Black shoplifters drown while fleeing

Amid heavy downpours, a black mother and daughter suspected of shoplifting at a Charlotte coat store ran into a swollen, fast-moving stream. Police found the mother’s body at the bottom of the creek, and now it is being reported that search crews have found the body of her 16-year-old daughter. Police identified the dead woman as Gracie Nell Johnson, 43, and her daughter Rihanna Johnson, 16. Johnson and two others were at a Burlington Coat Factory in the city when a store employee called police to report shoplifting, according to a statement from police. One of the trio was taken into custody, while Johnson and her daughter ran. A store employee chased them, and all three plunged into a creek near the shopping center. The worker made it out, but Johnson and her daughter were swept away. Gracie Johnson’s ankle bracelet lead police to her body.