Plot behind Cleveland quadruple slayings took hours to carry out, prosecutors say in closing arguments

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Armond Johnson took his ex-girlfriend’s life after she said he could no longer be in it, then spent two hours carrying out his plot to frame another man, kill their 6-year-old son and her 2-year-old daughter and cover up his involvement by setting fire to their home, prosecutors told a jury Thursday.

But within minutes, Johnson’s plan started to unravel. As he was waiting for a getaway ride outside, one of Collins’ neighbors came home and spotted Johnson on the street, so Johnson chased him, killed him and had to get picked up at a McDonald’s where he was captured on camera, Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Kristin Karkutt said in closing arguments.

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