Alabama chase of S.C. men ends in crash, discovery of decomposing body
Two Greenville, S.C., men were arrested Tuesday after a decomposing body was found in the back of the vehicle following a 10-mile chase that ended when the men's Jeep crashed on Interstate 65, authorities said.
Police said they tried to pull over the Jeep Grand Cherokee for a traffic stop at about 10 a.m., but the vehicle kept moving and nearly struck two Mobile officers. Authorities said the Jeep continued on for another half-mile before the driver apparently lost control and the vehicle flipped over, crashing into a fence.
Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson Jr. said paramedics discovered the body of Jamine Proctor, of Greenville, S.C., in the luggage space of the Jeep. According to police records, he was the owner of the vehicle. He had been dead for several days, police said.
Tyson said the Jeep's driver, Carl Sutherland, was uninjured in the crash, and passenger Johnathan Campbell was treated and released to Saraland police. They are being held in Mobile County Metro jail and face murder charges in South Carolina, as well as multiple traffic violations in Mobile County, Tyson said.
"We are deferring to Greenville on much of this, because we think most of the crimes occurred there," Tyson said.
He said South Carolina officials were flying to Mobile to investigate.
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