Detectives check for conspiracy in Guerneville killing

[Sequoia]

The stepfather of Michelle Johnson is named in court records that raise the possibility of a conspiracy in the Guerneville woman's death.

An affidavit filed Wednesday in Sonoma County Superior Court doesn't explicitly name any co-conspirators but says stepfather Paul Shkurkin "had mentioned to others that Johnson had become a problem."

The same statement, signed by Sheriff's Detective Jack Neely, says Johnson had threatened to give authorities a videotape showing Shkurkin and another man having sex with a woman.

Court papers filed in a child custody case involving Johnson and her common-law husband allege that underage girls participated in sex parties at Shkurkin's home in 2000.

Neely's affidavit was filed in support of a search warrant to obtain cell phone records for Luke Clay Hasler, the man charged with kidnapping and murdering Johnson, 32, who disappeared March 14 while walking home from a Guerneville bar.

"The investigation has indicated the possibility that Hasler may have conspired with other suspect(s) prior to this incident to kidnap and murder the victim," Neely's statement says.

Hasler, 34, who is being held without bail at the Sonoma County Jail, pleaded innocent in court earlier this week.

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http://www.pressdemocrat.com/local/news/26woman_a1.html

(Her hair was cut off too)

[BrotherBuzz]

1. The real conspiracy is being hatched....

about four mile away at the Bohemian Grove.
http://www.sonomacountyfreepress.com/bohos/bohofact.html