The Loleta resident accused in the triple murder of a family at a home on the Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria Reservation has been returned to Humboldt County more than three months after being arrested in Utah.
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office states in a social media post that Mauricio Johnson, 19, arrived last night after being transported back by a team from the jail.
According to media reports, Johnson repeatedly fought extradition.
Johnson is accused in the shooting deaths of Nikki Dion Metcalf and Margarett Lee Moon, both 40, and Moon’s 16-year-old daughter, Shelly Autumn Mae Moon. Moon and Metcalf had become engaged to be married on Christmas Eve, according to a post on Moon’s Facebook page.
The deaths have deeply shaken the Bear River and Loleta communities. Shelly and Margarett Lee Moon both worked at Loleta Elementary School as aides, tutoring students and working in the afterschool program.
This article appears in Summer of Fun 2021.
Gotta love the headlines. This “teen” is an adult. He killed three people in cold blood and brought a gun into their home in the first place. The fact that this person could ever be paroled is horrifying. What is wrong with California? Do they not believe in protecting their citizens? Why so intent on helping criminals? People like this need never see the light of day again.
Every headline I read used the word “teen.” Change his color and he’s an “offender.” 19 is a man. Period. Stop acting like some poor innocent teenager got caught up in the moment. This isn’t a child. It’s a man, and he doesn’t EVER deserve a parole hearing. May God give that future group of people making a decision about this case the common sense to keep this dangerous man behind bars.