CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WJZY) – DNA from a decades-old marijuana joint helped detectives solve a hit-and-run cold case that killed a North Carolina woman 34 years ago, police announced Friday.
The crash happened at a Charlotte intersection on Dec. 29, 1989. The victim, 52-year-old Ruth Buchanan, was walking across the street after leaving a department store when she was struck by a dark-colored vehicle that failed to stop at a red light, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD).