I went to school down the street from JHU and my sorority chapter encompassed JHU, so this story is near to my heart. My prayers are with the school community, her family, friends, and sorority sisters. What an incredibly sad thing.
I hope that they can nail him with vehicular manslaughter, though it looks like they may not be able to:
"To charge automobile manslaughter prosecutors would need to prove that Meighan struck JHU junior Miriam Frankl with his white Ford F-250 and was drinking and showing active negligence while doing so, or that he was driving with gross negligence - a "wanton and reckless disregard for human life."
But so far, they've yet to publicly prove he was driving the vehicle. Witnesses place the white truck driving erratically throughout Baltimore for hours on Oct. 16, the day of the hit-and-run, but Meighan claims he lent his vehicle to a friend. A call to his attorney Tuesday was not returned.
Lawyers unaffiliated with the case said the remaining charges suggest that prosecutors can show Meighan was the driver.
"They must believe that they can put him behind the wheel [or] they shouldn't be able to charge him with anything," said Brian G. Thompson, a former assistant state's attorney who is now in private practice in Baltimore. They might not, however, be able to show the negligence component, he said."
The rest of the article:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...,5305325.story
At least they revoked his bail:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...,5043180.story
