According to the Montgomery Advertiser David Lee Johnson Jr. 63, of Montgomery, AL, has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of Aniah Blanchard. Blanchard had been missing for a month before her probable remains were located in Macon County, AL yesterday.
Johnson was booked on a charge of hindering prosecution and is being held on a $7,500 bond. Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes declined to explain how Johnson is alleged to have hindered prosecution. A gag order has been in place regarding this case for over a week, which restricts attorneys, prosecutors and witnesses from speaking to the media.