Post by Scumhunter on Mar 26, 2021 1:10:26 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: crimewatchpa.com)
From CBS 3 Philadelphia:
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Loved ones of a young woman killed by an alleged drunk driver in January are pleading for justice. It’s been months since the driver confessed but now he is nowhere to be found.
Pennsylvania State Police are appealing to the public to help them find a South Jersey man wanted for vehicular homicide. Police say 26-year-old Aaron Sims caused a fatal crash that killed a young woman visiting Philadelphia earlier this year.
Chloe Robertson was just 21 years old when she was killed in a two-car crash on I-676 in Center City on Jan. 25.
“We didn’t get to graduate together, she won’t be the maid of honor at her sister’s wedding anymore,” said Robertson’s boyfriend, Bryce Tamborra.
Robertson, of Orlando, Florida, was a senior at West Virginia University and was visiting a friend in Philadelphia. She and her friend were in an Uber that Tamborra called for her.
“I just stayed on the line to make sure she got into the right car and stuff,” he said. “I just heard a loud bang and I didn’t think anything of it. I just thought she dropped her phone, and then it just got, the silence was deafening.”
Pennsylvania State Police say the Uber was hit from behind by a speeding car driven by Sims, of Camden, New Jersey. Robertson was killed, while her friend and the Uber driver were seriously hurt.
“Further investigation yielded that Aaron Sims did operate his vehicle under the influence of both drugs and alcohol,” said Trooper William Butler of Philadelphia’s Troop K Station.
Butler said Sims came to the Troop K barracks the very next day and confessed. But a warrant for his arrest was not issued until June and he hasn’t been seen since.
“After the warrant was confirmed, he was then wanted, and after which he refused to cooperate,” Butler said.
Nine months after his girlfriend’s life was taken so abruptly, Tamborra says he and her family need closure and justice.
“He’s out there living his life, and we’re all trying to pick up the pieces and live without her,” he said.
philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/10/21/search-continues-for-alleged-drunk-driver-involved-in-fatal-i-676-crash-that-killed-21-year-old-college-student/
Thoughts? Aa of this posting date (March 26th, 2021), Sims is still listed as wanted on Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers' website:
www.crimewatchpa.com/crimestoppers/316/cases/wanted-aaron-sims-homicide-vechile-philadelphia-do-you-know-where-he
This is a heartbreaking case involving a woman who was literally just about to start enjoying her post-high school and college life. Now it's gone because some alleged selfish jerk decided to drive under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Sims initially did the right thing when he confessed. He then did the wrong thing when he went on the run.
Sims is currently getting to enjoy life after allegedly destroying the lives of others. It's not fair, and we have to correct this by catching him.
Admin Note #1: According to the above CBS Philadelphia article, PA Crimestoppers is offering a cash reward to anyone with information leading to Sims’ arrest. Contact Pennsylvania State Police Troop K or PA Crimestoppers at 1-800-4PA-TIPS (8477) or submit a tip online at the following link: www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=107/b]
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