WAUKEGAN, Ill. (Lake County News-Sun) ― A 43-year-old Antioch Township woman is being held in the Lake County Jail on a $1 million bond after being charged with murdering her ex-boyfriend by driving over him and dragging his body a quarter of a mile.
Lori A. Michelson, of the 40000 block of Fairview Ave., sobbed and cried in bond court Friday morning as prosecutors read the charges and described what allegedly happened.
Brian Boatright, 29, of the 400 block of Meadowgreen Lane in Round Lake Beach, died Tuesday.
Michelson is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated driving under the influence. If convicted of murder she faces a prison sentence of 20 to 60 years.
Prosecutor Patricia Fix said the two had been dating for nine months, Fix said.
That evening, the couple were in Michelson's car, a white Volvo station wagon, in the parking lot of the Big Lots store in Round Lake Beach, drinking and arguing, Fix said. Boatright got out and stood in front of the car.
Michelson "drove over" him, Fix said, and kept on driving a quarter-mile to the Meadowgreen Apartments parking lot, with his body stuck under the car.
Witnesses in the Big Lots parking lot shouted at Michelson as she drove by, Fix said, "Hey lady, there is someone under your car. Stop," and Michelson retorted: "shut up."
A coroner determined Boatright's legs were broken "at the height of the car bumper," Fix said. His body was torn apart and he suffered a shattered pelvis and many broken ribs, dying of blunt-force trauma. His right shoulder had tire tracks and his entire body had "road rash," Fix said.
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