In response to eyewitnesses, an Ohio man was heard demanding the keys to a Jeep that was being towed behind a Missouri couple’s RV earlier than he viciously attacked them, stabbing each and killing the person at an Interstate 80 relaxation space.
On Thursday morning, James Thompson Jr, 22, was formally charged with first-degree homicide and 10 different felonies, a day after the assault at a relaxation space close to Grand Island in japanese Nebraska.Thompson, who hails from Elyria, Ohio, is being represented by a Corridor County public defender.
Sgt. Joshua Moline of the Corridor County Sheriff’s Workplace acknowledged in an affidavit filed in courtroom {that a} portion of the assault was recorded on a trucker’s sprint cam, whereas a few of it occurred out of sight inside Gary and Mary Weaver‘s RV round 7 am Wednesday. The video footage confirmed a person getting into the RV and making stabbing motions towards the lady earlier than transferring out of view. When the lady exited the RV, the person adopted and stabbed her a number of instances within the head earlier than she collapsed to the bottom, briefly pausing to shout on the trucker within the semi.
Contained in the RV, deputies found Gary Weaver with wounds to his chest and head. The 72-year-old later succumbed to his accidents at a Grand Island hospital. Mary Weaver, 71, was discovered sitting on the bottom beside the RV, bleeding. Initially in vital situation with what the sheriff described as life-threatening accidents, her situation has since improved to steady as of Thursday.
The Jeep, which had been indifferent from the RV, had blood on it. The Weavers, who’re from Eureka, Missouri, had been touring by means of Nebraska once they have been attacked.
Earlier than officers arrived on the relaxation space, Thompson fled in a Ford Focus. Nonetheless, a Nebraska State Trooper shortly noticed him exiting the freeway at Wooden River. Thompson sped away at 120 mph over I-80, passing one other driver earlier than crashing into the Platte River. He was apprehended close by, with blood on his shirt and a number of other cuts on his hand.
On Thursday morning, James Thompson Jr, 22, was formally charged with first-degree homicide and 10 different felonies, a day after the assault at a relaxation space close to Grand Island in japanese Nebraska.Thompson, who hails from Elyria, Ohio, is being represented by a Corridor County public defender.
Sgt. Joshua Moline of the Corridor County Sheriff’s Workplace acknowledged in an affidavit filed in courtroom {that a} portion of the assault was recorded on a trucker’s sprint cam, whereas a few of it occurred out of sight inside Gary and Mary Weaver‘s RV round 7 am Wednesday. The video footage confirmed a person getting into the RV and making stabbing motions towards the lady earlier than transferring out of view. When the lady exited the RV, the person adopted and stabbed her a number of instances within the head earlier than she collapsed to the bottom, briefly pausing to shout on the trucker within the semi.
Contained in the RV, deputies found Gary Weaver with wounds to his chest and head. The 72-year-old later succumbed to his accidents at a Grand Island hospital. Mary Weaver, 71, was discovered sitting on the bottom beside the RV, bleeding. Initially in vital situation with what the sheriff described as life-threatening accidents, her situation has since improved to steady as of Thursday.
The Jeep, which had been indifferent from the RV, had blood on it. The Weavers, who’re from Eureka, Missouri, had been touring by means of Nebraska once they have been attacked.
Earlier than officers arrived on the relaxation space, Thompson fled in a Ford Focus. Nonetheless, a Nebraska State Trooper shortly noticed him exiting the freeway at Wooden River. Thompson sped away at 120 mph over I-80, passing one other driver earlier than crashing into the Platte River. He was apprehended close by, with blood on his shirt and a number of other cuts on his hand.
