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Slaying Suspect In Prison On Probation Violation

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By TOM BRENNAN

tbrennan@tampatrib.com

Published: November 25, 2008

TAMPA - The man investigators are calling the prime suspect in the disappearance and slaying of Jennifer Denise Johnson was sentenced Monday to 13 months in prison for violating his probation on an unrelated drug charge.

Hillsborough Circuit Judge Daniel Perry sentenced Vincent George Brown Jr., 38, after Brown admitted to failing to report to his probation officer July 2. Brown was Johnson's ex-boyfriend and the father of her daughter, Je'Neiyce, 2.

Johnson's body was found in a vacant house in Lakeland on Nov. 18, three days after she was reported missing by her relatives. Authorities are investigating whether Brown is connected to her death. He has not been charged in the slaying but police are calling him the prime suspect.

"We are still piecing together the timeline and what happened to Jennifer Johnson," said Laura McElroy, Tampa police spokeswoman.

Johnson and Brown were seen arguing at 11 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Apollo Club, police said. Authorities said today that Johnson and Brown went to his parent's house in Tampa at 3 a.m. Nov. 15.
Tampa police say Brown was thought to be driving Johnson's black, 1996 Infiniti I-30 in the Orlando and Altamonte Springs area early Nov. 15. They are asking anyone who saw him or Johnson's vehicle in those areas to call police at (813) 231-6130.

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