Welcome to Arrest Stories. A sixty-year-old man faces charges after allegedly striking and killing a motorist on the West Virginia Turnpike before fleeing the scene, leading to a weeks-long investigation involving extensive video analysis. Here's what may have happened.
On October third, Jack Walter found himself stranded on the West Virginia Turnpike due to a mechanical problem with his vehicle. What should have been a routine roadside situation turned deadly when Anthony Hay allegedly struck Walter with his commercial vehicle and left the scene without stopping to render aid or report the incident. Walter was pronounced dead at the scene.
The hit-and-run sparked an intensive investigation that would span more than two weeks. Investigators faced the daunting task of identifying the responsible vehicle from countless possibilities traveling the busy turnpike. Officials describe the painstaking process of reviewing surveillance footage to locate the suspect vehicle.
"We had to identify those trucks, those companies, contact the companies, wait on the video," explained one investigator involved in the case. The methodical approach required examining multiple commercial box trucks that traveled the turnpike during the timeframe of the incident.
"It's time consuming just trying to narrow it down," officials noted, highlighting the complexity of the investigation. Police spent countless hours poring over video evidence to identify the specific commercial box truck involved in Walter's death.
Throughout the seventeen-day investigation, troopers maintained contact with Walter's family, keeping them informed of the progress. The collaborative effort from multiple agencies and the community played a crucial role in solving the case.
"All the help really really set this investigation apart from others that I've worked," stated an official familiar with the case.
On Monday, October twentieth, the investigation culminated in Anthony Hay's arrest in Wayne County. The sixty-year-old now faces charges related to the deadly hit-and-run incident. His bond was set at two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
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