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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The mother of a young girl known for years as ``Precious Doe'' pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder in the death of her 3-year-old daughter. Michelle Johnson, 31, of Muskogee also pleaded guilty to child endangerment, abandoning a corpse and tampering with evidence for not helping her daughter as she lay dying after allegedly being abused by her stepfather. As part of the plea agreement, Johnson will testify against her husband, Harrell Johnson, who is charged with first-degree murder, assistant prosecutor Tim Dollar said. Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for Harrell Johnson. In...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Precious Doe murder case consumed Sgt. Dave Bernard for four years. Erica Michelle Marie Green Sgt. Dave Bernard Thursday, Bernard talked about the case for the first time. He told KMBC's Jim Flink that the beheading of Erica Green -- known for four years only as Precious Doe -- was the most disturbing case he has ever worked on. "All of us are still stunned that the investigation ended the way it did," Bernard said. Bernard's team of investigators followed up more than 1,000 leads in the four years since the child's headless body was...

My hometown has endured a gaping, open wound for over four years. Our local tragedy became a national tragedy when the death of a beautiful three year old girl made national headlines. Her death was shocking, heinous and despicable. We were mortified, humiliated and embarrassed that something so savage could take place in our hometown. She had been decapitated, stripped naked and abandoned in a wooded area near a residential street. Thrown away like a piece of garbage. Kansas City woke up to the news and we were outraged, shamed and determined to bring her murderer to justice. Four years...

Posted on Fri, May. 06, 2005 FRED BLOCHER/The Kansas City Star Flowers and a toy were brought Thursday (above) to the Precious Doe memorial by Deborah Harris and her great-nephew Jacque Jones, 2. » Photo slideshow. R E L A T E D L I N K S • Tears for girl bind KC, Oklahoma • Steve Penn | Through the years, KC refused to abandon this child • As city learns name of small victim, residents also grasp her significance • Questions and answers • Discussion board | Share your thoughts • Timeline of the Precious Doe case Two...

John Walsh will tape "America's Most Wanted" Tuesday morning from the Leawood swimming pool where Ali Kemp was murdered. The show, to air at 8 p.m. Saturday on Fox, will ask viewers to help solve the cases of Kemp, Precious Doe and women whose bodies were found in the Missouri River. They also will feature the case of Tabitha Brewer, a 16-year-old girl who disappeared from Shawnee with her boyfriend in 1998. Her boyfriend, Nick Travis, was found dead four months later in a Kansas City neighborhood, and Tabitha's purse was found there. The show will be taped at 8:30...

<p>MIAMI (AP) --  DNA tests have ruled out a match between a slain girl known as Precious Doe and that of a missing 5-year-old Miami girl, Kansas City police said Friday.</p> <p>Meanwhile, police in Miami announced that the caretaker who claims she handed over Rilya Wilson to a welfare worker last year failed lie detector tests.</p>