Council Bluffs Police say two transient men were arrested on murder charges following an investigation into the discovered late Wednesday night, of  body found outside of a building at 1435 N. 15th Street. 46-year old Vance A. Good was charged with 1st Degree murder in the death of 44-year old Lee Johnson. 32-year old Brandon K. Hollis was charged with being an accessory to murder. Both men were being held in the Pottawattamie County Jail.

Brandon Hollis

Vance Good

Authorities say at around 11:30-p.m., Wednesday, Council Bluffs Police and Fire personnel were dispatched to the Joshua House on North 15th Street, regarding an assault. The Joshua House is a 24‐hour men’s emergency homeless shelter. Johnson, Good and Hollis were all signed into the facility to spend the night.

Upon their arrival, officers located Lee Johnson’s deceased body laying outside the building. Johnson had multiple, deep lacerations to his face and neck. Joshua House staff directed officers to Vance Good and Brandon Hollis, who were both still inside the facility. Preliminary investigation revealed that Good and Johnson were in an altercation inside the Joshua House and it is alleged that Good used a sharp cutting instrument to fatally wound Johnson. Good and Hollis then proceeded to carry Johnson’s body out of the building, to dispose of it in the parking lot.

Neither Good or Hollis attempted any life saving measures nor did they contact anyone to provide emergency medical assistance for Johnson.