*READ MORE BELOW ABOUT THE PROTECTIVE ORDER FILED AGAINST LESTER HOBBS*

Investigators in Oklahoma are actively searching for Aja Johnson this Monday.  Deputies believe the 7-year-old was taken by Lester Hobbs, 47, after her mother’s murder.  The last time Aja or Hobbs were seen was on Saturday, around 6 p.m.  Hobbs, a convicted felon, is wanted for a failure to appear warrant out of Lincoln County.  He was scheduled to appear this morning for a DUI charge, he is also wanted for questioning in the murder of Tonya Hobbs, Aja’s mother.  Investigators say Hobbs could be driving a 1992 Toyota Paseo with OK license plates 577-BPW, and the car may have not have any hubcaps.  The back passenger window of the Toyota is covered with plastic. 

 

HEIGHT:  5′9″

WEIGHT:  185 pounds

EYES:  Hazel

HAIR:  Brown

Hobbs is not Aja’s biological father.

 

 

I spoke with the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigations a couple of times today and they say Hobbs was due in court this morning in Lincoln County, just north of Oklahoma County, but did not show. Hobbs has a long criminal history, including domestic violence, assault and battery with a deadly weapon, injury to a child, and many DUI arrest.  Police say Tonya’s body was found around 9 p.m. Sunday night, and her daughter and estranged husband were no where to be found. Hobbs was staying in an RV on his sister’s property.  Police say Tonya and Aja were visiting for the weekend.

I can confirm Aja was a student at the Davenport Elementary school up until last year when she was transferred to the Newcastle school in Oklahoma.  I confirmed with the Newcastle Elementary school that Aja did in fact start first grade there, and was pulled out in October 2009.  I spoke to the principal, and she says Aja always wore her hair in a high ponytail, and she was very loving.  Aja is the kind of child if she knows you, she will run up and give you a big hug.  There are reports that Aja needs medication, and I was told that during her 6 weeks at that school the nurse never issued her any medication, and as far as they know she was not required to take any.  Aja was one of 863 children who attend the Pre-K-5 school. The school got word that Aja was going to attend school in Oklahoma City after she was withdrawn, and they were waiting for the new school to contact them, but they never got a call.  I did speak with the Communications Director of public schools in Oklahoma City, and I can confirm that Aja was enrolled in Parmelle Elementary School as of November 2009. I was told Aja does have a sister who is currently in middle school in Newcastle, but the Newcastle middle school cannot confirm or deny if the child is a student there.

I spoke to one of the clerk’s at the Lincoln County Court in Oklahoma and I learned on August 6, 2009, Tonya Hobbs filed a protective order against her husband Lester Hobbs.  She was supposed to show up for a hearing on August 18, 2009, but never did, and he was never served – the protective order was dropped by the court.  I received the official petition paperwork, and Tonya Hobbs wrote in her own handwriting, “My husband has threatened to hit my daughter in the head with a hammer and kill them, he also threatened to kill me if I left him.”  The relief requested in the order states that Lester Hobbs is to have no contact with her in person or on the telephone anytime or any place, not to abuse, threaten, injure, assault, molest, stalk, harass, or otherwise interfere with Petitioner (Tonya).  Tonya also requested to have the car to use for doctor appointments.  It is to my understanding from investigators that the car was registered to both Tonya and Lester Hobbs.  The paperwork also claims there was a BB gun on the premises.

In November 2009, Aja’s father, John J. Johnson filed an emergency order with the court to get custody of Aja, and was granted full custody.  In the official paperwork filed with the court, and signed by the judge on December 4, 2009, it states, “child shall not be left alone with Respondent (Tonya); the child shall not be around LESTER HOBBS, Respondent’s current husband.”  Also, child support was not awarded to her father at the time because of Tonya’s medical and financial situation, and because her father could financially support the child by himself.”

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