Tulsa Mother Outraged Child Killer Moved Without Notice

A man who raped and murdered a 10-year-old girl was moved recently from a maximum security prison to a medium one.

Elizabeth Wagoner's mother is outraged she wasn't notified and is speaking out for the first time since the 2006 killing.

Elizabeth Wagoner was killed when she went for a walk in her sleepy Tulsa neighborhood. Daniel Johnson was convicted of the 10-year-old's sexual assault and murder. He left her body by a trash dumpster near 21st and Sheridan.

Johnson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life without parole plus 35 years.

Elizabeth's mom, Lindsay, signed up to be notified any time Johnson's prison status changed. She got one letter several years ago, then nothing. She checked on him right before Christmas and was shocked.

"I almost went crazy," she said.

Johnson had been moved in August from maximum security down to medium, and then moved again in October to another medium security facility. She wanted to know why he was moved and why she wasn't notified.

"I just wanted to pack my baby and run away. The thought of him being able to escape medium, to me, is a higher risk than maximum," Lindsay said.

Lindsay and her husband have a little girl who just turned a year old and as much as they want her to have a normal life, it's impossible not to let fear wrap itself around their hearts.

They want Johnson in a max lockup, where he can never be a threat to their family again.

"He should be there. He's a baby killer. I don't care if he pled out and he's never getting out. He needs to be in the worst place imaginable," she said.

The Oklahoma  Department of Corrections says it's common for murderers to be moved to medium security because there are 2,000 killers and 1,100 beds in max.

They say maximum security is reserved for those on death row, with escape histories or combative to staff and others.

Johnson was moved to medium because he only has one misconduct on his record, for passing something to another inmate. He was moved the second time because he was threatened.

The DOC says medium is still considered secure.

"If it were basically the same security, it would be maximum," Lindsay said.

Why wasn't Lindsay notified? When she signed up in 2006, she filled out a piece of paper. But a few years ago, the system was computerized and families were supposed to receive a letter that told them to sign up again.

The Attorney General's office says some of those families might've fallen through the cracks. They encourage people to go to Vine Link, which lets you track prisoners anywhere in the U.S. and sign up.