Overview
- U.S. Marshals Lone Star Task Force arrested Norman Lee Johnson, 42, in Round Rock, and he was booked into the Williamson County Jail pending transfer to Harris County on a capital murder charge.
- Authorities say Johnson is the biological father of the couple’s adopted 7-year-old daughter, and Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the motive likely stems from custodial issues.
- Christopher and Trinette Lopez, both 52, were found fatally shot in their Katy home on Jan. 12, and the medical examiner ruled both deaths homicides.
- Court records show Johnson was charged with harassment in October 2024 after allegedly threatening to kill Christopher Lopez and another family member over access to the child.
- Investigators reported no signs of forced entry or a recovered firearm at the scene, and the couple’s two adult children and the 7-year-old were asleep upstairs and unharmed, with an adult child calling 911.