A Minnesota man claims his wife jumped out of his moving truck on Saturday before he struck and killed her.
Jeremy Michael Davidson, 48, was charged with vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated, according to a criminal complaint filed in the case.
The complaint says that Sibley County deputies responded to a call about a possible vehicle accident and found Davidson’s pickup truck in the road way stopped but with the motor still running. Davidson was “laying on top of the vehicle.”
First responders found his wife, later identified as 46-year-old Melissa Davidson, and took her to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Deputies said they smelled alcohol on Davidson’s breath and that he had slurred speech. Davidson, who was the 911 caller, admitted that he and his wife had been drinking and were on their way home when they got into some kind of argument. Melissa Davidson “got p*****,” he said, and began punching him. He said he told her to stop, and that’s “when she opened the door and jumped out of the truck.”
It’s not clear how he might have hit her with the truck when she jumped out of a moving vehicle, but he said in the 911 call that she “jumped out of the vehicle and was run over.”
Deputies said Davidson unable to complete field sobriety tests and refused a breathalyzer test. They later obtained a warrant for a blood sample and sent that off for analysis.
The complaint says that Davidson was very talkative while being transported to jail, saying numerous times that he “killed my wife.”
“Prison. I am going to prison, she’s dead,” he said at one point and “I don’t know why the f*** would you jump out of a truck doing 50 miles per hour. Why would you do that?”
“Just gets drunk, jumps out of a f****** truck,” he said. “Make it make sense.”
At another point, he said he’d “go (to prison) for life. Just bring my wife back.”
According to the complaint, Davidson had a prior DWI conviction in 2007.
According to WBRC, Davidson’s bail was set at $100,000 with conditions and $500,000 without. Law&Crime said he was released from jail on Tuesday with conditions that included electronic monitoring and avoiding alcohol and drugs.
He is due in court again on January 29, 2026.
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[Featured image: Jeremy Davidson/Sibley County jail]
