BACKGROUND: Local mom pushes for answers two years after daughter's hit-and-run death
2014 ARREST: 'Intimate encounter' turns into armed robbery in St. Augustine
The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office has arrested a 29-year-old woman and charged her with leaving the scene of a traffic accident that killed a St. Johns County teenager.
Haley Smith, 15, was killed in Nov. 2013 while walking down Kenton Morrison Road.
In Nov. 2016, the St. Augustine Record ran an article about the case, which generated some tips, police said.
The tips led to the Tiffany Michelle Higginbotham, 29. The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office say they have collected trace evidence and eyewitness evidence.
MUGSHOTS: Higginbotham arrested a dozen times in St. Johns County
St. Johns County cold caseUpdated: St. Johns County authorities arrested woman in death of St. Johns County teen: http://bit.ly/2m3LZo7 Background on the case: http://bit.ly/2lrPm4G
Posted by Action News Jax on Monday, February 27, 2017
DEVELOPING: Tiffany Higginbotham has been charged in hit-and-run that killed 15-year-old Haley Smith in 2013 @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/gZHbQLyksI
— Lorena Inclán (@LorenaANjax) February 27, 2017
Tiffany Higginbotham serving 3 yrs 2015 charges -- robbery & leaving the scene of a crash. Release date WAS June 2017. @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/vdocApOLWp
— Paige Kelton (@PaigeANjax) February 27, 2017
She's also charged with leaving the scene of another accident. Haley's mother finally has some answers. https://t.co/KanYLr7k7J
— Paige Kelton (@PaigeANjax) February 27, 2017
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