An intoxicated boater with a history of driving under the influence decapitated a woman after he crashed into her boat while going 80 miles per hour over the weekend, prosecutors said.Richard Stevenson, 45, allegedly smashed his 31-foot pontoon into the back of a 20-foot Crownline in a no-wake zone at high speeds, killing a 48-year-old woman and injuring her husband after a day of heavy drinking on the Fox River in Illinois on Saturday, July 25 at approximately 2:30 p.m., according to the McHenry County State Attorney’s Office.The unidentified woman was decapitated and was declared dead at the scene, prosecutors said at Stevenson’s hearing on Monday, where a judge ordered he remain in custody ahead of his trial, Fox 32 reported.REPEAT DRUNKEN-DRIVING OFFENDER ACCUSED OF KILLING HONORS COLLEGE STUDENT HEADING HOME FROM WEDDING"This man was a ticking time-bomb and that bomb went off this past Saturday on the Fox River," Deputy Chief Brian Miller said.Prosecutors allege Richard Stevenson was operating a pontoon boat while intoxicated, traveling about 80 mph in a no-wake zone before crashing into another vessel.(McHenry County State's Attorney's Office)Prosecutors said Stevenson was later found in trees near the shoreline where his boat came to rest following the fatal crash.
Two other people who had been aboard the pontoon left before law enforcement arrived.IS DRINKING EVERY DAY ALCOHOLISM? EXPERTS EXPLAIN WHERE CULTURE AND ADDICTION COLLIDEStevenson was taken to Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, where prosecutors said testing showed his blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was approximately .236 shortly after the crash, or approximately a BAC of about .20 at the time of the collision.LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MOREAuthorities also told the court Stevenson refused field sobriety testing, a breath test and initially refused a court-ordered blood draw.FOLLOW US ON XThe Fox River, as photographed from the Wilson Street bridge in Batavia, Illinois.(...