A teenager from Texas has been arrested after police say they found him driving through Nebraska with his mother’s dead body in his trunk.
Tyler Roenz, 17, and his 49-year-old mother Michelle Roenz were reported missing on Thursday.
Tyler’s father contacted police after he found blood and a human tooth in the garage of their home in Humble, Texas.
Tyler’s father then followed a trail of blood into the master bedroom, where he discovered four additional human teeth in a pool of blood.
Surveillance footage allegedly shows the family’s Mazda 3 leaving the house at 11:44 a.m. on Thursday.
Michelle Roenz’s credit card was used in Texas and Kansas, allegedly en route to Nebraska. The car’s license plate was also pinged on a radar near Dallas, Texas.
After piecing together all the evidence, police figured out that the car was likely heading northbound.
They alerted authorities in Nebraska to be on the lookout for the Mazda. When the Nebraska Highway Patrol spotted the vehicle and attempted to stop it, the driver fled.
After an ensuing car chase that reached speeds of 110 mph, the vehicle crashed into a semi truck and then into a ditch. Authorities say that Tyler Roenz was behind the wheel. He is hospitalized in serious condition.
Michelle Roenz’s body was found in the trunk of the car. Her cause of death was classified as blunt force trauma and strangulation.
Authorities have charged Tyler Roenz with unauthorized use of a vehicle. Additional charges will be forthcoming.
A court date has not been set, due to Tyler being in critical condition still at the hospital.
Have him spin the wheel of death. The choices are gallows, firing squad, gillotine, jump out of a plane without a parachute, drop him in water with 200 pound weights strapped to his legs or put a plastic bag over his head until he runs out of air.