The suspect in Sunday’s fatal hit and run crash near Hawaii Pacific University’s Windward Oahu campus turned himself in this afternoon.
29 year old Dominic Franklyn of Kapolei left HPD’s main station around seven o’clock this evening with his attorney, after being released pending investigation, which is standard procedure in traffic cases.
Franklyn was booked for negligent homicide and failure to render aid.
His white BMW was towed to the police station this afternoon.
Investigators had recovered BMW parts at the scene.
Witnesses told police they saw a white sedan leaving the scene moments after 19 year old Mariah Danforth-Moore was struck in a crosswalk.
Mariah’s father, who lives in Waikiki, says he hopes something will be done to make it safer crossing the street in front of HPU, so that no other parent has to go through what he’s going through.
No father should ever have to bury his child, especially if that child is only 19.
"Even though she was 19 she still called me ‘daddy’ and I called her ‘my baby girl.’ My baby girl, I’m so proud of her," said Stephen Danforth.
Stephen Danforth just lost his daughter.
Mariah Danforth-Moore died after being hit by a car Sunday night.
The driver never stopped to help, but he did turn himself in Tuesday night.
"For him to not stop. How do you not stop," said Stephen Danforth.
Stephen says Mariah had been coming home from work at the Ala Moana Victoria’s Secret; it was only her third day on the job.
Mariah was a sophomore at HPU, and lived on campus.
Police say Mariah had almost made it across the street in this crosswalk in front of HPU, when she was hit.
"Gonna miss that smile and those few words she always says every time before we hang up or say goodbye she says: ‘Love you daddy,’" said Stephen Danforth.
Stephen moved to Hawaii to be close to his daughter.
They’re originally from the small town of Oneida, Wisconsin.
"I believe she graduated 3.7 from West De Pere High," said Stephen Danforth.
He says Mariah wanted to go into criminal psychology, and that HPU recruited her.
"Somehow they got a hold of her in Wisconsin and sent her off a scholarship. When she got out here that’s all she talked about she loved it here the hawaiian spirit everyone being happy and friendly," said Stephen Danforth.
He says several hundred people showed up at a school candlelight vigil for her Monday night.
"A lot of people said she was very outgoing, easy to talk to just a real nice person in general and caring about everybody," said Stephen Danforth.
Stephen plans to take Mariah’s body back to Wisconsin to her final resting place.
"I know we have a huge family back home in Oneida and it’s going to be a big celebration. It’s going to be tough but it’s going to be a big celebration," said Stephen Danforth.
Mariah also leaves behind her mother and older brother.
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