Bride Mowed Down DEAD IN WEDDING DRESS. DRUNK DRIVER TO WALK FREE?
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 12 August 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Samantha Miller and her fiancé Aric Hutchinson spend the night celebrating their wedding.
When the newlyweds leave the reception, the golf cart in which they are riding is plowed over by a speeding car. Police say Jamie Komoroski was driving 65 mph in a 25 mph zone. Bride Samantha Miller is killed.
Komoroski admitted to police that she had been drinking that night, but refused to take a breathalyzer test. Three other people in the golf cart, including the groom are injured.
Jamie Lee Komoroski, 25, is charged with three counts of DUI with great bodily injury or death and reckless homicide. She has been in jail since the access the wreck and has now asked a Judge Michael Nettles to release her on bond.
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Lisa Miller- Mother of the Bride; Gofundme: Samantha Miller- Gone Too Soon
- Sarah Ford- Legal Director, South Carolina Victim Assistance Network; Former Prosecutor (focusing on crimes against women and children); Host of "Stepping Toward Justice" podcast; Twitter: @Sarahafordfordesq
- Dr. Shari Schwartz- Forensic Psychologist (specializing in Capital Mitigation and Victim Advocacy); Twitter: @TrialDoc; Author: "Criminal Behavior" and "Where Law and Psychology Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology"
- Jason Jensen- Private Investigator: Jensen Private Investigations; Cold Case Expert (Salt Lake City, UT), and Co-founder: "Cold Case Coalition;" Twitter: @JasonJPI, Facebook/Instagram: "Jensen Investigations"
- Dr. Tim Gallagher - Medical Examiner, State of Florida; Lecturer: University of Florida Medical School Forensic Medicine; Founder/Host: International Forensic Medicine Death Investigation Conference
- Stephen Eisenberg- President and Founder of Golf Concepts LLC (expert in golf/golf cart-related accidents)
- Stacey D. Stewart- CEO of Mother Against Drunk Driving (MADD); Twitter: @maddnational, madd.org
- Sydney Heiberger- Reporter, Queen City News in Charlotte, NC; Twitter: @SydneyHeiberger
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:06.0 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace |
| 0:12.0 | The happiest day of her life. The day of her wedding. The decorations were beautiful. Family and friends were present. |
| 0:22.0 | At a destination wedding spot. |
| 0:26.0 | After the reception, the bride and groom head off for their honeymoon night. When the bride is murdered. |
| 0:34.0 | Still in her wedding dress. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and Sirius XM 111 in the last hours. |
| 0:46.0 | The drunk driver Jamie Lee Kamarowski. In court. In court. Seeking bond. After she mows down the bride and groom in their golf cart. |
| 1:01.0 | While drinking according to police. How did we get to this a bond hearing? |
| 1:08.0 | First of all, take a listen to our friends at WC IV. |
| 1:12.0 | Sam Miller and her fiance Eric Hutchinson had been together for three years. |
| 1:16.0 | I've never seen the light in her eyes shine as bright as that day. |
| 1:21.0 | April 28th. Samantha Miller and Eric Hutchinson vowed to spend the rest of their lives together. |
| 1:27.0 | It was the best day of her life. A beach ceremony dancing and drinks to follow. |
| 1:30.0 | Announced a surprise dance for the most important person in Sam's life. |
| 1:35.0 | Which was me and we danced to Bruno Mars. Just the way you are. |
| 1:40.0 | The happy couple left the reception under a canopy of sparklers. |
| 1:44.0 | On their galloping of the golf cart ride. |
| 1:47.0 | She said I wish this night could go on forever. The best night of her life. |
| 1:52.0 | You were hearing the voice when you heard someone say it was the best day of her life. |
| 1:59.0 | They announced a surprise dance for the most important person in Sam's life. |
| 2:06.0 | You're hearing the voice of Sam, Samantha. |
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