DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Police in Des Moines are asking the public’s help in identifying a pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run crash last month.
Police say they have been unable to identify the man, who was not carrying ID when he was found critically injured in the street the night of Nov. 26. He had been hit by a vehicle that fled the scene before authorities or help arrived, investigators said. The man later died from his injuries at a hospital.
A 22-year-old man suspected of being the hit-and-run driver was arrested days later. Lim Bol Choul is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident and driving without insurance.
But police have been unable to identify the victim in the case. Forensic efforts, including fingerprint examination, did not produce results, police said in a news release Monday. All other traditional means of identification, including neighborhood canvassing and combing missing persons reports, have also proved unsuccessful.
Police say the man was white and in his 60s and was about 5-foot-8 and 150 pounds. Anyone with any information on who the man might be is asked to call Des Moines police.
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