Man hunts down alleged hit-and-run driver after wife killed A California man who made it his mission to track down the hit-and-run driver who killed his wife and mother of their eight children led police to an 85-year-old suspect, who was arrested
CORONA, Calif. -- A Southern California man who made it his mission to track down the hit-and-run driver who killed his wife and mother of their eight children led police to an 85-year-old suspect, who was arrested, authorities said.
Brenda Richardson died after a white Lexus struck her motorcycle last week in Corona, police said.
Her husband, Rod Richardson, told KNBC-TV that he decided to search for the car that hit his wife.
While at the intersection where the collision occurred, Richardson said he spotted the entrance of an apartment complex.
"Something was on my heart, tugging me, saying ‘you need to go in,’" Richardson told the news station.
As soon as he entered the complex, he saw a white Lexus with damage to passenger's side front door.
He called Corona police and officers arrested Tashiro Isa on suspicion of felony hit and run and vehicular manslaughter. It wasn't known Sunday if the 85-year-old Corona resident has an attorney.
Police Sgt. Chad Fountain confirmed Richardson’s account, the Riverside Press-Enterprise newspaper reported Saturday.
Richardson said he was moved to act because the grief of losing his wife and mother of his children was overwhelming.
"When you have your older kids falling on the ground crying cause they have no control," he said. "Your younger kids waking you up in the middle of the night saying they missed her, it's a lot."
Richardson said his wife worked for decades with the Veteran's Administration in Long Beach. The family has started a GoFundMe account to cover funeral expenses.
Akoy5569 on February 10th, 2020 at 00:48 UTC »
I worked with a guy who’s wife and daughter were killed by a kid who was drinking and driving. Kid was a minor and only got a slap on the wrist in the end.
My coworker was warped into a person who I couldn’t recognize. The reason I tell this story is for two really messed up reasons.
1) His wife and kid died on his birthday, because they were out picking up his cake.
2) The kid who killed his family lived down the street from him and he had to watch this kid live free for years.
He never got justice for his family.
handymanct on February 10th, 2020 at 00:32 UTC »
Back in 2001, my mother was hit and killed by a 91 year old driver. She was crossing the street after just getting off the bus. He was speeding, trying to beat the light supposedly. He lived further down the road, so he kept on going. He went back about 10 or 15 minutes later.
zombioptic on February 9th, 2020 at 22:51 UTC »
The title makes it sounds like this guy went on a manhunt, but literally he just walked into a parking lot next to where his wife was killed. I'm still happy they caught the guy, but nobody was "hunted down"