Eswin Mejia was charged with homicide by DUI after Sarah Root's death, but fled before trial. President Donald Trump has ...

Douglas County deputies said the Sarah Root case that captured national attention is now in the hands of the federal government after the suspect was arrested in Honduras.

Extradition proceedings are underway in Honduras for a man accused of fleeing the United States after his arrest for a fatal ...

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office confirmed a man accused of hitting, killing a 21-year-old in 2016 has been arrested in ...

On Jan. 31, 2016, Mejia was accused of racing on the street while under the influence of alcohol when he struck Root’s vehicle near 33rd and L Street in Omaha. Mejia’s blood alcohol level was ...

The father of the Iowa woman killed nine years ago by a drunk driver who was in the country illegally attended President ...

In his 2016 campaign, President Trump seized on the death of Sarah Root, who police said was killed by an undocumented ...

Police had cause to believe back in 2016, Eswin Mejia, also known as Edwin, was driving while intoxicated and street racing when he hit 21-year-old Sarah Root's car.

The man charged in the death of Sarah Root — the Council Bluffs woman who is the namesake of what’s known as “Sarah’s Law” — ...

Eswin Mejía, now 28, was arrested by Honduran National Police for the death of Sarah Root, the agency announced ... as she waited at a red light in Omaha on the night of Jan. 30, 2016, just ...