Boone County probable cause statement gives insight into fatal hit and run investigation
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Boone County probable cause statement reveals why prosecutors charged a 63-year-old Columbia man with manslaughter and other charges after a woman was hit and killed by a vehicle Sunday night.
Court documents reveal after the hit and run, Columbia Police began looking for a 2019-2020 white Volkswagen Jetta. Three days later during the investigation, Columbia Police talked with James Pittard and twice he denied owning a Jetta according to court documents. However, Pittard's neighbors told police the car hadn't been seen in a while.
While monitoring Pittard's house, Columbia police watched the vehicle leave the residence and then an officer performed a traffic stop for no rear taillights according to the probable cause statement.
In the probable cause statement, a Columbia police officer investigated the Jetta and observed "hair embedded in the windshield, which had damage consistent to a head strike. All this damage is consistent with a pedestrian crash."
Pittard allegedly told his wife the crash was from him hitting pylons according to court documents.
THIS guy lied to his spouse, then the police twice, denied owning the vehicle and he he gets manslaughter, seems to me he is not a quality citizen and didn’t come forward or show remorse.