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According to reports, the driver, 15, allegedly 'bumped,' murdered the jogger, and then laughed about it.
A 15-year-old Washington state girl fatally hit a jogger with a borrowed automobile, sped away, and then joked about it with a buddy, reports claimed.
Kasama Smith allegedly took her godmother's car without permission and was traveling at a speed of 50 mph – 15 miles over the posted speed limit – when she collided with 53-year-old Greg Moore on a Maple Valley roadway.
“I'm going to scare him, I'm going to bump him,” Smith reportedly told a passenger in her car as she neared Moore running at approximately 6 a.m. on July 18, according to the allegations.
According to the Reporter, a friend of Smith's who was following the Camry in another vehicle told authorities she heard a loud blast and then "watched something fly into the air."
Moore was discovered hours later, KIRO-TV reports, lying motionless and shoeless in a ditch in front of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church.
Kasama is now charged with second-degree murder and hit-and-run, but the victim's widow is incensed that the kid will not face adult charges for what she described as a "thrill kill."
Michelle Moore said KIRO that a family member of the suspect overheard the individual laughing about the way Greg's corpse shot up in the air after she struck him.
In an interview with the station, she stated that it was incorrect to refer to the hit as a "bump" when the car was traveling at 50 mph.
“It's referred to as a 'thrill kill,'” added Moore, who had offered a $35,000 reward and established a website in search of her husband's killer.
According to the King County Prosecutor's Office, the defendant's age and lack of a criminal record prevented her case from being transferred to adult court.
“Even when juveniles are convicted as adults, Superior Court judges can – and frequently do – adhere to the juvenile sentence standards established by state legislature at the time of sentencing,” office spokesperson Casey McNerthney told The Seattle Times.
Kasama is accused of borrowing her godmother's car before to the tragic prank and then lying to the car's owner when she returned it, claiming she never drove it and that someone destroyed it with a bat.
According to KIRO, the youngster spent weeks following the tragedy fearful that friends would "snitch on her." Her godmother contacted authorities after recognizing the automobile in security footage as her own, the newspaper reported.
Kasama surrendered to police last week with the assistance of her father.