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 22 year-old Deonize Lee Jr. with murder in a July 9, 2023, homicide in the 2000 block of Wilson Avenue. 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, 28 year-old Jermia Offutt 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 fetal homicide.
Lee was already in custody at Louisville Metro Corrections in connection with a St. Matthews Police Department homicide investigation. That homicide happened on the morning of Saturday, August 16, in the 800 block of Markham Lane, where the Jamestown Apartments are located.
Officers arrived to find a man who had been shot multiple times. The victim, 48 year-old Jeremy Thomas died at UofL Hospital from his injuries.
Police found a gun on the ground and said the magazine had been removed from the weapon.
Lee was originally charged with assault-domestic violence, but the charges were upgraded to murder-domestic violence. Lee told detectives that he had been in an altercation with his stepfather when he got a gun and shot him multiple times.
In addition to the fetal homicide and murder charges, Lee was indicted on one count of criminal attempted murder, 10 counts of wanton endangerment and two counts of tampering with physical evidence.
Lee will be arraigned in Jefferson Circuit Court on October 14.
Source: WAVE
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