FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Fort Smith Police reported one death after a hit-and-run in the late hours of July 26 and identified the main suspect on July 27.
According to FSPD, a vehicle hit a pedestrian, later identified as 41-year-old Jessica Monk, and left the scene at North 50th Street and Wirsing Avenue. Police report that Monk died after the crash.
The FSPD Accident Reconstruction Team conducted an investigation that led them to find evidence that identified the vehicle at fault as an early 2000s light brown Cadillac Escalade. Police were able to identify the suspect as Rogelio Picazo.
Picazo was charged for leaving the scene of an injury accident after being interviewed by police, he was booked at the Sebastian County Adult Detention Center, and bond has been posted at $75,000.
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