Eswin Mejía, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras, fled the country after posting bond in the Nebraska DUI death of Iowan Sarah Root and was a fugitive for nearly a decade. Mejía was extradited ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A judge on Monday sentenced the illegal immigrant who killed Sarah Root in a high-speed crash 10 years ago to more than 20 years in prison. Eswin Mejia was sentenced to 20-22 ...

Eswin Mejia was sentenced to prison for crash that killed Sarah Root A decade-long legal saga came to an end in a Douglas County courtroom on Monday when Eswin Mejia, the 29-year-old man who fled from ...

Eswin Mejia is escorted out of Douglas County District Courtroom 409 after being sentenced 20 to 22 years in prison in connection to the fatal crash that killed Sarah Root in 2016, in Omaha, on Monday ...

Built in 1912, the Douglas County Courthouse in downtown Omaha, Nebraska is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Chris Marshall/Courthouse News) OMAHA, Neb. (CN) — Someone being ...

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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Eswin Mejia — the man charged in connection to a 2016 crash that killed 21-year-old Sarah Root — won’t be back in court this week as expected. Mejia, 28, was formally charged in ...

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office confirmed a man accused of hitting and killing a 21-year-old in 2016 has been arrested in Honduras. On Jan. 31, 2016, Sarah Root was killed in a crash near 33rd and ...