04-26-2012, 02:33 AM
BALTIMORE - The Baltimore City Police Department says an arrest has been made in the death of Phylicia Barnes, the North Carolina 16-year-old who disappeared in December of 2010 after visiting her family in Baltimore City.
ABC2 News investigative reporter, Brian Kuebler, and ABC2 News photographer, Pete O'Neal, broke the story shortly after midnight.
Baltimore City Police officials confirmed that officers had arrested suspect, Michael Johnson, around 11:30pm Wednesday night. Johnson is in custody on unknown charges.
Barnes' body was found four months after her disappearance in the Susquehanna River near the Conowingo Dam in Cecil County. Her death was ruled a homicide.
She had been visiting during Baltimore during the Christmas holidays from North Carolina to see her family.
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ABC2 News investigative reporter, Brian Kuebler, and ABC2 News photographer, Pete O'Neal, broke the story shortly after midnight.
Baltimore City Police officials confirmed that officers had arrested suspect, Michael Johnson, around 11:30pm Wednesday night. Johnson is in custody on unknown charges.
Barnes' body was found four months after her disappearance in the Susquehanna River near the Conowingo Dam in Cecil County. Her death was ruled a homicide.
She had been visiting during Baltimore during the Christmas holidays from North Carolina to see her family.