A junior enlisted soldier has been arrested and is awaiting trial after his pregnant wife went missing from an Army base in Hawaii three weeks ago, the service said Monday.
Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson II, of Frederick, Maryland, was detained and placed in military pretrial confinement, the Hawaii-based 25th Infantry Division wrote on Facebook. His arrest comes weeks after his wife, Mischa Johnson, was reported missing from her home at Oahu’s Schofield Barracks on Aug. 1, according to the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division.
Johnson enlisted in the Army in 2022 and attended a combined basic and technical training course at Fort Moore, Georgia, that November. He joined the 25th ID as a cavalry scout in June 2023, the unit said.
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The Army did not answer by press time Wednesday when Johnson was arrested, when he is expected to appear in court, or what charges he may face. He has not yet appeared on the Army’s public court docket.
Mischa Johnson, 19, was reportedly last seen inside her home on the evening of July 31, CID said. A reward poster described her as 5 feet 2 inches tall, 170 pounds and of Filipino descent, with a large dragon tattoo on her back. She was six months pregnant at the time of her disappearance.
She frequented the Ewa Villages and Waikiki areas and “may be emotionally distraught,” the Honolulu Police Department said Aug….
