Woman sentenced after girlfriend’s 8-year-old child was fatally strangled and placed in trash bag

COLUMBUS, Ohio (TCN) -- A 34-year-old woman will spend time behind bars in connection with the strangling death of her girlfriend’s young son. The Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announced June 5 that Johnna Lowe pleaded guilty to charges of murder and gross abuse of a corpse. A judge sentenced her to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years. According to authorities, on June 28, 2024, Columbus Police responded to a report of a missing child, 8-year-old Martonio Wilder. The boy’s mother, Lashanda Wilder, reportedly said she last saw her son the