Family members plead for hit-and-run driver to turn self in - Local 10
Victor Oquendo: RIGHT NOW 5:30, A PLEA FOR HELP FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF A WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED PEW A HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER IN MIAMI. Janine Stanwood: AND DESPITE WITNESS INFORMATION, INFORMATION THAT WITNESSES WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE, POLICE STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE AN ARREST. LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER TODD TONGEN LIVE IN MIAMI WITH HER FAMILY'S PLEA FOR JUSTICE. THEY'RE A CLOSE-KNIT FAMILY AND THEY LOST THEIR LOVED ONE RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS STREET AND THEY WANT TO FIND OUT WHO SCHMITT KILLED HER. Reporter: ABOUT A DOZEN GRIEVING FAMILY MEMBERS OF 40-YEAR-OLD TAKESHA HAYES ARE PLEADING FOR THE DRIVER OF THE CAR THAT HIT HER AND THEN TOOK OFF TO TURN THEMSELVES IN. WHO DOES THAT. IT HAPPENED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 22nd AT 2:40 A. M. AT NORTHWEST 54th STREET AND NORTHWEST THIRD AVENUE AS SHE WAS COMING BACK FROM THE STORE IN HER MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR. POLICE DID FIND SURVEILLANCE VIEW OF THE CAR THEY BELIEVE HIT HAYES AND THEN SPED OFF. IT'S A 202000 TO 2002 BLACK FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRACK. I WAS ABLE TO MATCH THIS EVIDENCE THAT I OBTAINED FROM THE CRIME SCENE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FORD EXPLORER SPORTS TRUCK. WE JUST ASK THAT YOU SHOW SOME COMPASSION, SOME REMORSE, REPENT TO WHOEVER YOUR GOD IS AND TURN YOURSELF IN. IF THIS WERE YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, YOU WOULD WANT JUSTICE TO BE SERVED. Source: www.local10.com
