EDITOR’S NOTE: A probable cause affidavit filed against Dominique Washington states the two victims in this case were confidential informants for Richmond police. RPD has since denied this and claims there was “confusion” surrounding the PC being filed. FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Two people have been found dead inside trash bags thrown into a Fort Wayne river after being shot, stabbed and strangled. A "known drug dealer" has since been arrested on murder charges. Dominique Washington mugshot Christina M. Dixon, 40, and Matthew J. Johnson, 41, were found dead last Friday by Fort Wayne police after their bodies were recovered from a local river. Police have since arrested 29-year-old Dominique M. Washington on felony murder and kidnapping charges in connection to the deaths. The "known drug dealer" is now being held in the Allen County Jail without bond. The deaths Police crews were called around 1 p.m. Friday after volunteers cleaning up the St. Mary's River on the edge of downtown Fort Wayne found two large trash bags in the water near Guldlin Park. Inside the bags were the bodies of a white adult male and a white adult female. The Allen County Coroner identified the two victims Tuesday as Dixon and Johnson. Their deaths were ruled as homicides. Court documents show that officials determined Dixon died by strangulation and suffocation, while Johnson died from a gunshot wound and stab wound. Detectives learned that the two Connersville residents had been reported missing on Sept. 19 by the Richmond Police Department, one day before their bodies were found. Police were then able to get cell phone data from both victims, which painted a picture of their last known whereabouts. Tracking their phones GPS data from both victims' cell phones showed that their locations were being tracked up until around 4:45 p.m. on Sept. 19. Police then discovered that Johnson's last known location was at the Genesis Apartments in Richmond. Surveillance footage from the apartment complex showed that Johnson arrived at the apartments around 4:19 p.m. on his motorcycle. The next day, a white car is seen pulling into the parking lot and driving away with Johnson's motorcycle. Johnson is then seen shaking hands with a Black male dressed in all black, police said. Johnson and the man then get into a gray Dodge Avenger. Docs: Richmond man poisoned wife’s Coca-Cola so he could marry her daughter Police then interviewed a witness who said that Dixon was at her home around 4:45 p.m. when she received a call from Johnson telling her to come outside. The witness said Dixon then walked through a few yards before saying she "would be back soon" and getting into a silver car. Soon after, police said both victims' phones went off network. Detectives were later able to recover the phones after a witness said he found the devices in a trash can near his Richmond residence. The last action on Johnson's phone was reportedly adding a new contact named "Nico Bro." Investigating 'Nico' Detectives then spoke with someone who believed a man named Nico who drove a silver car was possibly involved in Dixon and Johnson's abduction. They were then able to identify "Nico" as Dominique Washington - a "known drug dealer" in the Richmond area. RELATED: Wayne County Drug Task Force dissolved Detectives contacted a witness who said on Sept. 19 a man named "Rooster" asked him to come to the Genesis Apartment complex to give him a ride. The man said he picked up Rooster and white male later identified as Johnson. He said that he then went home and allowed Rooster to use his car for the rest of the day. The witness later positively identified Washington as Rooster. Police found that Washington had recently been driving a 2011 white GMC Acadia. They then used license plate readers to track the Acadia, which had reportedly driven from Richmond to Fort Wayne between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Sept. 20. Conclusion Court records show that detectives continued to gather evidence against Washington that showed he had driven between the two cities the day after Dixon and Johnson disappeared. They also reportedly spoke to a witness who said Washington had made her pick up Johnson's motorcycle from the Genesis Apartments on Sept. 20. In the end, police concluded that Washington killed Dixon and Johnson before driving to Fort Wayne and getting rid of their bodies. "Detectives believe that Dominique lured [Johnson] and [Dixon] into [witness]'s vehicle and forced them to turn their phones off," court docs read. "Detectives believe that Dominique then switched vehicles, killing them along the way, and then dumping the bodies in the St. Mary’s River in Fort Wayne, Indiana." Arrest Washington was arrested around 9:30 p.m. Monday by State Police SWAT, FWPD and RPD crews near his Campbell Avenue home. He is now being held in the Allen County Jail without bond, where was booked on two counts of felony murder, kidnapping and failure to report the discovery of a body. Online court records show that four felony murder charges have been filed against Washington in Allen Superior Court 5. An initial hearing in his case is scheduled for 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25. Criminal records show Washington has an extensive arrest history in Wayne County that includes charges for robbery with a deadly weapon, narcotics possession, theft, battery, burglary, criminal recklessness, pointing a firearm and more. Police response Richmond Police Chief Kyle Weatherly released a statement on the murders and arrest on Tuesday afternoon. "𝑂𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑤 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑑. 𝐴𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒."