CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A Charleston County judge denied a request that would have prevented police from collecting the DNA of a suspect in a deadly double hit-and-run that killed two young women, including a College of Charleston senior.
According to the Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office, the judge denied defense attorney Chris Adams’s request to prevent Charleston Police from collecting DNA from Max Gentilin.
Gentilin is the second person accused of running over 20-year-olds Lizzy Zito and Ariana Gamber and then leaving the scene on an April Sunday morning.
Investigators say initially, a pickup truck driven by 32-year-old Seth Carlson hit Zito and Gamber while they were walking in the pedestrian/bike lane on Morrison Drive around 1:12 a.m. Carlson then left and later crashed into a ditch off Sam Rittenburg Boulevard.
At about 1:43 a.m., a car driven by 25-year-old Gentilin is seen on surveillance footage veering off the road and running over the curb on Morrison Drive, striking Zito and Gamber.