(KMJ) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office identifies the woman killed and dragged following a hit-and-run in Fresno Friday morning.
Deputies say the victim was 29-year-old Monique Contreraz, who was homeless.
Investigators say she was pushing a shopping cart and had a dog on a leash, who was also killed during the crash. Contreraz was found dead in the parking lot of La Quinta Inn and Suites by Wyndham on Cornelia Ave. near Shaw Ave. and Golden State Ave.
Investigators were able to link the body found to a hit-and-run that had happened about eight miles away from the hotel.
Several law enforcement agencies collaborated to identify and locate the suspected driver accused of dragging the woman’s body for miles after it got stuck underneath the truck following the initial hit-and-run. The manhunt ended when Madera County Sherriff’s deputies found 38-year-old Shawn Ginder hiding in a cabin in Bass Lake.
Ginder had to be taken to the hospital after jumping out of a window. He was last listed to be in “critical condition.”
