SEARLES, Minn. (WTXL) - A woman was found dead in her Minnesota home with her husband, naked, and high on methamphetamine following a “death party” he said the couple had before she died.
According to the Mankato Free Press, police found 69-year-old Debra Lynn Johnson in her home after her husband, 58-year-old Duane Arden Johnson, called 911.
Court documents obtained by the newspaper, said deputies found the words “Death Parde God Hell” in red spray paint on the front door.
Johnson repeatedly ran out of the house naked and screamed that his wife was dead before running back inside and cleaning himself with a soap and bleach mixture.
The newspaper reports that Johnson told police his wife was in a nursing home and she begged him to pull her out so she could die at home.
According to the newspaper, Johnson took his wife home against medical advice. She previously had two heart attacks, diabetes, high blood pressure, and mental illnesses for which she took anti-psychotic medication.
Johnson told police he had a death party where the couple listened to their favorite band, Quiet Riot, and he and his wife took methamphetamine.
WFTV reports after she died, Johnson washed and wrapped her in linen "like the Bible told (him) to do."
He is in jail on a $250,000 bond.
