Let's start with the obvious. People who commit crimes, either intentionally or accidentally, almost always think they can outsmart law enforcement. And that's almost always not the case.
The two women, who had been in a relationship for about two months, took a trip to visit one of his mothers, who lived in several states. One night, while the women were visiting, a citizen called the emergency center to report that a body had been found along the highway.
There were no skid marks or vehicle parts to show that an accident had occurred. Police found the victim's cell phone nearby. They found another cell phone on the road.
A woman who lost her phone tracked its location. Her call was to the Criminal Investigations Division of the U.S. Park Police (part of the National Park Service), whose jurisdiction is based on where her body was found. She called with a problem with her cell phone. They went to her mother's house and asked her to answer some of her questions, which she did.
Her first story: A woman was driving two friends home in her mother's car when she started hitting the driver. She pulled over to the side of the road and she told them both to get out. They walked.
The woman gave investigators permission to search her cell phone, and her mother gave investigators permission to search her vehicle. As they left their mother's home, they noticed an SUV parked on the side of the road with a personalized license plate with the same name as the victim. After examining the SUV, they determined it belonged to the victim. They seized the vehicle.
The SUV suffered damage to its hood, front grille and passenger footwell.
Her second story: She was driving her friend's SUV with her friend as a passenger. There were no third parties in the vehicle. When the passenger began assaulting the driver, the driver pulled over to the shoulder of the highway. The passenger got out, picked up a rock or brick, and walked toward the vehicle. Fearing for her life, her driver drove his car straight at her friend and left her for dead.
The case went to trial on a charge of second-degree murder. Eight days later, a jury found the 30-year-old woman guilty of intentional murder. judge She was sentenced to nine years in federal prison.Over the next three years, supervised releases will be available. #hitandrun #relationship #Murder
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Washington Blade