Woman hit and killed by daughter's boyfriend in Kings County, deputies say

LEMOORE, Calif. (KFSN) -- As household and friends gathered to ticker the Super Bowl connected February 9th, Kings County Sheriff's deputies descended connected a home.

Investigators learned that 38-year-old Roxanne Hicks was deed and killed connected a spot disconnected Hanford Armona Road.

The Kings County Sheriff's Office says the antheral down the instrumentality was her daughter's boyfriend, 25-year-old Devon Vansickle.

"It was 1 of those situations wherever immoderate folks had a small excessively overmuch alcohol, and it resulted successful an statement wrong the location that unluckily resulted successful the extremity of somebody's life," said Kings County Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Martin.

It would instrumentality 2 days of investigating earlier helium was arrested for battle with a deadly limb resulting successful large bodily injury, among different charges.

Shortly aft that, helium was released.

"Through this, this people of this investigation, which is successful conjunction with the California Highway Patrol, things are, are changing," said Martin.

"And you know, each day, arsenic acold arsenic much and much grounds comes to light, and astatine the extremity of the day, ultimately, it's going to beryllium up to the territory lawyer arsenic to what charges are really processed."

The Kings County Sheriff's Office says they person encountered Vansickle successful the past for driving nether the influence.

Hick's relative gave Action News a connection connected her death, writing, successful part:

"My beauteous relative was taken mode excessively soon leaving her children heartbroken and mislaid without her. She was an astonishing mom, and I'm arrogant of the pistillate she became."

She went connected to accidental she prays the justness strategy does its job.

Vansickle has not been charged astatine this time.

We reached retired to the District Attorney, who said they sent backmost the lawsuit for further investigation.

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