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Austin man accused of killing ex-girlfriend, faces charges in Jefferson County after July high-speed chase

Jaime Jerome Wingwood was booked into the Jefferson County Jail over the Christmas break. He was brought here from Louisiana to face charges of evading arrest.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Texas — The man arrested in his ex-girlfriend's murder after a high speed chase through Southeast Texas and Louisiana is back in Jefferson County. 

Jaime Jerome Wingwood, 40, was booked into the Jefferson County Jail over the Christmas break. He was brought here from Louisiana to face charges of evading detention with a motor vehicle.

Although his bond on the evading charge is set at $250,000, posting bail would not get him out of jail because he is on a hold for a murder warrant out of Travis County.

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Back in July, Wingwood was driving through Jefferson County when a deputy attempted to pull him over for a traffic violation. He refused to stop and led police on a high-speed chase from Jefferson County, through Orange County into Louisiana, back into Texas, then back to Louisiana.  

The chase ended in Westlake, Louisiana when he wrecked near Hwy 375 at Hollis Road.

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