PLANTATION, Fla. – A 25-year-old woman turned herself in at the Broward County jail on Tuesday to face a felony charge after police said she killed a bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash near her home in Plantation back in 2022.
According to Plantation police, the crash happened just before 7:40 p.m. on Sept. 7, 2022, in the 400 block of North Hiatus Road.
Recommended Videos
An arrest report states that Emily Fasano, then 23, was driving her 2017 Jeep Renegade when she hit the victim, whose name was redacted, while he was riding in the bike lane.
Authorities said even though the man’s body smashed the windshield, Fasano kept on driving; surveillance cameras spotted her at her home on Northwest 111th Avenue about five minutes later.
Police said Fasano changed her hairstyle and clothes “in an effort to change her physical appearance” and tried leaving “only 12 minutes after being home.”
Doorbell footage shows that Fasano, after noticing police vehicles in the area “immediately crouched down in an attempt to conceal herself.”
Police said she “then quickly walked back to the front door of the residence” but never entered it, “concealing herself behind a wall” for 84 seconds.
“However, after standing there for approximately 51 seconds, Fasano crouched down and peeked around the edge of the wall to look where the police units were at. She then remained behind the wall for approximately another 20 seconds,” police wrote. “During those 20 seconds, Fasano appeared to be confused/indecisive on what to do. First, she was going to walk back into the residence but did not, then she turned around a few times as she did not know what to do.”
Police said Fasano then walked towards her vehicle, unlocked it and officers stopped her.
The report states that police conducted a show-up with a witness, who said the vehicle parked in front of Fasano’s home was “100%” the same vehicle she saw pass her on Hiatus Road immediately after hearing a loud “boom.”
The witness additionally said that Fasano looked “very much” like the woman driving the SUV. Another witness gave the same account, police said.
DNA collected under a search warrant matched the victim with DNA found on Fasano’s windshield and placed Fasano as being in the Jeep at the time, the report states.
Police said cellphone data also placed Fasano in the area of the crash site. The arrest report states that police didn’t suspect any alcohol or drug use as a factor in the crash.
Fasano, who has pleaded not guilty in the case, remained in the North Broward Bureau jail facility on a charge of leaving the scene of a crash involving death as of Wednesday morning.
Online records listed no bond.