A 24-year-old Colorado girl accused of fatally crashing right into a bicycle owner in Eagle County and fleeing the scene was arrested Thursday in Arkansas, in accordance with the Colorado State Patrol.
Sidney Rayne Whitmarsh is suspected of vehicular murder, leaving the scene of an accident leading to demise, tampering with proof, careless driving leading to demise and failing to report an accident, in accordance with court docket information.
Whitmarsh was arrested Thursday in Clarendon, Ark., on a Colorado State Patrol arrest warrant.
The physique of 43-year-old Mario Vildozola Romero was discovered on an embankment off the north facet of U.S. 6 in Edwards the afternoon of Jan. 9 surrounded by particles, in accordance with an arrest affidavit.
Romero was reported lacking after leaving the Primary Avenue Grill in Edwards on his bike round 1 a.m. on Jan. 7 however not returning dwelling.
Troopers put out an alert for a white Subaru Outback on Jan. 10 after discovering elements of a fog lamp on the scene, and a number of neighborhood members reported Whitmarsh drove an analogous automobile, in accordance with the affidavit.
A witness reported seeing a automobile with entrance finish harm and presumably a motorbike half caught within the entrance on Jan. 9 close to Edwards. Neighborhood members additionally instructed troopers that Whitmarsh had abruptly stop her job at a deli on Jan. 7 and never been seen since.
Troopers requested a search warrant and located Whitmarsh’s automobile, a white 2012 Subaru Outback, parked in her storage with windshield harm “according to hanging a pedestrian” and particles contained in the automobile, in accordance with the affidavit.
Troopers additionally used cellphone knowledge to find out Whitmarsh’s telephone was within the space of the crash when it occurred.
Signal as much as get crime information despatched straight to your inbox every day.