05 Jul Jury Convicts Rogers County Man of First Degree Murder and Recommends He Spend Life in Prison
Claremore, OKLA July 1, 2022
Robert Kent Kraft (DOB 03/19/1989) of Chouteau, Oklahoma, is guilty of stabbing Justin Johnson through the heart, killing him almost instantly.
One of the victim’s family members testified Johnson always tried to protect weaker people; in this case, witnesses say he was standing up for a woman who was involved with Kraft.
After stabbing Johnson, Kraft left the scene and tried to remove blood from some of the rings he was wearing. But one of his rings had fallen off at the crime scene, and his pants were still covered with Johnson’s blood when investigators collected them as part of the investigation.
Kraft claimed self-defense, but an eyewitness stated it was Kraft who started a fight with Johnson in the late-night hours of June 29, 2018. The same witness testified after seeing what he’d done; Kraft told the woman, “you figure it out.”
Kraft has previous felony convictions for assault and battery with a deadly weapon and eluding police. He’s been in the county jail since the 2018 murder.
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