Suicide Call Leads to Fatal Hit-and-Run Victim

State Police at the Stephenson Post are investigating an unusual situation tonight.

The post received a suicide call about 3pm Central time Sunday from 38-year-old Richard Jacques of Menominee.

Officers there say he made the call from Mellen Township.

A preliminary investigation led police to W-1 Road in Lake Township and the body of 41-year-old Brett Ingram of Menominee.

Jacques has been arrested on a charge of hit-and-run causing death.

Troopers say Jacques brought Ingram’s body to a house in Mellen Township and then tried to kill himself there.

Jacques in the Menominee County Jail, pending arraignment.