Aimee Michael Charged With Five Homicides for Easter Hit-and-Run

A 22-year-old woman was charged with five counts of homicide for an alleged hit-and-run car accident on Easter Sunday.

Aimee Michael was driving her BMW on April 12 when police believe she changed lanes and got in a chain-reaction wreck that claimed the lives of a couple, Robert and Delisia Carter, and their children: a newborn son and nine-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, another woman, Tracy Johnson, survived the accident in another vehicle — but her six-year-old daughter, Morgan, did not.

According to The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, the Carters’ Mercedes and the BMW supposedly collided when Michael veered out of her lane. The impact sent the Mercedes through the divider and it slammed head-on into Johnson’s Volkswagen as Michael drove away.
Michael’s bond hearing has been set for Friday.

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Yes! They Got the Hit and Run Killer!!

Bond Denied For Hit-And-Run Suspect

ATLANTA -- A judge denied bond Thursday afternoon for the woman who police said confessed to the fatal hit-and-run crash that killed five people on Easter Sunday.

Aimee Michael, 22, was arrested and charged with five counts of vehicular homicide and hit and run overnight after police found the BMW that they believed was involved in the wreck on Camp Creek Parkway.

Michael, in handcuffs and clad in a blue Fulton County scrub suit, sat quietly as Judge James Altman read the charges against her. Altman denied bond because Michael had nearly two weeks to turn herself in but did not.

"While this has been in the news with them looking for the car, she has done absolutely nothing to fulfill those responsibilities," said Altman.

Acting on a tip, SWAT officers converged on a home in south Fulton and impounded the vehicle in the driveway. Police spokeswoman Sgt. Melissa Parker said officers went into the home but found no one there.

According to Fulton County police, the Michael’s family sent her out Easter Sunday to get cake and ice cream.

That's when, police say, Michael's BMW collided with a Mercedes sending the Mercedes into oncoming traffic.

The Mercedes hit a Volkswagen head on.

Police said instead of stopping, Michael drove her wrecked BMW back home and parked it in the garage.

She told her family she had a headache and went to her room.

For two days, the BMW sat in the garage.

Michael's mother and grandmother told police they don't enter the house through the garage, so they didn't realize it was wrecked until two days after the wreck.

Police said that's when Michael broke down and told her family what happened.

At that point, investigators say, the family did not go to police.

Her mother and grandmother apparently knew about Michael's involvement for at least eight days, but did not come forward.

Instead, someone from the family had the car repaired.

Robert and Delisia Carter, their newborn son, and Delisia Carter's 9-year-old daughter, Kayla, died in the chain-reaction crash near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Also killed was Morgan Johnson, 6, whose mother, Tracy Johnson, 43, of Atlanta was injured.

John Mattox, who said he's a cousin of Tracy Johnson, said he needed to be in the courtroom as Michael faced her fate.

"I wanted to see to make sure she didn't get bond so I can feel happy about it," said Mattox.

Michael's relatives, clearly shaken from the ordeal, did not want to talk.

Will Rumph didn't know his neighbor by name, but he often saw her driving to and from her house.

He said at a recent neighborhood association meeting, a police officer attended.

"They had a flyer and they said they were looking out for this 1995 gold BMW,” said Rumph.

At the time that didn't register.

Police won't say yet whether they're going after the mechanic or Michael’s mother and grandmother.

That's up to Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard and people at his office tell CBS Atlanta News he's looking into it.

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SO Tragic...

Police Close In On Easter Hit-and-Run Car


FULTON COUNTY, Ga. -- Four days after a tragic hit-and-run crash that claimed the lives of five people Fulton County Police are hot on the trail of the car and driver of the car that may have caused the crash.

Police say investigators are making significant progress trying to find the car and driver, who may be a female.

Police have updated the description of a BMW they are looking for. Fulton County Police Detective Melissa Parker said "We were able to narrow the scope of the search to a 1995 to 1999, 740 or possibly a 750-Series BMW."

Detective Parker says the color of the car is cashmere beige. She says it will have significant damage to the front driver side of the car and to the undercarriage.

Robert Carter, 39, Delisia Carter, 38, their 9-year old daughter Kayla and 2-month old son Ethan were on an Easter Sunday drive when the Carter's Mercedes collided with the BMW on Camp Creek Parkway.

The Mercedes crossed the grass median and struck a Volkswagen driven by Tracy Johnson, 43, of Atlanta. The four members of the Carter family were killed. Tracy Johnson was critically injured and her 6-year old daughter was killed in the crash.

Detective Parker says investigators found several pieces of the suspect car at the crash site after it side-swiped the Mercedes.

Fulton County Police took the pieces to a BMW dealership which was able to narrow down the make, model and year of the car. They were also able to determine the lot number of the paint used on the car.

Police say they are focusing their search for the car down to neighborhoods near the crash site. One of the pieces of the car found at the crash site was a piece of the oil pan. The dealership told police the car would have been leaking oil and unable to drive very far from the scene.

With that information and a handful of tips about possible sightings of the car police are watching specific houses where residents said they saw the car. They believe it might be hidden behind closed garage doors.

And now 11-Alive News has learned the GBI is helping Fulton County Police by researching tag numbers of cars fitting the suspect vehicle description. The GBI is compiling a list of cars registered to addresses in Fulton County and near Fulton County.

"The GBI has a way of narrowing it between cities, local areas, and we do believe it's a local vehicle and that would be a good place to start," Detective Parker said.

Detective Parker says there are probably more than a thousand vehicles fitting the description registered in the county.

Investigators will take the list from the GBI and start with those registered closest to the crash site and work outward, according to police.

In the meantime, Detective Parker says they still want the public to stay alert and call them with any sightings of the car. Anyone with information about the car should call 404-612-5314.