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Deadly hit-and-run suspect in custody after crash that killed Colorado bicyclist

The suspect driver wanted in a deadly hit-and-run that killed a bicyclist last month has turned themselves in to authorities and was in custody on Wednesday morning. Investigators with Aurora police confirmed the suspect had been detained to CBS Colorado.

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The scene of the crash at South Powhaton Road, about a quarter mile north of East Jewell Avenue in Aurora. CBS

Investigators said the bicyclist, later identified as 26-year-old Arthur Williams, was riding southbound on South Powhaton Road about a quarter mile north of East Jewell Avenue when the suspect driver struck Williams and then drove away just after midnight on July 27. 

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Arthur Williams Williams Family

Williams was not found for several hours when a good Samaritan spotted the 26-year-old male bicycle rider on the ground in the 1600 block of Powhaton Road near Jewell Avenue around 9:30 a.m. First responders confirmed that he had died at the scene.

Aurora police had issued a description of the suspect vehicle, a 2015-2019 white Subaru Outback, earlier this month and a plea for the public's help in tracking down the suspect driver. 

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