Mexican ‘Migrant’ Arrested for Killing Texas Musician in Hit-and-Run Crash
December 30, 2024 -- 3:45am By: Rhonda Forbes Smith -- TheBlakeMoiaShow.com Breaking News and Crime Correspondent -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Mexican male who may be in the U.S. illegally has been arrested following a fatal hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of a Texas musician last week, according to reports.
The horrifying tragedy unfolded at around 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 20 in Dallas.
Investigators believe 30-year-old Elijah Heaps (formerly known as Michael Frantom, according to a GoFundMe fundraiser) was passing through an intersection on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle when Jonathan Salazar Garcia, 21, made a left turn in his pickup truck and slammed into the two-wheeler.
Salazar Garcia kept driving and did not stop to check on Heaps or render aid, police said.
Witnesses followed the fleeing suspect until police were able to catch up to him.
“When he was arrested, Salazar Garcia was carrying a Mexican driver’s license. He told police he was staying at a home in Grand Prairie,” Fox 4 reports.
Salazar Garcia was charged with collision involving death and ordered held on $25,000 bond.
Additionally, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged a detainer request for him with the Dallas County jail.
“We are going through the loss of a beautiful soul because somebody wasn’t doing what they were supposed to do,” Heaps’ mother Rachel Frantom told Fox 4.
“He was beyond anything that I’ve ever known in this world. Full of light and every time he was around anybody, he made them feel better. He was an encourager. He was gifted. He had lots and lots of talent.”
An investigation is ongoing.
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