PORTAGE, Mich. — A man serving time for the death of his parents in Kalamazoo County will face charges in connection to a 2018 missing persons case in Portage.
17-year-old Bonifacio Peña was reported missing in 2018.
In a Tuesday press release, the Portage Department of Public Safety said Nicholas Johnson was the person last seen with Peña.
The department says in November 2024 they had exhausted all investigative avenues in Peña's disappearance and determined he was dead. The case was then submitted to the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor’s Office.
Prosecutors authorized the following charges against Johnson last week:
- Open murder
- Felony firearm (two counts)
- Felon in possession of a firearm
- Carrying a concealed weapon
Johnson is already in law enforcement custody. He was convicted in the 2021 deaths of his parents, Gary and Laura Johnson.
Johnson will be transferred from the Michigan Department of Corrections to Kalamazoo County Jail in the coming weeks for arraignment.
