She called the impending solar eclipse “the epitome of spiritual warfare” in an online post 3 days before the murder.
An Astrologer influencer from the US stabbed her partner before throwing her two children from a moving SUV, resulting in the death of her infant daughter because she was terrified of the impending “apocalypse” she believed the eclipse would incite, according to a report. Danielle Johnson — a popular astrology influencer who went by the name of Danielle Ayoka online — warned her 106,000 followers to “wake up” and to “pick a side” in the days before she carried out the twisted murder-suicide that spanned several Los Angeles neighborhoods, law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times Wednesday.
Three days later, hours before the eclipse was expected to occur over California, Johnson murdered two of her loved ones and tried to kill her oldest daughter before killing herself in an early-morning massacre, according to police.
WAKE UP WAKE UP THE APOCALYPSE IS HERE. EVERYONE WHO HAS EARS LISTEN. YOUR TIME TO CHOOSE WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS NOW. IF YOU BELIEVE A NEW WORLD IS POSSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE RT NOW.
THERE IS POWER IN CHOICE. THERE IS POWER IN CHOICE!!!! REPOST TO MAKE THE CHOICE FOR THE COLLECTIVE pic.twitter.com/NMyuLkBj5l
— Ayoka (@MysticxLipstick) April 5, 2024
Police not considering the eclipse to a factor behind the murder
While detectives have reviewed Johnson’s posts, police are not considering the eclipse to be a precipitating or contributing factor to the slayings “because we just don’t know why she did what she did,” Lt. Guy Golan told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
“We’ve taken all the facts we can, but without being able to interview her and without having something more tangible than a post on X, I don’t know how much weight you can give to somebody (saying) there’s an apocalypse and attribute it to one of the most horrific murders we’ve had in LA,” Golan, who is head of the homicide unit investigating the case, said.
Authorities say Johnson and her partner, 29-year-old Jaelen Allen Chaney, had an argument around 3:40 a.m. Monday in their apartment in Woodland Hills. Johnson stabbed Chaney and fled with her kids, an 8-month-old girl and her 9-year-old sister, in a Porsche Cayenne.
Johnson then drove along Interstate 405 in Culver City and threw her daughters out of the moving SUV around 4:30 a.m., police said. The baby was pronounced dead on the road, but the older daughter — who witnessed the stabbing — survived with moderate injuries.
Johnson travelled southwest to Redondo Beach, where a half-hour later she was driving over 100 miles per hour (160 kph) and crashed into a tree. The LAPD is investigating whether the solo crash was an apparent suicide.
About Eclipse
While eclipses have long been linked to doomsday prophecies throughout history, scientists debunk these claims as unfounded. Monday’s breathtaking eclipse provided a mesmerizing celestial display for millions across North America, spanning from Mexico to Texas, Arkansas, Niagra Falls, New England, and eastern Canada. Spectators marveled as the Moon passed in front of the Sun, revealing the star’s corona in all its glory. Despite ancient beliefs, modern science assures us that eclipses are natural phenomena, devoid of any apocalyptic significance.
