A 21-year-old woman is facing charges in Kenton County after prosecutors say she was driving drunk and high at 100 mph when her Ford Escape slammed into a guardrail on I-71/I-75 in Erlanger, ejecting and killing her passenger in April.

Fancie Orr was arrested July 30, and booked into the Kenton County Jail on a $500,000 bond, according to a criminal complaint filed the same day. She was scheduled to be arraigned July 31.

The complaint alleges Orr caused the death of Javier Lemus, a Cincinnati resident, by driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana on the morning of April 20. The crash occurred around 3 a.m. on southbound I-71/I-75 just south of the I-275 interchange.

Driver initially claimed passenger jumped

When officers arrived at the scene in April, Orr was stopped on the shoulder in her Ford Escape, which was missing its passenger-side door and had significant damage on that side, according to court documents reported by WCPO.

Orr told witnesses that Lemus had opened the door and jumped from the vehicle while she was driving.

The crash investigation told a different story.

Investigators determined Lemus was an unrestrained front-seat passenger when the vehicle struck a guardrail, ripping off the passenger-side door and ejecting him into the right lane of southbound I-75. A semi-truck driver could not see Lemus among the debris in time to stop.

"When it hit the guardrail, Mr. Lemus was ejected from the vehicle and he landed in the right lane of I-75 southbound," Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders told FOX 19. "His body was among all kinds of debris and construction barrels that were thrown across the roadway in the crash."

April scene left investigators with 'unanswered questions'

When the crash was first reported April 20, Erlanger police treated Lemus as a pedestrian struck by a semi-truck. Officers found him in the roadway with catastrophic injuries not compatible with human life. All southbound lanes of I-71/75 near I-275 were shut down for roughly eight hours while multiple agencies walked the interstate collecting evidence.

The closure affected a major commuter corridor that runs through Erlanger, Fort Wright, and Crescent Springs during early morning hours.

"There's just so many unanswered questions right now that we're trying to dig through," Erlanger Assistant Police Chief Michael Clark said on the morning of the crash, before investigators had determined why Lemus was in the roadway.

More than three months of investigation followed before the complaint was filed. The case is being prosecuted by the Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney's office. No additional court dates beyond the July 31 arraignment have been announced.

Anyone with information about the case can contact the Erlanger Police Department.