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Crime & Courts December 10, 2025 - 6:48 pm

Court document details evidence allegedly found in fatal hit-and-run north of Lawrence

by Mackenzie Clark

Investigators found fibers in a truck’s broken headlight that appear consistent with the shirt a Lawrence runner was wearing when she was struck and killed by a driver who fled the scene last month, according to law enforcement documents.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts November 12, 2025 - 12:34 pm

Lawrence man accused in hit-and-run charged with leaving the scene of a fatality accident

by Lawrence Times

The district attorney’s office has charged a Lawrence driver suspected of striking and killing a 20-year-old KU student with leaving the scene of a fatality accident.

Lawrence news November 9, 2025 - 6:03 pm

Sheriff’s office makes arrest in fatal hit-and-run north of Lawrence

by Lawrence Times

Deputies with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office have made an arrest in a hit-and-run that killed 20-year-old Elsa McGrain, a premed student at KU.

Lawrence news November 8, 2025 - 12:49 pm

Runner struck and killed was KU student from Omaha; deputies still seeking driver

by Lawrence Times

The runner who was struck and killed by a vehicle Thursday evening north of Lawrence was Elsa McGrain, 20, a KU student from Omaha.

Lawrence news November 7, 2025 - 1:48 pm

Pedestrian struck by vehicle, killed north of Lawrence; detectives seek driver

by Lawrence Times

A 20-year-old Lawrence woman was struck by a vehicle and killed just north of Lawrence Thursday evening, and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help to identify the driver.

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