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♫♫ ♫♫ ♫♫ >>> THIS IS "VIRGIN ISLANDS CASE FILES."

A SHOW THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE STORY OF COLD CASE VICTIMS TO GET YOU, THE COMMUNITY, INVOLVED.

THIS MONTH MARKS THE FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF A DEADLY HIT-AND-RUN THAT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE TUTU.

IT INVOLVES A 34-YEAR-OLD WAR VETERAN WHO WAS MAKING STRIDES IN HIS BATTLE WITH PTSD WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE WHILE CROSSING THE STREET ON HIS WAY TO CHURCH.

HERE IS THE STORY.

>> HE WAS MY FIRST BORN.

I HAVE TWO BOYS.

AS A TODDLER, HE WAS VERY RAM.

HE WAS JUMPING FROM ONE CHAIR TO THE NEXT.

>> FOUR CARTWHEELING.

HE WAS SUCH A BUBBLY CHILD AS A YOUNG CHILD.

HE JUST NEVER KEPT STILL.

HE WAS INTO EVERYTHING.

A LOT OF SPORTS.

>> EVERY SINGLE SPORT, HE WAS A BEAST AT.

EVEN MARBLES.

YOU NAME IT, HE WAS A BEAST.

SOMEBODY WHO WAS GOOD AT EVERYTHING AND THAT´S WHO YOU STRIVE TO BE LIKE.

JUST IN HIS SHADOW, I GUESS.

>> HE WAS A PEOPLE PLEASER, TOO, ALL THE TIME.

HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY, ANYTHING.

AND FROM YOUNG HE WAS LIKE THAT.

>> WE WANT TO TAKE OUR PICTURE, BUT HE WANT TO SHOW THAT HE COULD SPLIT TOO.

THAT´S WHAT HE DID IN THAT PICTURE, A FULL SPLIT AND MAKING IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS NOTHING.

>> HE WAS AN OVER ACHIEVER, EVEN COMING FROM ELEMENTARY.

EVERY SINGLE MARKING PERIOD THERE WAS A CARD FULL OF As.

BETWEEN 1 AND 12th GRADE, THERE WAS A RECRUITER THAT CAME TO THE SCHOOL, AND HE SIGNED UP EARLY, PROMISING THAT WHEN HE FINISHED WITH HIGH SCHOOL HE WOULD ENTER THE MILITARY.

HE SCORED EXTREMELY HIGH ON THE LSAT, AND THEY OFFERED HIM MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

SO WE WERE ALL EXCITED ABOUT HIM DOING MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2001, THAT´S THE GRADUATION DATE.

HOW IS THAT SIGNIFICANT?

BECAUSE SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001, WAS THE 9/11 BOMBINGS ON THE PENTAGON.

AS SOON AS HE GOT IN, HE HAD TO GO FIGHT A WAR.

HE SAID, BUT THIS IS WHAT I´VE BEEN TRAINING FOR.

THIS IS WHAT IT´S ABOUT.

AND THAT LIFTED MY SPIRITS SO MUCH BECAUSE HERE MY LITTLE BABY WAS GOING TO BE A SOLDIER, AND THAT MADE ME FEEL SO PROUD OF HIM.

HE DIDN´T FEEL ANY WAY ABOUT DOING THAT.

I FELT GOOD.

I FELT, THIS IS MY HERO.

THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS BEING THERE, HE COULDN´T SLEEP.

HE SAID THAT IT WAS VERY SCARY BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE DAY, ALMOST ALL DAY LONG YOU´RE HEARING BOMBS COMING IN, MISSILES COMING IN, AND THEN YOU´RE HEARING THE EXPLOSIONS.

AND THEY HAVE TO GO UNDER THE TABLE.

AND THEN WHEN THEY GET AN ALL CLEAR SIGN, THEY CONTINUE WITH THEIR ASSIGNMENT.

HE SAID, MOMMA, YOU HAVE TO GET ACCUSTOMED TO THAT OR YOU WILL BE OUT OF YOUR MIND EVERY SINGLE DAY.

HE SPENT 18 MONTHS IN IRAQ WITHOUT A BREAK.

AND IT BEGAN TO WEAR ON HIM.

I GOT MORE CALLS FROM HIM THEN.

SAKANI HAD A COUPLE ACCIDENTS BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.

HE WAS IN A CONVEY ONE TIME AND THERE WAS A SAND STORM, AND THEY HAD TO GO UNDER THE VEHICLE TO GET AWAY FROM THE SAND SOME.

THEY HAD TO PRACTICALLY DIG THEIR WAY OUT.

HE GOT A SINUS INFECTION FROM THE ALIEN STUFF.

AND THE SECOND INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED, HE TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE DOING A CONVEY, AND ONE TRUCK WENT INTO HIS TRUCK AND HE FELL OUT.

HE FELL ON HIS BACK, AND IT MESSED UP HIS NECK AND HIS LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.

SO HE ALWAYS HAD ISSUES WITH HIS BACK.

AFTER 18 MONTHS, HE CAME BACK TO FULL STEWARD.

HE SAW A FEW DOCTORS ON THE BASE, AND IT IS LIKE SOMETIMES THEY DON´T BELIEVE HIM.

HE WOULD TELL ME SOMETIMES HE CAN´T GET UP AND GET OUT OF BED.

THERE WAS A NEW DOCTOR THAT CAME TO THE BASE.

SHE HEARD HIS CRY, SO SHE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING HIM AN HONORABLE MEDICAL DISCHARGE.

ONCE SATANI GOT INTO THE MILITARY, HE WENT INTO IT.

HE TALKED ABOUT A GIRL THAT WAS IN DEVRY WITH HIM.

>> SHE WOULD BE IN CLASS IN THE MORNING, AND HE WAS JUST SLEEPING, YOU KNOW, HEAD DOWN ON HIS DESK.

AND ONE TIME I WAS HAVING A COMPETITION WITH HIM.

I SAID, LISTEN, I DON´T THINK YOU ARE GOING TO PASS THIS CLASS BECAUSE YOU´RE ALWAYS SLEEPING.

IT WAS FUNNY.

HE GOT AN A IN THE CLASS, AND I STRUGGLED WITH A B MINUS, BARELY MAKING IT WITH EXTRA CREDIT.

HE HAD THE BIGGEST SMILE, ALWAYS SMILING FROM EAR TO EAR.

I LOVED HOW HE VIEWED THE WORLD AND EVERYTHING THAT HE DID WAS FULL OF PURPOSE.

I LOVE THAT.

WE MOVED BACK TO SAINT THOMAS LATE 2010.

HIS FATHER HAD A HOUSE THERE IN TUTU, AND WE BOTH MOVED INTO THE CASE.

HE DID NOT REALLY TALK ABOUT THE MILITARY IN DETAIL DURING OUR TIME TOGETHER.

IT WAS MAINLY LITTLE THINGS HERE AND THERE.

>> WHEN SATANI FIRST CAME BACK, HE HAD HIS LITTLE OUTBURSTS FOR HE WOULD BE GET IRRITATED FOR THINGS THAT WE WOULD SAY WOULD BE SIMPLE.

>> HE JUST TOOK A DIFFERENT TURN.

>> REGULAR STUFF WOULD SOMETIMES TRIGGER HIM LIKE HE WOULD BEHAVE A LITTLE BIT AGGRESSIVE.

HIS EMOTION SPRING OUT OF WATER LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE WOULD.

>> ONE WRONG THING, AND YOU COULD SEE THE CHANGE IN THE FACIAL EXPRESSION.

YOU COULD HEAR THE VOICE START TO CHANGE.

YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HEAR THE ANGER BOILING.

AT FIRST, WE DIDN´T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS.

WHAT WE NOW KNOW AS PTSD.

>> WE FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE HAVING A CHILD.

ABOUT THREE MONTHS INTO MY PREGNANCY WAS THE FIRST EPISODE THAT HE HAD THAT I -- THAT´S WHEN I REALLY REALIZED THAT HE HAD A REAL PROBLEM.

>> HE SHOT UP THE HOUSE THINKING THAT THE DETECTORS AND ALL THIS STUFF WAS CAMERAS.

EVEN THE TV, HE THINK THE PEOPLE IN THE TV ARE LOOKING AT HIM.

SHOT UP THE TV.

SHOT UP THE SMOKE DETECTORS.

>> I HEARD HIM SAYING THAT THERE´S PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE AND THAT THEY NEED TO COME OUT.

SO HE´S GOING TO KEEP SHOOTING UNTIL THEY COME OUT.

I´M IN THE BATHROOM OF COURSE NOW SCARED TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT´S HAPPENING.

>> POLICE WERE THERE.

SWAT TEAM WAS THERE.

THEY GOT THE STREET CLOSED OFF FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER.

THE WHOLE PLACE IS JUST SHUT DOWN.

AND IN MY MIND, MY SON LEFT IRAQ TO COME HOME TO GET KILLED FROM THE POLICE.

>> I HEARD HIS GRANDMOTHER CALL HIM, AND THEN IT IS ALMOST LIKE HE JUMPED BACK TO HIMSELF.

HE CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE AND THEY TASERED HIM AND THEY TOOK HIM TO THE FLOOR.

>> THEY LET HIM STAY IN THE HOSPITAL TO GET MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

HE WAS THERE FOR A WHILE.

>> I GAVE BIRTH DECEMBER 12th, 2012.

MARIE BEING HIS FIRST GAME AND HIS MIDDLE NAME.

HE WAS VERY INVOLVED.

AND ALSO THINK THAT HE KNEW EVERYTHING BUT ALSO WAS ALWAYS TELLING HIS MOM, ASKING FOR HELP.

HE WAS HAPPY.

I WAS HAPPY.

WE WERE HAPPY.

IT´S ALMOST LIKE WE HAD A NEW PURPOSE.

BUT, OF COURSE, IF YOU DON´T DO THE WORK FOR YOUR MENTAL STATE, WHATEVER THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW IS ONLY GOING TO BE A DISTRACTION.

THE INCIDENTS AND THE EPISODES KEPT HAPPENING.

SO I STARTED WATCHING THE STREET.

>> HE GOT AWAY, GOT STRAIGHT DOWN UVI.

THEN THE NEXT TIME AGAIN HE WALKED AND COME BACK.

HE´S USED TO WALKING UP AND DOWN.

AND THERE WERE TIMES WHEN HE´S WALKING AND THINGS ARE GOING THROUGH HIS HEAD AND HE´S FUSSING WITH HIMSELF OR FUSSING WITH THE SITUATION HE´S THINKING OF.

SO PEOPLE SEE THAT HE WAS CRAZY.

>> THE TERMINOLOGY THEY USED IS POWER OF MIND.

IT HURTS BECAUSE IT´S NOT HIS FAULT, YOU KNOW?

HE DID SOMETHING FOR US AS A PEOPLE.

>> EVEN SHOW THEY WAS HAVING THESE EPISODES, HE UNDERSTOOD WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH HIM.

HE STARTED READING INTO WAYS HOW HE COULD HEAL HIMSELF.

HE WAS DEVELOPING COPING SKILLS ON HIS OWN TO THE POINT WHERE THE BEHAVIOR START TAPERING OFF.

WE WENT FROM A WHOLE YEAR OF TWO TIMES A MONTH, THREE TIMES A MONTH WE HAVE TO CALL THE POLICE TO A YEAR WHEN WE DIDN´T CALL THE POLICE AT ALL FOR HIM.

>> BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, YOUR BOY GOING TO BE BRAND-NEW.

BRAND-NEW.

>> DECEMBER 2017, THAT WAS HIS DAUGHTER´S BIRTHDAY.

HIS BIRTHDAY GIFT TO HER WAS TO TAKE HER TO CHUCK E CHEESES.

>> THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES WHERE HE WAS LAUGHING AND REALLY LOVING ON HIS DAUGHTER.

AND SHE LIKEWISE.

HE CAME HOME, AND HE WENT TO A COUPLE CHURCHES AROUND THE AREA.

HE WENT TO EMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH.

HE VISITED THE CHURCH.

>> HE CAME TO ME AND TO MY AWARENESS ON THE 14th OF APRIL, 2018.

RIGHT HERE IN THIS CHURCH, IN FACT.

I WAS AT THE PULPIT, I WAS PREACHING.

I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING AN APPEAL FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SURRENDER THEIR LIVES TO CHRIST, TO MAKE A DECISION FOR BAPTISM.

A YOUNG MAN WALKED INTO MY PERIPHERAL VISION.

WHEN I LOOKED BACK, HE WAS THERE BASICALLY JUST BEAMING UP AT ME, JUST SMILING.

SO THE NEXT ENCOUNTER I HAD WITH HIM WAS WHEN HE CAME INTO THE BAPTISM POOL.

I OFFERED HIM CONGRATULATIONS ON HIS DECISION.

HIS RESPONSE TO ME WAS LONG OVERDUE.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

THAT STUCK WITH ME BECAUSE NEITHER OF US KNEW THAT THERE WAS IN THE PROPHETIC OVERTONES TO THAT, BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

>> I GOT A CALL STATING THAT MY SON GOT RUN OVER IN AN ACCIDENT.

BASICALLY, THE REPORT THAT I GOT, THE WHOLE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BODY, THE FACE, WAS MESSED UP, BLEEDING FROM THE EAR, BLEEDING FROM THE NOSE, PUNCTURED RIBS -- I MEAN PUNCTURED LUNG, BROKEN RIBS.

BROKEN LEG.

THEY SAID THE LEG WAS SO DISMANTLED IT WAS, YOU KNOW, COCKED ON THE SIDE.

AND HE WAS CONSCIOUS THE WHOLE TIME HE WAS TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHEN THEY PUT HIM ON THE SHEET FOR THE CAT SCAN.

SO THE NOISE WAS IMITATING THE NOISE THAT HE HEARD IN IRAQ, AND HE WANTED TO GET OUT.

THEY HAD TO SEDATE HIM.

THE DOCTOR SAID THAT IT´S BAD.

IF YOU WANT TO SAY HERE, YOU HAVE TO BE MEDIVAXED.

THEY CALLED FOR THE MILITARY MEDIVAK FROM PUERTO RICO.

I HEARD SO MANY DIFFERENT EXCUSES.

WE NEED SECURITY EXCUSES.

WE DON´T HAVE A PILOT.

YOU ARE AN EMERGENCY.

HOW COULD YOU NOT HAVE A PILOT?

THE LAST EXCUSE I HEARD, WELL, WE CAN´T COME FOR HIM BEFORE 6:00 IN THE MORNING.

MY SON PASSED AT 4:48 THURSDAY MORNING.

>> WHEN MR. BELL SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES, THE CASE WAS TURNED OVER TO THE TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION BUREAU.

IT WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO OFFICER ANN MARIE CHARLES.

OFFICER CHARLES GOT THE INFORMATION FROM THE PREVIOUS OFFICER WHO INITIALLY RESPONDED TO THE CASE, AND SHE -- WHATEVER INFORMATION THAT THEY HAD, IT WAS GIVEN TO HER TO START HER INVESTIGATION.

>> BASED ON MY INVESTIGATIONS, MR. BELL WAS STRUCK ON APRIL 18th, 2018 ON THE HIGHWAY JUST ABOVE THE FOUR WINDS PLAZA BY THE FIRE STATION.

SO AS YOU ARE GOING UP THE HILL, THE CURRICULUM CENTER WOULD BE ON THE LEFT, AND THE SEVEN-DAY CHURCH WOULD BE ON THE RIGHT.

SO IN BETWEEN THE CURRICULUM CENTER AND THE SEVEN-DAY CHURCH IS WHERE THE COLLISION OCCURRED.

THE CALL CAME IN AT 6:12 P.M. AND THE FIRST OFFICER ARRIVED ON SCENE AT 6:21.

THERE WERE TWO WITNESSES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.

ONE OF THE WITNESSES WERE ACTUALLY DRIVING A VEHICLE, AND THE OTHER WITNESS WAS STANDING ACROSS THE STREET.

SO THE WITNESS THAT WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE SAID THAT HE WAS TRAVELING UP THE HILL.

HE SAW MR. BELL, AND HE STOPPED TO LET HIM CROSS THE STREET.

HE SAID THAT WHEN HE WAS STOPPED IN THE ROADWAY, HE SAW A VEHICLE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED BEHIND HIM COMING TO OVERTAKE HIS VEHICLE.

HE SAID THAT ONCE THE VEHICLE OVERTOOK HIS VEHICLE, IT MADE CONTACT WITH MR. BELL, AND WHEN IT ATTEMPTED TO COME BACK INTO ITS PROPER LANE, IT THEN MADE CONTACT WITH HIS VEHICLE.

THE OTHER WITNESS THAT WAS ACROSS THE STREET SAID THAT SHE SAW MR. BELL WALKING ALONGSIDE THE ROADWAY, SAW WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND SAW WHEN THE OTHER VEHICLE THEN CAME UP THE ROAD, OVERTOOK THE TRUCK, HIT MR. BELL AND TOOK OFF AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED CONTINUING UP THE HILL.

AT NO POINT DID ANY OF THE WITNESSES SAY THAT THE OTHER VEHICLE STOPPED AFTER IT STRUCK MR. BELL.

IT JUST KEPT TRAVELING UP THE HILL.

ONE OF THE WITNESSES SAID THAT IT WAS A GRAY CAR.

THE OTHER ONE SAID THAT IT WAS A GRAY OR A SILVER HONDA OR ACURA WITH HEAVY TINT.

THERE WAS SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE CAPTURED ON CAMERA FROM THE SEVEN-DAY CHURCH, AND IT BASICALLY SHOWED THE SAME THING THAT THE WITNESSES SAID.

THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WAS HELPFUL IN SEEING ACTUALLY WHAT TOOK PLACE.

HOWEVER, BEING THAT IT WASN´T A CLOSE-UP FOOTAGE, IT WAS HARD TO DETERMINE MAKE, MODEL, TAG NUMBER OF THE VEHICLE.

ONE WITNESS DID PROVIDE A TAG NUMBER FOR THE VEHICLE.

THAT WAS A WITNESS OPERATING THE VEHICLE THAT STOPPED FOR MR. BELL.

HE STATED THE VEHICLE THAT OVERTOOK HIM AND STRUCK HIS VEHICLE AS WELL AS STRUCK MR. BELL WAS TCY161 LICENSE PLATE.

SO I RAN A QUERY WITHIN THE MOTOR VEHICLE SYSTEM AND NOTICED THAT THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER I WAS GIVEN, IT CAME BACK WITH ANOTHER LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.

>> I´M NOT SURE WHY THE LICENSE PLATE WAS CHANGED.

SOMEONE CAN CHANGE THE LICENSE PLATE BECAUSE THEY LOST PLATES.

SOMEONE COULD CHANGED PLATES BECAUSE THEY WENT TO REGISTER THE VEHICLE AND THEY NEEDED TWO PLATES.

ANY NUMBER OF REASON WHY THE PLATES HAVE BEEN CHANGED.

IT DIDN´T SHOW THE DATE IN WHICH IT WAS CHANGED.

I WAS NOT PRIVY TO THAT INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO THE TIME PERIOD FOR WHICH IT WAS CHANGED.

I DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER OF THAT VEHICLE.

IT DID PROVE THAT IT WAS A SILVER VEHICLE.

HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT A HONDA OR IT WAS NOT AN ACURA.

WHEN I DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THE VEHICLE, I DID NOTICE THERE WERE NO TINTS ON THE WINDOWS, AS ONE OF THE WITNESSES DID SAY IT WAS A HEAVILY TINTED VEHICLE THAT STRUCK MR. BELL.

THE OWNER OF THE ALLEGED VEHICLE, HE WAS INTERVIEWED.

HE WAS QUESTIONED.

HE STATED THAT AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION THAT HE WAS NOT IN THE AREA OF THE HIGHWAY.

>> I HAVE A COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT.

I REQUESTED A COPY OF THIS POLICE REPORT BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF INVESTIGATION WAS DONE.

THIS POLICE REPORT SAYS THAT MR. [ BLEEP ], HE WAS THE ONE THAT EYE WITNESSED THE VEHICLE´S TAG NUMBER TCY161.

AFTER YOU HIT MY SON AND RUN MY SON DOWN, YOU HIT HIS VEHICLE.

THIS IS YOUR TAG NUMBER, TCY161.

WE KNOW FROM THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER WHO IT WAS, FATHER AND SON.

THE ONLY THING WE DON´T KNOW IF IT WAS FATHER AND SON.

THE SON CLEARED OFF HIS FACEBOOK PAGE.

HE HAD LOCKS.

HE HAD DREAD LOCKS.

THEY WERE CUT AND HE WAS SENT OFF THE ISLAND.

THEY BROUGHT HIS FATHER IN FOR QUESTIONING, AND I DON´T KNOW WHAT HE TOLD HIM.

I WANT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO SAY WHEN YOU CHANGED THAT LICENSE PLATE NUMBER AND WHY.

YOU CANNOT COME BACK AND SAY IT WAS LAST BECAUSE YOU WERE THE ONE THAT WENT IN YOURSELF AND ASKED FOR IT TO BE CHANGED.

WHY?

THE DETECTIVE SAID THAT SHE SHOWED A PICTURE OF THE CAR TO THE WITNESSES, AND THEY COULDN´T RECOGNIZE.

THEY WEREN´T SURE IT WAS THE CAR.

WELL, MY QUESTION, DID YOU TELL THE WITNESS THAT THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER WAS CHANGED OFF THE CAR?

>> WHEN I SHOWED THE WITNESSES THE PHOTO THAT I TOOK OF THE VEHICLE, I WOULD NOT HAVE MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT ANY ALTERATIONS.

HOWEVER, IT WOULD HAVE HAD HAD ON THAT NEW TAG, SO THE WITNESSES WOULD HAVE SEEN THE ENTIRE VEHICLE TO INCLUDE THE TAG NUMBER THAT WAS ON THE VEHICLE.

>> THE TIME THAT IT TOOK YOU TO INVESTIGATE THIS INCIDENT IS ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO MAKE ALTERATIONS TO THE CAR.

USE YOUR COMMON SENSE.

YOU CAN´T GO THREE WEEKS AFTER AND ASK IF THIS WAS THE SAME CAR WHEN YOU DIDN´T EVEN TELL HIM THAT CAR HAD THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER THAT THIS SAID.

>> THE WAY THAT I WOULD HAVE STARTED MY INVESTIGATION, I WASN´T AFFORDED THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I WASN´T GIVEN THIS CASE UNTIL MR. BELL DID SUCCUMB TO HIS INJURIES.

I WAS NOT ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND SEE IF I COULD HAVE POSSIBLY GOT -- GOTTEN MORE WITNESSES TO THIS COLLISION.

SO I COULD ONLY GO BASED ON THE TWO WITNESSES THAT WE DO.

AS I SAID BEFORE, THE TWO WITNESSES COULD NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE AS THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION ON THAT DAY.

>> WHEN WE GOT THE CALL, WE DID AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

WE SPOKE WITH THE WITNESSES AFTER SIR CHARLES SPOKE WITH THE WITNESSES, WE LOCATED THE VEHICLE THAT BEARED THAT TAG NUMBER THAT SHE GAVE AND THE VEHICLES JUST DIDN´T -- IT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED AS THE VEHICLE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SITUATION.

WE ARE STILL WELCOME TO ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN BE GIVEN.

IT IS AN UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WHERE A DRIVER COULD STRIKE A HUMAN BEING AND LEAVE THE SCENE WITH -- WITHOUT EVEN STOPPING TO SEE IF THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS OKAY.

>> IT´S TOO LONG, FIVE YEARS.

WE STILL DON´T KNOW WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN PROSECUTED.

HE WAS NOT A NOBODY.

HE HAD FAMILY.

HE IS ONE OF US.

HE´S ONE OF YOU.

BORN AND RAISED IN SAINT THOMAS.

WENT AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY WHERE THERE WAS A WAR WHERE HE COULD HAVE DIED IN IRAQ, TO BRING HIM BACK HOME WHERE HE WAS BORN, WHERE HIS FAMILY LIVED TO GET KNOCKED DOWN LIKE A DOG ON THE STREET AND LEFT TO DIE.

>> THE WAY HE DIE, HE SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE THAT WAY.

AND TO THIS DAY, AFTER FIVE YEARS, IT´S AFFECTING ME.

>> IT´S HARD LOING HIM, BUT WHEN GOD IS READY FOR SOMEBODY, HE JUST TAKE THEM.

NOT LIKE THIS, THOUGH.

>> THAT WAS A HURTFUL TIME FOR ME.

I TRY TO MOVE BY IT AND JUST REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES WITH MY BROTHER.

>> THE FIRST THOUGHT I HAD WHEN I HEARD HE PASSED AWAY, I HATED THE FACT THAT SHE WOULD GROW UP WITHOUT A DAD BECAUSE I KNOW HOW GREAT OF A HUMAN BEING HE WAS, AND SHE WILL NEVER GET A CHANCE TO KNOW THAT.

>> I LOVED HIS HUGS.

HIS HUGS, THEY WERE -- HE HUGGED ME AND THEN HE SQUEEZED ME.

AND I REMEMBER HIS SMILE.

I LOVED HIS SMILE.

IT REMINDS ME OF YOU.

I REMEMBER AT MY FIFTH BIRTHDAY PARTY, I´M PRETTY SURE I HAD A CAKE, AND I DIDN´T LIKE THE ICING ON THE CAKE, SO HE CUT IT OFF FOR ME SO I COULD EAT THE CAKE BY MYSELF.

ONCE WE WENT TO THE PARK TOGETHER AND HE PUSHED ME ON THE SWING, AND WE WERE BOTH WEARING THESE WHITE OUTFITS AND THEY WERE MATCHING.

FOR TIMES LIKE FATHER´S DAY OR LIKE BRING YOUR DAD TO SCHOOL DAY OR LIKE WHEN I GO OUT WITH MY COUSIN AND I SEE THEY´RE DAD AND I´M JUST LIKE, I DON´T HAVE MINE.

>> HE LEFT A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER.

IT DERIVED HIM OF HAVING A LIFETIME OF MEMORIES WITH HIS DAUGHTER.

JUSTICE FOR ME AT THIS POINT WOULD BE JUST COMING FORWARD AND ADMIT THAT YOU DID SOMETHING AND BE REMORSEFUL FOR WHAT YOU DID.

WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO THOUGHT THAT THIS HAS GONE, THAT AT THIS POINT SHOULD FEEL A NEED TO COME FORWARD AND LET THE POLICE OFFICERS DO WHAT THEY NEGLECTED TO DO FIVE YEARS AGO.

HELP THEM HELP THEMSELVES.

HELP US HEAL.

>> THE HIT-AND-RUN WAS REPORTED AT 6:12 P.M. APRIL 18th, 2018.

IT HAPPENED ON RIMA HIGHWAY NEAR THE TUTU FIRE STATION.

HE WAS CROSSING THE STREET BETWEEN THE CURRICULUM CENTER AND THE SEVEN-DAY CHURCH WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A CAR THAT WITNESSES DESCRIBE AS GRAY OR SILVER.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS CASE, PLEASE CALL CRIME STOPPERS RIGHT NOW AT 1-800-222-TIPS.

YOU CAN REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CASH REWARD.

LET US BREAK THE SILENCE ONCE AND FOR ALL AND WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD A SAFER COMMUNITY.

I´M CELIA CARROLL.

AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

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