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An ambulance here immediately. Somebody just got hit. And sheriff. Hit? What do you mean hit? Like a car wreck? >> He got ran over by a car. A person over by a car. Okay. Stay on the line. I'm going to get everybody in route to you. A woman just ran over a man. Okay. And you said patrol general? Yes. Index. Okay. She said it's her husband. It's her husband that she ran over? Yes. It's her husband she ran over. Okay. Hello sir, can you hear me? County unresponsive. Uh looks to be head bleeding. County 894 head bleeding and arms twisted up behind. All right. Hang on. Let me try and find a jack. Somebody know WHO THIS IS? IT'S YOUR HUSBAND, JEFF? OKAY. OKAY. What happened? It's okay. All right. Get off me for just a second. If anybody has one, that'd be great. This is the only one I got with me, but How long ago did this happen? Was it right as we were called? 10-15 minutes. Okay. Who was the driver of this vehicle? Okay. Who was driving? You? Okay. All right. You stay put. I'll have to get your information here in just a minute, okay? Large pool of blood. All right. All right. We're going. We're going to go right there, okay? Make sure I don't bump him. >> Uh-huh. 10-4, thank you. I can feel pulse. You feel anything? I believe I believe weak pulse, I think. Let's go ahead and get him out. Wipe over there. County 894, I believe I felt a weak pulse. Baby. Sir, can you feel pulse? Hello? Can you hear anything, sir? Yeah. Um driver's right over here. I'm not feeling anything. Okay, I thought I felt a weak one, but I could be mis- mistaken. I I fan I was driving faster going home and I saw a man just laying here and I came back around and called. I was on top of things this time. Like I think he got hit twice. He's all right. I I saw a man laying just laying there on the ground. The car was not near him. And then like the car was back over there and I think she pulled forward again and I think she hit him again. I What you want? Anything to drink today? Yeah. Please, honey. I wasn't driving though. Who's driving? Please, honey. Who was driving? I mean Well, I mean he was and then I was. Please, honey. Stay back. >> want him to just survive. Just come over here, Nancy. Please. Okay, but she was driving. She says what happened. Okay. Okay, God. She said right here. I'm scared. She's hysterical, but she smells Okay, so DUI? want my phone back. I think this is the same Jeep that Marine was looking for. One of the PD guys said that they gave that plate to EB3. Okay, DUI. Say the alphabet. We're going to have to have to get blood and urine. Um Ma'am Whatever you can recall, I need you to recall. I don't know what happened. I didn't even know I got to leave my car. Okay. How Were you guys in the store? What What was the build-up here? What was the lead-up to this? Well, I No, I was with a friend from work. I don't know how I got to leave my car. Okay. How much have you had to drink tonight? Well, too much, evidently. Too much? And Were you the only one in the vehicle at this point? Yes. Okay. Where did you leave tonight? Were you the one that was at the Frosty's? No, I went to Yeah, and Okay, you went to Frosty's and 618 Tab? >> Yeah. Okay, about how much did you have to drink at both of those? Well, I don't know exactly. Sir, but Okay. Were you by yourself while you were at the bars? >> Yeah, I We don't even go out that much. We just We just go to work and go home. And I don't know how we got here. I think he drove. My husband did. He drove here from 618 X? Yeah, my husband drove here. Okay. Because he said that I couldn't drive because they were arguing about me driving. And I said he drove here. And I got in the car, went to back up, and I I got in my car. So, you got in the car and went to reverse and he hit him? And he got in my car. Mhm. Please, help me. That's what we're asking you. We were in here. >> I don't know. I love him. Okay, so you guys came here because he was saying he was going to drive, but then you got behind the wheel. Went to back out of a spot. I don't know. I seriously don't know. Why did you stop him? I don't know. I don't even know how I got to use my car. I was drinking. Let me drive my car keys. Okay. And approximately how many of those? I don't really know, sir. I just Are we talking three or we talking 12? >> No, it's like everybody gets caught up in the moment and they want you to move. How much you've had to drink? If you're sober, if you're okay to drive, if you're not. >> No, absolutely not. So, you're not okay to drive? Okay, are you going to consent to some testing for me? Yeah. >> standardized field sobriety tests. I don't know what my husband was Run down to what you just gave him. He got there. He pulled up. The little white car pulled pulled up beside of it. Okay. And they got in the argument. You get all the PC you're doing. He guarding him by the pole. These two are. Yeah. Okay. Oh, that dude got up. And the guy was doing all the hollering and yelling and talking about my wife and then the other one was my girlfriend and all this back and forth. So, the other male is in the white car at this point? Okay. In the white car. Well, they finally got they calmed down. The white car backs up. He's leaving. As it I didn't I wasn't looking then, but I heard a thump. And we'll look back over. He's laying spread eagle on the ground. Okay. She goes and gets in the car. fires the car up, backs up, turns the fog lights on, and then turns the left one on, and turns the right one on, and starts pulling forward. And the dude standing in the door, he's hollering her to stop. I hollered her to stop. And when she finally stopped, she was sitting up on him. He literally rolled over. Okay. And he was laying flat. So, when you hear it first thump, how was male positioned? Flat on his back? >> I heard you just watch that. >> Was there any blood that you had noticed at that point? Okay. No, he didn't start bleeding till she rolled over. Okay. Okay. She was rolling with the pony. I heard I heard his right leg pop. Yeah. Okay. And he's still hollering, and she finally stopped, he's sitting up on his left leg. Right. And it's already rolled him halfway over. Okay. >> under the other tire. So, the thump that you heard, could you describe thump? Do you think It was just I just like a thud thump. Is it a punch or is it a vehicle >> a It wasn't a punch. Okay. Just like you drop a wet bag. Okay. Okay. Okay. Now, I didn't see it. I don't >> Did the other male ever get out of his vehicle that you observed? >> They before all this happened, yeah. They were out, and he was standing in the back. And he was hollering and yelling, and he got back in the car, and the car backed up and leaves. When it's leaving, I look up here, and that's when I heard the Heard the thump. Okay. I look back, he's laying on the He's laying flat out. Okay. And where was she when this occurred? She was standing there by him, and then she goes and gets in the >> Goes and gets in the car. Backs up. Backs up. >> And then pulls forward. Okay. The vehicle gone after or before he laid on his back? About the same. He was already He was The car was left. He was leaving. And like I said, I was looking up here and I heard the thud of something coming. And I looked back. The car is already out and gone. He's laying spread eagle. So I don't know if they if they reached out and hit him or I'm basically trying to Yeah, I understand. >> He's getting if he was hit by that guy and he knocked him down or the guy punched him and knocked him I can't say. I don't know. I didn't see that. Whenever I looked back, he had already he had already left. And when you turned around, the vehicle was already gone. And he was he was out there at the road. He's gone. I don't know which way he went. Okay. Sir, can I have your name for my report? Your husband and somebody else are you and who's your husband are you with? The only person I can think of is Zach that I wanted was Ma'am, what do you what do you say to a breathalyzer test? I have a No? Okay. Okay. So ma'am, at this time you are going to be placed under arrest for DUI, okay? Um what I'm going to do next, we're going to go up to the hospital. They're going to need to get blood and urine from you and they'll have to submit that. Do you have any injuries? I I refuse. Okay. You refuse? Okay. Okay. All right. Have you Place your hands behind your back, please. If I find something out, I'll tell you, okay? Um I'll follow you up there and help you get a warrant. Okay. Sounds like a plan. Head up to Crossroads. I'm going to go meet up with my night shift and let them know what's going on. Okay. Sounds good. Hang up. Despite efforts by deputies and paramedics, Jeffrey House was rushed to a nearby hospital but was pronounced shortly after arrival. What began as a domestic dispute in a Dollar General parking lot quickly turned into a homicide investigation that pointed to his wife, Melissa House. I have to go through the jail first and then to the detectives from there. Yep. All right. I'll help you up. However you need, just put your weight on me if you need it. Got her? All right. Do you want your seat belt on? Yes, okay. Uh not in the truck now. Um do you want your seat belt on? No, I'd like to sit in the front seat, sir. I can't do that. You can't do No. No, they don't let us do that anymore. Do you want your seat belt on? >> Yes, okay. All right. We're going to step right up to this glass door. In the end, investigators said witness statements and surveillance footage from the parking lot helped piece together what really happened that night on the September 2nd, 2024. The video showed Melissa House pushing her husband, Jeffrey House, before getting into her car, backing up, and driving over him. Prosecutors later charged her with first-degree murder and aggravated DUI causing death. Faced with the evidence, including witness accounts and CCTV footage from the Dollar General parking lot, she ultimately pleaded guilty on March 11th, 2025. Melissa House was sentenced to 20 years in prison, bringing the case from Dix, Illinois to a close.

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