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Intentional crash?

INDIANAPOLIS: By the time Beth Johnson rushed to tell police that she suspected her ex-husband had abducted their 8-year-old daughter, it was too late. Eric Johnson had already strapped Emily into the passenger seat of a leased single-engine Cessna and taken off, police said. Moments later, the aircraft slammed into the side of his former mother-in-law Vivian Pace's house. Mr. Johnson (47) and his daughter died in the crash, which investigators suspect was intentional. ``It is just gut-wrenching to think about what was happening to that child just prior to the crash,'' said an official. ``I thought he would do something to get back at Beth,'' said Ms. Pace. ``He was a very possessive person. He got what he wanted.'' — AP

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