November 7, 2009

Hit and Run Update: Victim Identified

Woman Killed in Hit and Run in Fox Farm Area

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By KFBB News Team

Story Published: Jul 1, 2009 at 5:51 PM MST

Story Updated: Jul 1, 2009 at 9:38 PM MST

An early morning hit and run in Great Falls leaves Sasha Holt, age 21, dead, and now investigators are looking for the person responsible.

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Montana Highway Patrol says she was walking on Fox Farm road, just before 1:00 AM on Wednesday morning. That's when one car hit her and left the scene. They say moments later, another car hit her, but this time, the driver stopped and called 911.

By the time law enforcement arrived, the victim was dead. This all happened just South of East Fiesta road and the Liberty Fireworks stand. The Cascade County Sheriff's Department and the Montana Highway Patrol are jointly investigating this crime.

Highway Patrol says Sasha Holt was at a party before she got hit and they believe alcohol was involved. Law enforcement several leads on the suspected driver and is asking for assistance from the public.

If you have any information call Vern Wise with the Montana Highway Patrol at 453-1121 or the Cascade County Sheriff's Office at 454- 6820.

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Thursday, Jul 2 at 7:42 PM Dave wrote ...

I'm sure KRTV has never made any mistakes before. I would think you would be smart enough to know that if you use the internet at a business it's pretty easy to trace the ip back there, lol.

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 10:09 PM Anonymous wrote ...

I used google with her name, which gave up her old comments on friends pages, she changed the user name on her account later and so I just put 2 and 2 together..Pretty sure this is hers. Myspace.com/skrunk

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 10:01 PM Curious wrote ...

Couldn't find her myspace. How did you find it?

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 9:29 PM me wrote ...

Has anyone thought to check her myspace page? She has one, The police could learn alot about her activities through her messages blogs and status updates. She was so pretty too.

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 8:00 PM Amanda wrote ...

Decapitated is a powerful word. However, if that is what happened then by all means it should be posted in the NEWS. Since when is news suposed to be anything other than facts and current events? Why would somone have to change the news to appease some people and their sensitivity?

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 7:01 PM Holly M. wrote ...

Anonymous is afraid of posting a name. It may even be the same person, you can post anything to this site. I appreciate the information. I listened to this on the scanner last night when I got off work at the bar. My simpathy to the family. I hope they get the first driver.

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 6:35 PM Tatjanna wrote ...

The fact remains, is that the journalists were doing their jobs reporting the facts that were reported to them by the Highway Patrol. It is very sad what happened to this woman and indeed my heart goes out to the family. But once you start banning media, you start taking away pieces of everyones rights. The word decapitated is not meant to be a "disgusting" word, it is a medical term. BTW it appears that KFBB did rescind the headline and made it more informal.

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 5:53 PM Anonymous wrote ...

I completely disagree. I don't think it adds anything to the story. You can say someone was raped without going into all the the sordid details. It doesn't change the facts of the story and how horrible the event was. The same holds true here, athough as it turns out, that fact was incorrect in the first place. It's disgusting this is what modern journalism has become.

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 4:57 PM Tatjanna wrote ...

It's apparent that some do not know what journalism, actually entails. Who, what,why, when where and how.Adding the decapitation to the story makes sense. 1) perhaps someone did not realize the extent of what they did and will feel remorse and come forward. Also, when decapitation was finally mentioned at court hearings the "general public" would be complaining that they didn't get the whole story. While news is based on the facts, it is also based on what the general public wants to know.

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 2:26 PM hello wrote ...

guys, they're just reporting the facts that they have. At least we know what's going on!

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 2:05 PM anonymous wrote ...

if you are going to use such shocking and horrible information in your headline you could at least make sure it's TRUE.

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 2:04 PM anonymous wrote ...

CHECK YOUR FACTS.

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 1:29 PM KFB-Hatin wrote ...

KRTV and the Tribune both left decapitated out of their articles.....At least they have some courtesy

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 1:26 PM Anon wrote ...

So...Phill Reeves.....Were you a witness

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 1:23 PM Anonymous wrote ...

Does decapitated really add anything to the story? To me, it seems like complete sensationalism, especially in a headline. Saying she was killed would have told the story. I'm glad to see that sensitivity in the news business is long gone.

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 1:02 PM Anonymous wrote ...

The very first paragraph say's the source was the Montana Highway Patrol.

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 12:40 PM fact-based! wrote ...

Hmmm...does KFBB have a SOURCE for the statement that the poor woman was "decapitated?"

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 12:23 PM phil reeves wrote ...

it had to happen. people were driving too fast and the poor woman couldn't get out of the way.

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 12:11 PM SICKOFBADNEWS wrote ...

It truly disgusts me that someone would drive off after hitting/decapitating a pedestrian.

Wednesday, Jul 1 at 12:09 PM ANGRY wrote ...

Your headline is disgusting - using the word "decapitate" in the headline in despicable and insensitive.

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