A memorial service is planned next week for Jeremiah Johnson, the Army veteran who died when the car he was driving over 100 mph crashed into a parked police cruiser.
Johnson’s son was in the back seat of the car and survived. Johnson had fled from police who tried to pull him over in Clive. He had taken his son months earlier after a judge awarded custody to his ex-wife, authorities and family members said.
The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. March 2 at Southtown Baptist Church, 6001 S.E. Fifth St. in Des Moines, according to an obituary.
In addition to the custody battle, the Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and had recently lost his mother to cancer, his family said a day after the crash. Just a few hours before his death, Johnson left his father a voice mail message saying, “I just wanted to let you know that I’m at a crossroads and I wanted to leave this message to let you know I’m probably not going to make it much longer.”
Johnson’s son was in the back seat of the car and survived. Johnson had fled from police who tried to pull him over in Clive. He had taken his son months earlier after a judge awarded custody to his ex-wife, authorities and family members said.
The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. March 2 at Southtown Baptist Church, 6001 S.E. Fifth St. in Des Moines, according to an obituary.
In addition to the custody battle, the Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and had recently lost his mother to cancer, his family said a day after the crash. Just a few hours before his death, Johnson left his father a voice mail message saying, “I just wanted to let you know that I’m at a crossroads and I wanted to leave this message to let you know I’m probably not going to make it much longer.”
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