AUSTIN, Aug. 3 -- The Texas Attorney General issued the following press release:
Attorney General Ken Paxton's Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit is announcing the arrest of Eric Johnson in connection with the 2012 homicide of 16-month-old Shawn McCloskey. Johnson was taken into custody by La Porte Police Department officers after new investigative developments were uncovered by the OAG's Cold Case Unit. Developments stemmed from the OAG's "Texas Solves: Collaboration Workshop" held in May 2026.
On July 19, 2012, Shawn's mother discovered him unresponsive after Johnson, who was her then boyfriend, had been caring for the child the night before. Shawn was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. A subsequent autop...