Who was Lauren Johansen? 22-year-old Nursing Student’s Mutilated Body Found Days After Her Father’s Plea to Keep Ex-Boyfriend Incarcerated Was Ignored [Video]

A father’s desperate plea to keep his daughter’s ex-boyfriend behind bars went unheeded, leading to a tragic outcome in Riverside, California. The father warned the judge that releasing the man would result in his daughter’s death, but his warnings were ignored.

Lauren Johansen, 22, was found dead in her car just five days after her ex-boyfriend Bricen Rivers was released from jail. Police say her body was mutilated, and they believe her ex-boyfriend is responsible for her death.

The chain of events started when Johansen’s ex-boyfriend was arrested on charges of domestic violence, as Rivers brutally beat her and held Johansen hostage while two were on vacation.Her father, acutely aware of the danger his daughter faced, pleaded with the court to keep the man incarcerated.

“I told the judge he would kill her if he got out,” the grieving father recounted. “I knew he was a threat to her life.”

Despite …