Benjamin Taylor rejected a plea deal in the death of Markayla Johnson and her two young kids. The case now heads to trial ...

Authorities found him squatting in a California desert community two weeks after the woman and her children were reported ...

Benjamin Taylor, accused of killing his girlfriend and her two children in Charlotte, pleaded not guilty and will now face ...

Taylor pleaded not guilty Thursday afternoon to charges that he killed his girlfriend, Markayla Johnson, and her two children, 4-year-old Mariah and 7-month-old Messiah. PREVIOUS COVERAGE ...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police conducted a search warrant and found the remains of Markayla Johnson and her children, 4-year-old Miracle Johnson and 7-month-old Messiah Johnson in the apartment ...

Taylor is charged with killing Markayla Johnson and her two children, 4-year-old Miracle and 7-month-old Messiah, earlier this year. He fled to California’s Slab City, a notoriously off-the-grid ...

On Saturday, CMPD identified the remains as 22-year-old Markayla Johnson and her children: 4-year-old Miracle Johnson and 7-month-old Messiah Johnson. All three had been reported missing on March 8.