeing Comanche County in that vehicle after killing his wife. An aerial view from a
television helicopter showed the vehicle in a patch of clearing in a
wooded area not far from 108th Avenue SE, just north of State Highway 9.
A dirt road trailed past the vehicle through the woods.
"An OSBI agent came to the house and told me she couldn’t positively
tell me they had found Aja,” Johnson told The Oklahoman
as television crews gathered outside his South
Oklahoma City home. "I said, ‘I know it’s her. I saw her little
jacket on the ground on TV.’ We bought her a little blue jacket with
orange lining for the winter."I know it’s her.”
Brown described the bodies as being in "quite an extended state of
decomposition,” meaning fingerprints and dental records will be used to
make a positive identification. Authorities also found a note at the
scene. While Brown declined to say what the note said, she added that
"it does give us a glimpse of what was in Hobbs’ mind at the time.”
Johnson, meanwhile, said the wait has been tortuous."About three weeks ago, I started to suspect this,” said Johnson, who
received sole custody of his daughter after a court order in October.
"As a parent, you have this fire in you that burns for your kid, and
that fire went out."I just knew that gutless man would end up killing Aja and then himself.
I’ve known all along that he was a coward.”Tonya Hobbs petitioned for a protective order against Lester Hobbs in Lincoln
County in August, but it was dismissed when neither showed up for a
hearing. Lester Hobbs served time in prison for assault and battery with a deadly
weapon.On the day Tonya Hobbs’ body was found, he was scheduled to appear in
court on a DWI charge, and family members said he feared he would be
returned to prison.A resident discovered the car and bodies just before 3 p.m., Norman
police spokeswoman Jennifer Newell said.Norman officers had previously investigated at least one lead that Hobbs
and the child had been spotted in Cleveland County. But Newell said, "It was not enough information to lead to
anything.”Hobbs reportedly lived in Norman and may have been familiar with the
area where his car was found, both Newell and Brown said.
"I just can’t believe this has happened,” Johnson said. "I’m numb.”

This is incredibly sad.

yes it is - another case of domestic violence -