Horrendous Death as Son ‘Left to Die in the Dirt’

‘Jake died in horrendous circumstances: he was chased down and left to die alone in the dirt on the side of the road.’

A general view of Police tape in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 9, 2018. Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

After a high-speed chase ended with a vehicle ramming a motorcycle into rocks and trees, Steven Dale Latter stole a backpack containing thousands of dollars belonging to the lifeless rider.

Latter had driven the vehicle that dangerously pursued Jakob Opacic’s bike, while encouraged or motivated by his passenger Benjamin Charles Johnson, a Brisbane court heard on May 23.