Spokane, Wash. — Eli Hampshire, 30, was arrested for hitting and killing a mother of six with his SUV.
Court documents show Hampshire purchased the black Ford Flex from a friend on Sunday the 25th, the day before the hit-and-run that killed 46-year-old Smaah Adam. The acquaintance who sold him the car saw the press release put out by Spokane Police and recognized specific markings on it, so they called police.
That person also called Hampshire’s girlfriend, who denied that she or Eli were driving the car and asked the seller to not tell the cops who they sold it to…