TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — On October 28, 2022, detectives with the Tucson Police Department (TPD) were able to collect information on a suspect's vehicle that left 65-year-old Helen Jeanette Mugford deadafter a hit-and-run.
According to officers, the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run was a white 2001 Dodge Ram 1500.
Officers were able to locate the owner of the truck near the 3700 block of East Bellevue Street.
TPD says 30-year-old Jose Ricardo Hernandez Jr was booked into Pima County Jail on the charge of leaving the scene of a fatal accident, a class 2 felony.
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