BRIDE IN WEDDING DRESS MOWED DOWN DEAD: DRUNK DRIVER SNIVELS 'GUILTY' IN COURT

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Samantha Miller and her fiancé, Aric Hutchinson, spent the night celebrating their wedding. When the newlyweds left the reception, a speeding car struck the golf cart they were riding in. Police say Jamie Komoroski was driving 65 mph in a 25 mph zone. Bride Samantha Miller was killed.

Jamie Lee Komoroski told officers at the scene that she was heading home when something hit her. However, her home was in the opposite direction. Komoroski admitted to drinking that night but refused to take a breathalyzer test.

Komoroski, 25, was charged with three counts of DUI with great bodily injury or death and reckless homicide. As Judge Deadra Jefferson prepared to begin jury selection for the trial, Jamie Lee Komoroski asked to change her plea from not guilty to guilty. She did not negotiate a plea deal, meaning the judge was not obligated to show leniency for sparing Miller’s family a trial.

Judge Deadra Jefferson sentenced Komoroski to 25 years for reckless homicide, 15 years for two counts of DUI with great bodily injury, and 10 years for felony DUI. The sentences run concurrently, meaning Komoroski will serve 25 years in prison. She is now requesting her sentence be reduced.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Lisa Miller - Mother of Samantha Miller
Mark Peper – Criminal Defense Attorney, The Pepper Law Firm; X: @PeperLawFirm
Tom Smith - Former NYPD Detective, Co-Host of the GOLD SHIELDS Podcast, https://thegoldshieldshow.com, FB & Instagram: @thegoldshieldshow
Kimberly Cockrell - Victim Services Manager at Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Website: MADD.ORG FB: Mothers Against Drunk Driving Insta: @maddnational

Dr. Jorey L. Krawczyn – Police Psychologist, Adjunct Faculty with Saint Leo University; Research Consultant with Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S. – Practical Recommendations to Help “Stop Officer Suicide”
Dr. Kendall Crowns – Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth) and Lecturer: University of Texas Austin and Texas Christian University Medical School
Dave Mack - CrimeOnline Investigative Reporter

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0:36.6	A bride in her wedding dress mowed down dead.
0:42.2	The drunk driver sniveling, guilty in court.
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0:50.2	North Carolina bride, Samantha Miller and groom Eric Hutchinson have just said their vows and tied the knot on Folly Beach, South Carolina.
1:01.3	Setting off to celebrate the night, they're riding down a beach road in a golf cart when they encounter a deadly surprise.
1:11.6	On the golf cart.
1:14.6	She told me she didn't want the night to end.
1:17.6	And I kissed her on the forehead.
1:20.6	And then the next thing I remember is waking up in the hospital.
1:23.6	That is the groom of a beautiful bride mowed down by a drunk driver who just showed up in court sniveling guilty.
1:35.6	That's from our friends at ABC4 joining me an all-star panel to make sense of what we know right now.
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