DUI Teenager Faces 1st-Degree Vehiculer Homocide Charges

On September 18, according to Bibb County Sheriff Jerry Modena, nineteen-year-old Edger Zaldua turned himself  in to aurthorities. The Warner Robbins teenager faces first-degree vehicular homicide charges. This arrest is almost five months after a fatal wreck on I-475 which killed 19-year-old Kelly Hill, according to Leah Johnson with Eyewitness News at 11.
The following was reported by Stephanie Susskin and shows why the investigation took so long before the arrest of Edger Zaldua:

Back on APRIL 27, 2008...the police reported a terrible car accident on I-475 in Bibb County. According to investigators, KELLY HILL AND EDGAR ZALDUA, who were riding in the same car, were thrown from the vehicle when it went off the road and hit a tree.  Ms. Hill  was dead at the scene. According to one of the investigators, Zaldua called someone to pick him up and take him to a local hospital.  However, evidence from the scene and injuries sustained by Zaldua lead investigators to conclude that Zaldua was the driver of the car, not Ms. Hill.  Zaldua had previously tried to convince police that Hill was driving the car at the time of the accident. Test results from blood and hair samples took a while to come back, which is-- in part-- why the arrest of Zaldua took so long.  According to the Bibb County DA's office ZALDUA'S blood alcohol level was above the legal limit for DUI when the accident occured.  Zaldua was denied bond at his first court appearance.  He faces up to to fifteen years to serve for 1st-degree vehiclar homocide.