Woman's face was beaten off in gruesome murder after Tennessee judge freed domestic abuser

A woman's look was beaten disconnected by her home abuser ex-boyfriend aft he was released from a Nashville jailhouse contempt viciously-beating her. 

Lauren Johansen is said to person been fatally-mutilated by her home abuser ex Bricen Rivers, 23, aft he was wrongly allowed to time off a Tennessee lock-up and recreation to Mississippi to onslaught her earlier this month. 

He was successful jailhouse for attacking his ex precocious past year, it is alleged. 

'He hit her truthful severely that her skull and her look beautiful overmuch became fractured from nan remainder of her body,' Johansen's begetter Dr Lance Johansen told WDAM.

'He fundamentally hit her until nan beforehand of her caput came off. No quality being deserves to person this hap to them.'

Rivers, who was charged successful nan sadistic decease of his ex-girlfriend, faced Forrest County Judge Gay Polk-Payton connected Friday. 

He was denied enslaved and will stay successful jail, giving his alleged victim's grieving begetter immoderate relief.

Rivers was arrested successful Nashville successful December 2023 aft viciously beating nan nursing student while nan mates were connected vacation.

Seven months aft being locked up, he was 'mistakenly' released from jail, and returned to Mississippi wherever he reportedly carried retired his ex-girlfriend's murder.

Nashville prosecutors person conceded Rivers should not person been freed by a judge during a bail hearing.

During Friday's 30-minute tribunal proceedings, Forrest County Assistant District Attorney Clay Cranfold listed Rivers' existent charges arsenic first-degree murder, expansive larceny car and tampering pinch evidence.

Forrest County District Attorney Lin Carter told WDAM 7News that 'we made a beardown statement against bond.'

The tribunal went on pinch our argument, and he received nary enslaved connected nan murder, and past he received a $20,000 enslaved connected nan expansive larceny car and nan tampering pinch evidence.'

When nan judge asked Rivers if he was retired connected enslaved astatine nan clip of nan murder, nan fishy told him 'no, not to my knowledge,' but the ADA intervened and told nan judge - Rivers was retired connected enslaved for beating his then-girlfriend astir to decease erstwhile nan mates were successful Nashville together.

Lauren's begetter called Rivers a 'pathological liar.' 

Dr. Lance said, that he 'misled nan judge present (Friday). He misled nan judge location before, and I deliberation nan bottommost statement is, you cannot return a criminal’s connection for saying nan correct thing.'

In 2022, Rivers’ had a supplier trafficking complaint successful Harrison County, and a twelvemonth later was faced pinch kidnapping and stalking charges that were revoked connected Friday, arsenic per nan news outlet.

Prosecutors said caller grounds reveals that Rivers committed nan execution successful Forrest County, and tried to cleanable nan car to shield nan grounds earlier driving nan car to Harrison County.

Lauren's expert begetter discovered his daughter's assemblage body successful nan backseat of nan car. He described it arsenic 'brutally mutilated.'

The distraught begetter said astir nan miscarriage of justness that led to his daughter's ferocious execution but felt immoderate comfortableness connected Friday knowing that Rivers will enactment locked up successful a detention facility. 

He said, successful part, that he already feels 'some alleviation knowing that' and said, 'this is immoderate justness for me.'

'And I’m assured that he’s ne'er going to spot nan ray of time again,' Johansen said. 'This man’s not done sidesplitting people, and if he has a chance, he’ll termination personification successful in jail.'