No charges have been filed in connection to the Feb. 26 hit and run that is believed to have caused the death of Angelica “Angel” Marie Grant. However, the investigation continues and will likely go before a grand jury to determine whether there is cause for an indictment.
Grant, 50, was found on the right shoulder of Highway 64, near Fort Hembree Road in Hayesville around 7 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27. She is believed to have died while walking in the rain on Friday night.
Autopsy results revealed she had sustained fatal injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle, according to Clay County Sheriff Bobby Deese.
Deese confirmed that a local person turned himself into law enforcement officials on Saturday and was interviewed by the Highway Patrol, which is in charge of the investigation.
The person listed on the accident report is Hayesville resident Jared Lee Shook. The report was filed by lead investigator, Trooper A.J. Gordon. However, Gordon declined to comment on the case.
According to Gordon’s accident report dated Feb. 27, Shook was driving a 2013 GMC at an estimated speed of 4o miles per hour heading east toward Hayesville. Grant was walking with traffic at the time of the crash which was estimated to have occurred the night before, on Feb. 26 around 7:45 p.m.
The accident report says Shook struck Grant with the right front of the vehicle and then traveled onto the right shoulder of the roadway. It says Shook continued traveling east on U.S. 64 without stopping after the collision. Grant came to rest on the right shoulder of U.S. 64.
Grant had been released from custody at the Clay County Detention Center on Friday at 7:05 p.m. She had been charged with a misdemeanor, non-impaired revoked license. She was found dead about a mile from the detention center.
Grant is listed as a resident of Dahlonega, Ga., formerly of Murphy, in her obituary.