Ever heard of a love story gone wrong? Well, buckle up because this one takes the cake. Danielle Johnson fatally stabbed her boyfriend, Jaelen Allen Chaney, then went on to commit an unthinkable act – killing their baby before crashing her SUV into a tree in a twisted murder-suicide. This shocking tale of betrayal and tragedy will leave you questioning the depths of human depravity and the blurred lines between love and madness. How did a relationship spiral so out of control?
The shocking turn of events took an even darker twist when Johnson proceeded to kill the baby she shared with Chaney before carrying out a murder-suicide plan. The details surrounding this horrific tragedy left the community reeling in disbelief.
Police first learned of the mayhem when they found an 8-month-old and 9-year-old in the middle of the 405 Freeway around 4:30 a.m. Monday.
The baby girl was pronounced dead at the scene, but her older sister had managed to survive the fall with “moderate injuries,” according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Just half an hour later, the kids’ mother Danielle Johnson was found dead in her crushed car several miles away in Redondo Beach.
The 34-year-old had driven her SUV at a “speed in excess of 100 miles per hour” when she collided with a tree. Whether the crash was intentional or not is not yet clear.
Nearly three hours later, investigators discovered the body of 29-year-old Jaelen Allen Chaney in the luxury Woodland Hills apartment — where a one-bedroom fetches up to $5,000 per month — he shared with Johnson and her children.
Neighbors called 911 after spotting a trail of blood down the hallway toward the couple’s open door.
“Their door was wide open, there was blood on the floor leading into their apartment, and then a trail of it in the hallway leading up to the elevator, and I saw some blood on the walls,” a 26-year-old neighbor told ABC 7.
At the direction of an EMT, the neighbor’s father went into the unit to check on Chaney, who was found dead and “facedown on the floor.”
“And there was a lot of blood,” the man said.
According to police, Johnson stabbed Chaney to death when the two became involved in a verbal argument around 3:40 a.m.
Johnson allegedly grabbed a knife and attacked Chaney before piling her two daughters into a dark-colored Porsche SUV, which she plowed through the apartment complex security gate.
That’s when she peeled toward the highway, where “the minors fell or were thrown out of the moving vehicle,” according to the California Highway Patrol.
The 9-year-old child — the sole survivor of the horrifying attack — had witnessed her mother slay Johnson, sources told ABC 7.
Johnson killed herself more than 30 miles south of the site of Chaney’s murder.
The harrowing details of a tragic incident have shocked people to the core. The sequence of events, the individuals involved, and the aftermath have been laid bare before you. Remember that awareness and vigilance are key in preventing similar occurrences. Stay alert!
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