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Hit-n-run victim has purse stolen from her dead body
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| Magnetonium |
I've read a lot of messed up in the local news, but this one tops them all. Had to post it ... this is typical Hamilton downtown. An innocent young lady 3 months away from graduation and bright new future in Canada gets hit by both drunk driver AND also by a thief. Brutal. Lets hope they find that little who stole the purse.
http://www.thespec.com/news/local/a...d-even-in-death
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Robbed, even in death
Jiao Shi Qi was three months from graduating at Columbia International College. The 20-year-old planned on going to the University of Toronto to continue studying business before her life was cut short in a hit and run.
Her body lay still amid the fray around it. Jiao Shi Qi was two lanes from the sidewalk. Shattered glass was strewn 10 metres behind her. One of her shoes sat within arm's reach. But her purse and the driver who hit her were nowhere in sight.
The driver would surface later, picked up by police in Hamilton's east end. The 20-year-old student's purse has yet to be found.
It appears she was robbed, even in death.
At 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18 13 hours after she was killed in a hit and run at Main and Catharine streets a charge showed up on a Visa card left inside the purse: $113 at Bell Mobility.
The friend who was crossing the road with her and made it to the opposite sidewalk is traumatized.
Jiao's boyfriend, Freddy Shi, is in disbelief. He went to the site later Sunday, trying to understand what happened that morning.
I went to that street, that lane. I stood in that middle lane where she was standing. I can see the car coming, said Shi. I was just trying to feel how she felt. I try to imagine what she saw before she died.
I don't know why God treated her that way, Shi said Monday in a cramped, windowless meeting room at their school, Columbia International College. She didn't do anything wrong.
Shi recalls Jiao's rocky start in Hamilton, as the victim of a purse-snatcher the day she started classes at the college in June 2010. She had flown in two days earlier direct from Beijing at the end of May.
Flight AC031, recalls her boyfriend, a fact he rhymes off impulsively. The flight name and date have a special significance for Shi: It's when they first met.
In the immigration line at Pearson airport, Shi approached the then 18-year-old Jiao because she was holding an acceptance letter from CIC and because he thought she was cute.
She was a good student with a ready smile who had planned to apply to the University of Toronto for business and economics this week, in the hope of starting classes there in January.
Last December, Jiao brought her boyfriend to meet her parents in Jilin City, a region of eastern China near North Korea.
The parents are grieving while stuck in travel limbo, waiting on a coroner's letter to the Chinese Embassy to get a visa for entry to Canada. The college notified them of the collision.
It was Hamilton's sixth pedestrian fatality this year, and the fourth CIC student death in 31 years.
Jiao was visiting friends at an apartment at 100 Main East.
At 2:30 a.m., a friend offered her a ride home.
Allen Lin, still in the apartment above, heard the crash. He looked outside and saw the friend's car was still there.
I saw so many people
She (Jiao) was lying down in the street, Lin recalled.
The young woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Eventually, more than 10 police cars were on site, many of which had recently finished up at another collision with a pedestrian two hours earlier and less than a kilometre away.
Earlier that day, Jiao had beaten her friends in her favourite game, mahjong. She spent the afternoon with her boyfriend before he dropped her off at the apartment for the night.
The college had flags at half-mast Monday. Counselling was made available to those who wished it, and a memorial was set up at the main entrance. At the end of classes Monday, some students stopped to bow and pay their respects to a photo of Jiao, surrounded by two candles, and white and yellow flowers.
Her friends, exhausted and puffy-eyed, are taking a brief break from their studies. They're planning a memorial and a funeral for when Jiao's parents arrive.
The purse, containing her wallet, cellphone and a diary, has not been found.
Police weren't aware of the charge on the credit card, Detective Constable Steve Ellis said Monday.
We looked for the purse, but never found it.
Angelo Epifani, 61, of St. Catharines is charged with impaired driving causing death, operating a motor vehicle with more than 0.08 mg of alcohol in his system causing death, and failing to remain at the scene of a collision.
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| chinamon |
| All the cops have to do is find the person with the bell mobility account and they will have their lead on the suspect. It's either that person or someone they know. Duh. |
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| cammaxwell |
| quote: | Originally posted by chinamon
All the cops have to do is find the person with the bell mobility account and they will have their lead on the suspect. It's either that person or someone they know. Duh. |
I would assume they weren't stupid enough to buy something for their account, probably just bought some phone accessories or something they could flip easily.
Pretty disgusting though, must have been a meth head (Hamilton) or crack head, who else could look at a dead body and steal some money... |
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| jester |
| This country needs to change the laws for drunk driving. If you get caught, you lose your license for life and your car gets seized at auction. The only reason we don't have laws like that, is politicians drink and drive. Only true we can change the laws, is if someone mows down a politician or their family members. |
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| WittyHandle |
| ^ So stupid. Maybe apply those laws to hit & run, but that's too harsh for drunk driving. |
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| Ammar.Hasan |
| quote: | Originally posted by WittyHandle
^ So stupid. Maybe apply those laws to hit & run, but that's too harsh for drunk driving. |
I agree with you. For drunk driving thats a bit to much. Yes people who drink to much and drive should have their license taken from them, especially if they put others at danger. |
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| Zyklon_Jay |
| quote: | Originally posted by cammaxwell
I would assume they weren't stupid enough to buy something for their account, probably just bought some phone accessories or something they could flip easily.
Pretty disgusting though, must have been a meth head (Hamilton) or crack head, who else could look at a dead body and steal some money... |
revenue Canada does it all of the time. |
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| Zyklon_Jay |
| quote: | Originally posted by WittyHandle
^ So stupid. Maybe apply those laws to hit & run, but that's too harsh for drunk driving. |
not stupid at at all, don't break the law and you have no problems. tell the people that lose their loved ones that harsher drunk driving laws are useless.
first offense = prosecute to the fullest extent
second offense = automatic ban for life from driving.
we all have been guilty at times of taking chances with impaired driving, but honestly there really isn't any excuse. |
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| Yohan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zyklon_Jay
not stupid at at all, don't break the law and you have no problems. tell the people that lose their loved ones that harsher drunk driving laws are useless.
first offense = prosecute to the fullest extent
second offense = automatic ban for life from driving.
we all have been guilty at times of taking chances with impaired driving, but honestly there really isn't any excuse. |
i'd also add a full blown ball punch to the punishment cuz drunk driving is a really selfish act and for willing to put others in danger bc you're a moron ass jerk, you really deserve a ball punch |
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