Man charged in Bishop Ford death

Jennifer Mitchell was struck and killed on the Bishop Ford Freeway early Tuesday. Police are investigating whether she was thrown from an SUV. (Photo courtesy Kina Curry, Photo courtesy Kina Curry / February 12, 2013)

By Ellen Jean Hirst Tribune reporter

4:31 p.m. CST, February 14, 2013

A man involved in the death of a 27-year-old woman who fell from an SUV that kept travelling down the Bishop Ford Expressway this week has been charged, Illinois State Police said today.
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Michael Johnson, 28, of Edwardsville, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence involving death, aggravated fleeing and eluding and leaving the scene of a fatal accident.

?Throughout the investigation, law enforcement agents were able to connect the victim and the offender at various locations, prior to the incident,? Illinois State Police said in a statement.

Police are still piecing together whether Jennifer Mitchell, a Chicago resident, jumped or was pushed out of her SUV, which Johnson had been driving at the time. She was struck by a car and a semi after she fell near 154th Street in Dolton about 1 a.m. on Tuesday, authorities said.
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The SUV eluded police for miles before it crashed at an exit ramp near 127th Street.
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Johnson has a criminal history including seven arrests and two convictions, according to court records. The arrests include four charges for assault, and one each for larceny, criminal damage to property and obstructing justice. The two convictions are for domestic battery.
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Johnson will appear in bond court Friday at the Cook County 6th District Courthouse in Markham.

ehirst@tribune.com

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