Miguel Briseno Mendez (Jail Service, Dallas County)
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Police arrested 24-year-old Miguel Briseno Mendez at Dallas Love Field on Saturday for the hit-and-run death of 56-year-old Nancy Dowd.
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Dowd was initially hit by a driver who stopped and was calling for help. She died after a speeding black Lexus hit her a second time and drove off.
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Briseno Mendez admitted to being the driver but said he thought he hit a pothole.
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Police arrested 24-year-old Miguel Briseno Mendez at Dallas Love Field on Saturday for the hit-and-run death of 56-year-old Nancy Dowd.
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Dowd was initially hit by a driver who stopped and was calling for help. She died after a speeding black Lexus hit her a second time and drove off.
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Briseno Mendez admitted to being the driver but said he thought he hit a pothole.
Texas’s Cockrell HillThe guy suspected of being responsible for the hit-and-run death of a 56-year-old lady in Cockrell Hill earlier this month was taken into custody by police.
After coming home to North Texas and arriving at Dallas Love Field Airport on Saturday, Miguel Briseno Mendez was placed under arrest.
After that, the 24-year-old was charged with a collision involving death and put into the Dallas County jail.
Cockrell Hill Fatal Hit-and-Run
We know:
On January 2, just before 7 p.m., a fatal collision occurred close to the intersection of Division Street and S. Cockrell Hill Road.
Nancy Dowd, 56, was struck and murdered while crossing the street, according to the police.
The driver of a black pickup truck claimed police he didn’t see Dowd and struck her as he was turning right, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
At the crossing, the motorist pulled over to see how Dowd, who was still alive but hurt, was doing.
He told police that when he climbed back into his truck to dial 911, a dark automobile sped by and struck Dowd once again, pulling her and running over her head. The vehicle didn’t stop.
Later, the hospital declared Dowd dead.
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The Investigation
We know:
After the collision, investigators discovered pieces of a black Lexus IS 250, model number 2007–2010, in the street close to Dowd’s body.
To locate a car that fit that description and drove by the scene of the collision, they used license plate cameras.
When the investigators arrived at an address linked to the registered owner of the vehicle, they were able to identify the driver as Briseno Mendez.
He said the accident occurred as he and his wife were going home, and he acknowledged taking medication that day. He said he thought he hit a pothole after going around the truck.
“Yes, I am aware of what you are discussing. I believed I had struck a pothole. According to the affidavit, he told officers who called him, “You know how Cockrell Hill has bumpy roads.”
He told detectives where they could find the automobile while on a work trip in Tennessee, and he agreed to meet with them when he got back home.
According to the affidavit, detectives discovered front-end damage on the vehicle that matched the components discovered at the scene of the crime. Additionally, human hairs discovered on a tire were gathered as proof.
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Next steps:
Police stated that their investigation is ongoing and urged anyone with information to get in touch with the department.
“As they grieve Nancy Dowd’s passing, our sympathies are with her family. Our officers’ commitment to bringing justice to victims and their families, along with their meticulous investigative efforts, led to this arrest. We’re still dedicated to making sure our neighborhood is safe,” Captain Shahin Allachian stated.
The Source: An arrest warrant affidavit and the Cockrell Hill Police Department provided the information for this story.
