“An investigation is ongoing, but could take months to be completed, cops said.”
I don’t see why it would take that long unless checks need to clear the bank.
I'm sorry for this woman's loss, but she needs to understand that the police can't just arrest the guy on the spot. For all we know, this crash could have been caused by a blown-out tire, or debris on the roadway.
It takes longer to build a criminal case when the facts don’t merit a prosecution. Look at how long it’s taking Mueller to go after Trump.
And most state crime labs have huge backups these days.
Unless they come up with a high BAC or some other drug (and that will take time to get to and get done), I’d rather defend than prosecute this one. Any potholes on the road? Grooved or smooth pavement? Why wasn’t there a suitable barrier in the grassy median to prevent foreseeable crossover head-ons? Remember the girl in Texas who went to prison because GM covered up the defective ignition design? Maybe there was a problem with the truck. Any other F-350s been in head on collisions or drifted out of their lane?
Emotional jurors like you who want to blame someone? I’d give them someone to blame if the prosecutor wandered in with a weak case. And it sounds like you don’t want to give them time to build a solid case (if there is one to build).
It's not CSI-New Jersey where all crimes are solved within an hour........
I was doing about 60mph rounding a curve on a highway with two lanes in each direction and no barricade between them. I was driving in the fast lane.
Suddenly in front of me appeared one of those rubber traffic cones lying on its side. I prepared to brake and run over the cone as there wasn't sufficient time to ensure that the other lane was clear.
I hit the cone and it bounced up under my car and, surprisingly, killed the engine. I quickly lost power steering and power brakes. I struggled to control the car while placing in it neutral and restarted the engine. I have no idea what nearby drivers might have thought was going on.
An inspection of the car showed no signs of damage and no explanation for the engine dying.
It was many months later when the mystery was solved.
The manufacturer of my Jeep had installed an ignition switch which required hardly any force at all to turn the key to the off position. I had a steel ring holding multiple keys along with my ignition key.
When I spotted the cone in the road I moved my foot from the accelerator to the brake which allowed my knee to hit the key ring and momentarily switch off the ignition, killing the engine.
The switch has since been replaced by the manufacturer to one which almost requires a wrench to turn it off.
If I had failed to control the vehicle and killed a family of five in a head-on collision I might well have spent time in prison for negligent homocide.
The moral of the story is that "stuff happens".