Etoyce Johnson

How they died

Pursuit

Trooper Mark Tschetter reportedly confirmed through a license plate check that a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 was stolen as he followed the truck while patrolling Interstate 44 in Tulsa County. Tschetter reported that during the high-speed pursuit the truck traveled left of center and passed in no-passing zones. Tschetter evaluated the danger of the pursuit but decided to continue due to the light traffic on a Sunday morning on an industrial business road. He attempted to disable the truck, but each time the driver would apply the brakes and swerve into Tschetter's car. Etoyce Johnson was killed on her way to church when the pickup truck T-boned her car at an intersection.The truck's driver, 32-year-old Blake Lee Ferguson -- who later pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter after an original charge of felony first-degree murder -- admitted to using methamphetamine that morning.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Etoyce Johnson, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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