(CNN) -- Two bodies found this week in Oklahoma are those of a murder suspect and his slain wife's missing 7-year-old daughter, authorities said Wednesday.
The bodies have been identified as Lester William Hobbs, 46, and Aja Daniell Johnson, authorities said at a Wednesday news conference.
NEWS 9 was told that in the note Hobbs blamed a host of people for recent events, including the death of his estranged wife, Tonya Hobbs, but he never blamed himself. He also poked fun at police in their inability to locate him.
A decade ago, Hobbs lived in a house not far from the crime scene in Norman. Bobie Ford knew Lester Hobbs when he lived there, and said after the abduction he suspected Hobbs would come back, so he called 911.
They said they would pass the information along, but they didn't have the police force to be able to come out here and patrol to look for him," Ford said
Norman police said they recalled a call like that.
We would go to that area and there was nothing we could confirm in that area whether they were camped out or staying in somebody's house," said Norman Police MPO Jennifer Newell.
The agent in charge of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation's search for a missing 7-year-old girl and her alleged abductor vigorously defended the agency's handling of the case Wednesday even as a state lawmaker criticized it.
Richard Goss, who leads the OSBI's Lawton office, said "each and every lead was followed up on and documented" as authorities searched for Aja Johnson and her stepfather, 46-year-old Lester Hobbs.
based on the decomposition of the bodies, they were likely at the scene for more than a month.
The state medical examiner's office Wednesday confirmed the identity of the bodies, although spokeswoman Cherokee Ballard said the cause and manner of death won't be determined until results from toxicology tests are received, which could take three to six weeks.
Rep. Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City, said the OSBI didn't handle the investigation well.
"I think we need a full-fledged report on this investigation, day by day, what was going on in their agency to find Hobbs. He was right under our nose."
Morrissette noted the car was easily visible from the air.
Something went wrong here," Morrissette said. "I want to know, who knew about the tips and when did they know it? People around the lake ... had a suspicion (Hobbs) might be in the area.
"If you connect the dots as a regular investigation, it shouldn't have been that difficult."
To those who might think “Aja will never see justice”. I say her justice was served when the sniveling coward Lester Hobbs expended his own energy to rid society of his own worthless self.
To Mildred A, you pathetic two-faced enabler of a murdering, cowardly abuser I have this to say: In the early days when hundreds of citizens braved freezing weather, dangerous conditions and risked their own health – heroes such as Oriah at Websleuths and the hundreds of angels like her who went day after day looking for Aja – not once did you stand before a microphone and try to reason with your brother to leave Aja in safety. Not once did you use the powers you had at your hands to plead for the safe return of that child.
http://www.thehinkymeter.com/?p=2139while law enforcement agencies came together and worked to find your loathsome spawn of hell sibling,
In that month that apparently Aja was still alive, did you do anything to save her life?
Now that LH has been confirmed dead, I'll put this information out in the open. While it's no longer of any use in the search, it might be relevant to the issue of when LH and Aja died.
In early March, I found a profile belonging to LH on a dating website. I was able to tell from that site that his account had logged in around Valentine's Day. I forwarded what I found to LE and continued to monitor him closely myself, but he didn't log in again. I suspect they died around that time, and that seems to fit with what LE is saying now. (Who knows.. maybe this is how LE knows they weren't out there the entire time they were missing).
I didn't make contact with LH personally, so it could have been LE that accessed the account in mid-February, but I don't think so.
Between finding the first dating profile and discovery of the bodies, a small group of sleuths organized and we put in many hours combing through dating websites looking for more evidence of LH (and there are a TON of sites). Speaking only for myself, I found a few additional profiles on different websites, all of which were forwarded to LE, though I was not able to determine when he had accessed those accounts. Of course, that is not to say LE couldn't.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
Anyway... bear this in mind when theorizing.
This is an extremely excellent blog. Mentions Oriah here at WS, This is a must read!
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now that lh has been confirmed dead, i'll put this information out in the open. While it's no longer of any use in the search, it might be relevant to the issue of when lh and aja died.
In early march, i found a profile belonging to lh on a dating website. I was able to tell from that site that his account had logged in around valentine's day. I forwarded what i found to le and continued to monitor him closely myself, but he didn't log in again. I suspect they died around that time, and that seems to fit with what le is saying now. (who knows.. Maybe this is how le knows they weren't out there the entire time they were missing).
I didn't make contact with lh personally, so it could have been le that accessed the account in mid-february, but i don't think so.
Between finding the first dating profile and discovery of the bodies, a small group of sleuths organized and we put in many hours combing through dating websites looking for more evidence of lh (and there are a ton of sites). Speaking only for myself, i found a few additional profiles on different websites, all of which were forwarded to le, though i was not able to determine when he had accessed those accounts. Of course, that is not to say le couldn't.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
anyway... Bear this in mind when theorizing.
This is the email for the Oklahoma State Representative that has called for an investigation. Even though I don't live in Oklahoma, I sent him an email anyway. In the mailing I also asked for him to look into the DHS complaint. The below email address would be a good place to start complaining!
richardmorrissette@okhouse.gov
This email address was published by the state of Oklahoma so I assumed it was alright too put it here.
What are you saying?? That he had access to a computer on February 14th? Where? OMG...
I don't believe Aja was alive past the 24th of January. Why oh why, would he keep her alive?
This whole thing makes me want to hold my children closer. So sad. Such a waste and loss of life.Taken together with what they've released about the note... that it "pokes fun" at LE for being unable to find him... I feel pretty confident that they were alive for a while. Maybe he kept her alive to use as a hostage, just in case.