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17-year-old accused of hitting, killing UC student in stolen car appears in court

17-year-old accused of hitting, killing UC student in stolen car appears in court
NOW TO A STORY YOU’LL SEE ONLY HERE ON WLWT. THE PARENTS OF A U.S. STUDENT ARE STILL TRYING TO GRAPPLE WITH THE DEVASTATING LOSS OF THEIR DAUGHTER WHO WAS HIT AND KILLED CROSSING THE STREET NEAR CAMPUS. HER NAME, KAYDEN TURNER, AND SHE HAD A BRIGHT FUTURE. SHE HAD JUST STARTED HER FRESHMAN YEAR AT UC WLWT NEWS FIVE’S DANIELLE DARKE HAS THE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CADENCE PARENTS, A SOCIAL BUTTERFLY WHO LOVED TO LAUGH AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS. SHE WAS MY ANGEL, MY WORLD. WE DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER. WE TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING. KAYDEN TURNER WAS MANY THINGS. BUT TO KEESHA, REMEMBER WILKERSON? KAYDEN WAS HER EVERY THING KNOWN FOR WEARING MATCHING OUTFITS AND NOT GOING A DAY WITHOUT TALKING. SHE SHARED EVERYTHING WITH. SHE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, A MOM BEST. WE HAD MOM BEST RELATIONSHIP THAT MOM BESTIE RELATIONSHIP TURNED ALONG DISTANCE. WHEN KAYDEN LEFT HER HOME IN DAYTON TO START THE NEXT PHASE OF HER LIFE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI STATE, SHE BOUGHT KRUG. SHE BROUGHT EVERYTHING’S YOU COULD SEE WAS JUST VERY ASIDE. IT WAS LIKE A NEW JOURNEY FOR HER. A NEW PAIR OF CROCS, ALONG WITH DOZENS OF OTHERS. IT WAS KADENCE THING, EVEN BUYING HER STEPDAD, JERMAINE WILKINSON, HIS FIRST PAIR. AND WHEN SHE GOT HIT, THAT’S THE QUESTION SHE HAD ON AS A PAIR OF CROCS. AND I JUST LIKE DEVASTATED ME. RED CROCS IN THE MIDDLE OF JEFFERSON AVENUE WHERE POLICE SAY A STOLEN CAR RAN A RED LIGHT HITTING TWO STUDENTS. ONE OF THEM WAS CADEN. SHE DIDN’T MAKE IT. A MOTHER. WORST NIGHTMARE OF A. EVEN NOW, I JUST. I STILL UNBELIEVABLE. EVEN AFTER GOING TO THE FUNERAL HOME TODAY, PLANNING A FUNERAL FOR HER. IT’S UNIMAGINABLE. IT’S VERY HURTFUL TO KNOW THAT THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN ON CAMPUS OR AROUND CAMPUS. CADENCE, BIG DREAM, AN EVEN BIGGER, BRIGHTER SMILE TAKEN AT JUST 18 YEARS OLD. I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER AS A JUST A BEAUTIFUL KID AND JUST HAD HER WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF HER. SHE BROUGHT JOY AND COMFORT AND HAPPINESS TO PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. SHE WAS. THAT WAS DANIELLE DARKE REPORTING. CANER CADEN WAS A TISSUE DONOR. HER MOM SAYS CADEN WILL HELP
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17-year-old accused of hitting, killing UC student in stolen car appears in court
A 17-year-old accused of hitting and killing a University of Cincinnati in a stolen car appeared in court Monday Cincinnati police said the 17-year-old drove into two 18-year-old women on Jefferson Avenue last week. One of the victims died from her injuries.Police said that after the crash, the driver kept going until he crashed into a tree. Then he ran off.When police went to arrest him, he jumped out of a window and tried to run.In court Monday, prosecutors said the teen was being electronically monitored at the time of the crash for a weapons charge and his ankle monitor was missing when he was arrested.Prosecutors said he also failed to show up to juvenile detention and had a warrant out for his arrest in another state."This young man was already in EMU status, violated EMU status. Not only by not turning himself in but cutting off the monitor he has an open warrant out of state. All of those weigh heavily against any release at this time," said Magistrate Ronna Lucas.WLWT is not releasing the suspect's name because he is a minor.The court will hold him in juvenile custody until a bind-over hearing to decide whether to try him as an adult.

A 17-year-old accused of hitting and killing a University of Cincinnati in a stolen car appeared in court Monday

Cincinnati police said the 17-year-old drove into two 18-year-old women on Jefferson Avenue last week. One of the victims died from her injuries.

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Police said that after the crash, the driver kept going until he crashed into a tree. Then he ran off.

When police went to arrest him, he jumped out of a window and tried to run.

In court Monday, prosecutors said the teen was being electronically monitored at the time of the crash for a weapons charge and his ankle monitor was missing when he was arrested.

Prosecutors said he also failed to show up to juvenile detention and had a warrant out for his arrest in another state.

"This young man was already in EMU status, violated EMU status. Not only by not turning himself in but cutting off the monitor he has an open warrant out of state. All of those weigh heavily against any release at this time," said Magistrate Ronna Lucas.

WLWT is not releasing the suspect's name because he is a minor.

The court will hold him in juvenile custody until a bind-over hearing to decide whether to try him as an adult.