LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – A Jefferson County Grand Jury has returned a 17 count indictment against a man already being held in connection in one murder case with being involved in two other homicides.

The indictment charges Deonize Lee Jr., 22, with murder in a July 9, 2023, homicide in the 2000 block of Wilson Ave. That case, which happened in the Park Hill neighborhood, involves the shooting death of Mozell Issacc Johnson, Jr.

The second homicide happened around 9 p.m. August 13, 2025, in the 4000 block of West Broadway. The victim, Jermia Offutt, 28, of Louisville, was taken to UofL Hospital for treatment but died from her wounds.

Family members said Offutt, who was a mother to three kids, was pregnant with her fourth child. The indictment in the death of Offutt includes one count of

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