PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Authorities have identified a California woman whose body was found in an SUV stopped after a high-speed chase in South Dakota as the mother of the driver.
Attorney General Marty Jackley’s office said Thursday the body of 58-year-old Michelle Walsh was found in the rear of the vehicle after a chase with her son, 30-year-old Tosten Walsh Lommen, of California.
Lommen faces charges including aggravated eluding and drunken driving.
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Jackley says South Dakota authorities are working with California officials on the death investigation. Autopsy results are pending.
Jackley’s office says a state trooper on Monday observed Lommen driving over 100 mph on I-90 in western South Dakota.
Authorities say the vehicle he was driving eventually came to rest in a ditch after officials used spike strips, and Lommen was arrested.
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