‘I never thought it would take this long’: Hit-and-run victim’s family speaks

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – After virtually a yr, the McKinnon household nonetheless searches for solutions.

“I can’t imagine it,” Bryan McKinnon, his brother says.

Jerry McKinnon, 38, went to get meals on foot on the evening of Feb. 20, 2022, however by no means got here house. His physique was discovered the subsequent day on Coleman Avenue off Peach Orchard Highway.

Bryan McKinnon says, “I by no means thought it will take this lengthy. It’s fairly irritating not figuring out something and the individual or individuals liable for what occurred to my brother are nonetheless out dwelling their life.”

On the Richmond County Sheriff’s Workplace, Corporal Chuck Benson is the one one working hit-and-run circumstances within the county.

Benson says, “It’s getting tougher as a result of we’re having to put on extra hats. Once I first began there have been three hit-and-run investigators we had been full time and all we did was hit runs, however now it’s simply me.

In line with the newest information from GDOT, 2021 recorded the very best variety of hits and runs within the final 5 years.

“I’ll take the report and hopefully there’s one thing to comply with up on. It may be wherever from a darkish pickup truck to a make, mannequin, full tag quantity, and outline of the driving force,” Benson says.

Deputies will use outdated physique cam and flock digicam footage to assist clear up these circumstances.

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Benson has a message for households.

“They keep open till we shut them with an arrest. Simply be affected person. We’re not going to surrender on them. We’re going to do the whole lot that we are able to,” he says.

Tor the McKinnon household, they’re nonetheless left in search of closure.

“We’re simply hoping a praying that somebody comes ahead and somebody is held accountable,” Bryan McKinnon says.

On the scene the place McKinnon was hit, automotive elements had been discovered that had been blue with a pearl tint. The GBI despatched the sheriff’s workplace 9 completely different autos that might’ve presumably hit McKinnon.

Deputies say that could possibly be 1000’s of various autos within the county.

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