A mistrial was declared Wednesday after a Will County jury became deadlocked in the case of a 2017 crash that killed a pregnant woman and her three children.
jury became deadlocked in the case of a 2017 crash that killed a pregnant woman and her three children, Fox 32 confirmed., told jurors he was driving at nearly 85 miles per hour when he hit the family's van, killing 29-year-old Lindsey Schmidt, her three sons, and her unborn child in 2017.On Monday, the jury heard closing arguments in the trial. Woulfe, who's been free on bond, faced 16 counts of reckless homicide.The crash happened in rural Beecher near Corning Road and Yates Avenue.
Woulfe's attorney has said his client wasn't reckless, wasn't using his phone or driving drunk and that it was just an accident.Woulfe faced up to five years in prison on reckless homicide charges for an accident prosecutors called totally avoidable.