'America's kindest husband' who went viral for romantic note he left wife is now suspected of killing her

A man who changeable to net fame arsenic 'America's kindest husband' has fallen nether suspicion of sidesplitting his woman aft he was convicted of a shocking kid activity crime. 

Timothy Murphy Johnson, 40, won praise crossed societal media successful 2015 erstwhile his woman Molly shared a saccharine connection he had near for her connected their chamber mirror, titled: 'Reasons I emotion my wife.' 

His database included Molly being his 'best friend' and 'never quitting connected herself aliases me', alongside little orthodox compliments specified arsenic 'she's gone to nan portion nine pinch me.' 

Molly passed distant 2 years later from an evident termination caused by an overdose, nevertheless her friends and family told The Times they now fishy Murphy-Johnson killed his wife, drafting parallels betwixt really she died and nan sickening measurement he kidnapped a 16-year-old woman past year. 

Prosecutors said Murphy-Johnson, alongside his woman Olivia Ashford Henn, 21, kidnapped a 16-year-old woman successful early June 2023 and held her captive for complete six weeks. 

Throughout her ordeal, Murphy-Johnson tied her to a furniture naked, trim her pinch a knife, and forced her to return supplier overdoses, each of which was filmed by nan erstwhile 'America's kindest husband.'  

After Murphy-Johnson received a life condemnation this year, his ex-wife's loved ones said they came to mobility whether Molly had really committed suicide. 

They told The Times that contempt nan saccharine connection he had near Molly connected their mirror, she was known to beryllium trapped successful an abusive matrimony and would often opportunity Murphy-Johnson beat, raped and threatened to termination her. 

She had confided successful friends that her hubby had forced her into adultery and raped her, and moreover claimed successful a tribunal filing that he threatened to termination her pinch a supplier overdose and make it look for illustration a suicide. 

One of Molly's puerility friends, Anna-Marie Anderson, told nan outlet: 'I judge Tim either provided her pinch narcotics aliases forced her to return them. 

'She was brilliant, highly knowledgeable connected medicine and drugs, and successful my opinion, she would not spell retired that way.' 

In messages sent to friends uncovered successful nan investigation, Molly said she was readying to divorcement her hubby but was 'scared' of him, and often sent pictures of her bruises to her friends. 

In 1 of nan messages, she said: 'He (Murphy-Johnson) conscionable offered maine immoderate supplier that will termination me, truthful I tin get it complete pinch already... conjecture I’ll conscionable make it easier for america both.' 

The mates had met connected making love website OK Cupid successful 2012, and Molly abandoned plans to study for a master's grade to subordinate Murphy-Johnson successful San Francisco soon aft erstwhile he sewage a caller job. 

Molly's begetter Bob Gelman said his girl called him doubly to 'rescue her' aft nan move, but said 'it was astir that clip that Tim projected to Molly.' 

'Molly had to salary for her ain ring, which Tim kept. I suggested that they hold astatine slightest a afloat twelvemonth earlier they joined fixed their relationship’s history. They eloped a fewer months later,' he said. 

When they moved to Los Angeles, Gelman said he recovered retired Molly had 'checked herself into a intelligence infirmary to get away' from her husband, but his hopes that she would time off her matrimony were short lived. 

'Sadly, Tim managed to saccharine talk her into returning to him,' he said. 

He said soon after, 'Molly had to discontinue her occupation because of nan visible cuts and bruises connected her body', and said he 'was pimping her retired — having her person activity pinch different men for money.' 

In their investigation into her death, Molly's friends said they discovered definitive images of her connected big websites specified arsenic Pornhub, wherever she was advertised arsenic an 'escort' and described arsenic a 'naughty nerd.' 

Aside from his aged net fame arsenic nan 'kindest husband' successful America, Murphy-Johnson was known arsenic a successful machine programmer. 

He was conscionable 16 erstwhile he founded his ain company, Artificial Studios, and went connected to play a starring domiciled successful nan improvement of 3D features successful gaming pinch his package Reality Engine. 

He moved to America erstwhile Artificial Studios was bought by Epic Games, but was fired by nan institution for 'repeated capacity problems, behaviour issues and attendance concerns.' 

During their troubled marriage, Molly reportedly told friends her hubby developed a crippling addiction to opioids that caused him to 'lose his sh**.' 

Just 7 months aft Molly's reflector image went viral, she applied for a restraining bid against her husband, claiming he 'threatened to termination maine (and make it look for illustration a suicide.' 

'(Murphy-Johnson) physically assaulted maine by kicking my back/stomach, punching my head/arms, pushing maine down and stealing my purse, money and telephone to forestall maine getting away,' she claimed successful her filing. 

Gelman said his girl soon 'begged me' to rescue her, but withdrew her exertion successful August 2017. By that November, he had her past speech pinch her. 

'I sewage a telephone from her a fewer days later. She was backmost pinch Tim. He had her successful psych hospitals successful LA. She said she needed maine to nonstop her $20,000 for infirmary bills,' he said. 

'I ne'er sewage to spot aliases speak to Molly again.' 

Molly was recovered dormant successful her furniture connected nan greeting of December 16, 2017, nevertheless Gelman said his son-in-law didn't show him his girl passed distant and he only later recovered retired from Molly's erstwhile boyfriend. 

'Tim tried to person her cremated immediately. I insisted connected location being an autopsy,' Gelman told The Times.  'Eventually she was cremated, and Tim took each of her remains. I ne'er received thing of her to bury.' 

Murphy-Johnson told friends his woman near a termination note, nevertheless nan coroner's study made nary mention of a note, and the level of fentanyl successful Molly’s strategy was little than half of that usually recovered successful a termination victim. 

Despite nan rumor of forced supplier usage raised successful Molly's marriage, nan coroner said, 'concern of affectional maltreatment and manipulation are extracurricular nan scope of what nan coroner’s section tin evaluate.' 

In consequence to Molly's loved ones casting uncertainty complete her 'suicide', Murphy-Johnson's relatives said nan claims were 'baseless' and said their matrimony was 'chaos.' 

'Molly had a superior supplier addiction to fentanyl, arsenic good arsenic slump and a history of termination attempts. Tim saved her life connected much than 1 juncture … truthful I don’t judge he killed her,' said nan relative, who remained anonymous. 

'To beryllium frank they some thought nan different was trying to termination them. It was chaos. It was a sad, toxic, mess, 2 group pinch deadly supplier addictions and intelligence unwellness for 1 unspeakable relationship. 

'He did emotion her very overmuch and her decease is what led to him descending into madness. I can’t make excuses for thing Tim has done. I judge he suffers from superior intelligence wellness issues.' 

They added that 'if location is immoderate evidence' to backmost up Murphy-Johnson's alleged domiciled successful his wife's death, 'then it should evidently beryllium sent to nan authorities.'