A suburban Detroit police department has announced that there is no evidence to support a woman’s claim that her friend, whom she left lying fatally injured in the middle of a roadway, had leaped from the woman’s moving vehicle.
Kentia Fearn told Southfield Police Department investigators that Mia Kanu jumped out of Fearn’s SUV while it was still moving after the two had attended a party this summer.
The 23-year-old Kanu was discovered unresponsive in the roadway in front of an apartment complex in Southfield, Michigan, on June 3 at 4:32 a.m.”
After two days on life support at Ascension Providence Hospital, she was pronounced dead in June. On Sept. 15, Fearn was charged with a felony for failing to stop at an accident resulting in death, carrying a potential five-year prison sentence or a $5,000 fine.
Kanu was a backseat passenger in her friend’s 2022 silver Jeep Compass, according to police.
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Kanu’s family, friends, and the SPD held a news conference last week to provide updates on the Tennessee State University veterinary student’s death, dispelling the story that has been floated about how she actually died.
Police Chief Elvin Barren said at a press conference on Thursday, Sept. 21, that video footage did not depict an account that Kanu ejected herself from the vehicle. Instead, the video shows the girl falling as Fearn continued driving at high speed.
Barren questioned what kind of person would not stop to check on the well-being of someone who had fallen from their vehicle, especially when that person is considered a friend.
“What kind of friend is that? I ask all of you that question: Who would do that?” the chief asked, according to the Detroit Free Press.
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