Melody Rohrer, 64, struck and killed by vehicle, suspect identified as Colby Martin, 29, who allegedly hid body and left the scene on County Road 215 in Hamilton Township, Michigan
Man charged with vehicular manslaughter, moving woman’s body (link is external)
He is accused of hitting Melody Rohrer, 64, with his car Monday as she walked along County Road 215 near Territorial Road in Van Buren County’s Hamilton Township. The sheriff says Martin then moved Rohrer’s body, leaving it in some woods in St. Joseph County.
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