Detroit mother of hit-and-run victim becomes advocate for other grieving families
Patricia Rutland’s son was hit and killed on Christmas Eve
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DETROIT – Police are still investigating several fatal hit-and-run cases that have yet to be solved.
One Detroit mother knows the pain of losing a loved and is hoping that no one else has to experience something similar.
“We really miss him,” Rutland said. “It is terrible. It’s so sudden. You just look around and your loved one is gone.”
“It happens every day. Someone is either hit or killed by a car,” she added.
Detroit police are still looking for the drivers responsible for multiple fatal hit-and-run incidents across the city, including Emory’s case. On May 15, a 46-year-old was killed while riding a moped near Military and Lindsdale streets.
Detroit police captain explains delay in notifying family of hit-and-run victim
Family learned of man’s death on social media 8 days after it happened
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DETROIT – Detroit Police are shedding some light on why a family was never contacted when a man was killed during a hit-and run incident in December.
“All they had to do was come here and notify us. We know Christmas Eve may not have been a good time, but it would have been better than to wait eight days,” said Patricia Rutland.
Rutland’s son, Dion Emory, was killed in a hit-and run on Christmas Eve at the intersection of Schoolcraft and Greenfield roads. Her family had to put the pieces together on their own.