Father of Alabama children drowned by mother: ‘They were taken from this world in the worst way possible’

Nancy Johnson drowned Jacob Johnson, 2, and Mia Johnson, 5, in the bathtub of their home before hanging herself in a hall closet.

Derek Johnson and Nancy Johnson with children Mia and Jacob. Nancy Johnson killed the two children last week in their Semmes home before hanging herself.The father of two young children drowned by their mother in Semmes last week wrote on a GoFundMe page started by his sister that his estranged wife “had been struggling with mental issues and was having an identity crisis” since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Burch said last week there were “clearly some psychiatric issues with” Nancy Johnson, while court records show Derek Johnson had subpoenaed her psychiatric records from USA Medical as part of the couple’s divorce proceedings. Derek Johnson wrote that he and Nancy Johnson had been in a custody battle for six months and that, at one point, she “kidnapped” the children for about 2 1/2 months.

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