Mother, Grandmother Accused Of Hiding Hit-And-Run Suspect
GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) - The mother and grandmother of a hit-and-run suspect have been accused of hiding the man while police searched for him.
Ignacio Paul Daigle and Paul Engle allegedly stole a pickup truck and caused a fatal crash as they were trying to drive away from officers in March.
Jessica Holman, 33, of Thornton was killed in the crash near 88th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard. Holman had been with family members and was driving to buy dinner when she was struck and killed.
Engle was arrested following the crash and has been charged with 13 counts including vehicular eluding resulting in death.
Police arrested Daigle three days later after he ran from the crash scene. Police searched for Daigle and he was finally found at the home of his grandmother, Tina Daigle in unincorporated Adams County.
Daigle has been charged with vehicular homicide in addition to several other charges.
During the investigation detectives spoke with both Tina Daigle and his mother, Tiffanie Daigle and both women denied having any knowledge of where he was or how to reach him.
When police arrested him, both his mother and grandmother were at the home. The women were arrested last month and face charges of accessory to leaving the scene of an accident with death.
The crash happened on Wadsworth Boulevard near Independence Drive. According to police, the owner of a Ford F-350 pickup observed his truck being stolen from 8600 block of 86th Circle. The truck owner got in another vehicle and called police while following his stolen truck going northbound on Wadsworth.
Police pursued the Ford, which then crossed the median on Wadsworth into oncoming traffic and collided with a Jeep traveling southbound.
