Man arrested after suspect's SUV seen creeping by event for teen hit-and-run victim
35-year-old Daniel Rodriguez
DICKINSON, Texas - A suspect is now in custody after a Houston-area high school senior was killed in a hit-and-run in Dickinson back in November.
According to court records, 35-year-old Daniel Rodriguez was arrested Monday and is charged with accident involving death.
Investigators believe he hit 17-year-old Ziyanna Jones when she was walking home from a Halloween party.
Jones was a senior at Dickinson High School.
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An arrest affidavit stated someone at a memorial for the teenager saw a damaged vehicle driving by slowly and got the license plate.
That’s when police tracked the vehicle to a dealership where Rodriguez had returned it and bought another vehicle.
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The affidavit added that Rodriguez told his wife a different story regarding the vehicle.
Read the full affidavit here.