Paul Mann Mad River Union EUREKA – The November trial of a McKinleyville hit-and-run murder suspect has been postponed until the defense receives an accident reconstruction report from an outside expert. James Arthur Merrick II, 47, is accused of killing Tessa Gingerich, 16, also of McKinleyville, in an alcohol-fueled hit-and-run collision near Mill Creek Marketplace…
Hit & run murder suspect admitted drinking
Paul Mann Mad River Union EUREKA – The McKinleyville murder suspect accused of killing a Mack Town teenager in a hit-and-run collision near Mill Creek Marketplace Dec. 14 confessed at the scene that he had been drinking. James Arthur Merrick II, 47, who has a prior DUI record and is a registered out-of-state sex offender,…