Michigan woman left scene of fatal hit-and-run because she ‘didn’t think she hit him that hard’; The arrest was made a week later, providing help to the outraged family

A 26-year-old man walking to McDonald’s was left dead at an intersection after a hit-and-run near Flushing, Michigan. Thanks to persistent detective work, Mount Morris Township Police tracked down and arrested the suspect in the car parking zone of her employer, a local nursing home.

When 26-year-old Cheyenne White was arrested on June 14, she allegedly told police she didn’t stop or call authorities because she “didn’t think she hit him that hard.”

Sebastian Jacob Klein, going by the name “Klein,” was found the next morning on June 10 at the intersection of Elms Road and Kelly Road when a concerned citizen called 911.

When first responders arrived, Klein was still alive hours after the impact, around 10:30 p.m. Although they immediately began providing emergency care, he ultimately died at the scene.

Police used a fingerprint scanner to discover him and notified his mother.

Local news stations reported the mysterious death later that day, interviewing Klein’s father, Don Klein, and girlfriend, Mary Cross, who expressed shock that the driver didn’t stop, render aid and even call 911.

“I just felt like the floor had been pulled out from under me, as it has with my life, so now everything has changed a lot. This will change forever,” Cross said Central Michigan, now.

“It makes me angry. I wish they would just come forward,” she added.

When the news broke, there have been no suspects, detectives went to the crime scene searching for clues. They discovered a passenger-side mirror that they believed could possibly be related to the vehicle that fatally struck Klein. WNEM reported.

Investigators were able to confirm the mirror was from a Chrysler using the manufacturer’s reference number. Armed with this information, detectives downloaded surveillance footage from businesses in the area and determined what would occur.

They spotted a Chrysler Jeep passing through the intersection the day after the crash, missing a passenger-side mirror and having front fender damage. The color appeared to match the mirror found at the scene.

Police reviewed footage from the day before the crash and saw the same Jeep without damage. They theorized that whoever was driving the Jeep will need to have come to the area usually, and maybe the intersection was on their way to work. Police sprang into motion, combing the area for signs of the damaged Jeep and spotted the vehicle in the car parking zone of a nearby nursing home.

When police saw White leaving the workplace and approaching her vehicle, they confronted her and she admitted that she owned the Jeep. While in police custody, she allegedly admitted to the hit-and-run, claiming she didn’t call 911 or try to help the hit pedestrian because she “didn’t think she hit him that hard.”

On June 14, White was charged with a felony: failure to stop at the scene of an accident leading to serious bodily injury. Her next court hearing can be on June 27.

After a senseless tragedy, Klein’s friends and family struggle to deal with their grief. His dad told Mid-Michigan Now: “You do not know tomorrow will come. So please. You have any animosity, quarrels, misunderstandings along with your family, whoever they could be, and call them to hug them, kiss them. I really like them.”