Emotional hearing in Wilmington hit-and-run case
While a detective ticked off the traumatic injuries suffered by 14-year-old Kelsey Fukuda as a result of being struck while walking in a crosswalk by Rodrigo Guevara, the baby-faced Guevara - facing up to four years in state prison for leaving the scene of an accident -didn't show really any reaction. One of his family members, though, was obviously torn-up by hearing the impact her speeding brother had on the two Wilmington Middle School girls he hit.
The young woman cried when registered nurse Jackie Block testified about watching the collision, then getting out to check on the girls. "Thank you for stopping to help," she whispered to Block as she left the courtroom after testifying.
As Detective Charles Martin, trying to keep his own emotions in check, spoke of how Kelsey will probably never speak or walk again, the woman sobbed in the back of the courtroom.
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FOUR YEARS?! That's really nothing and he'll probably do little if any time. This Rodrigo Guevara should get the death penalty.