 Johnson was described as a pedophile. According to authorities, at the time of his arrest, Johnson was using the identity of a dead child, William Cox. The U.S. Marshals said Johnson stole the child's identity, who died in Texas in 1962 after obtaining the child's birth certificate and social security number in 1995. The facility Johnson escaped from had no fence around it and was closed in June 2021. He currently awaits extradition to Oregon.