On a fateful day just four days after Christmas in 1989, tragedy struck in Charlotte, North Carolina, when 52-year-old mother Ruth Buchanan was fatally hit by a driver who ran a red light. The driver callously fled the scene, leaving Buchanan critically injured. Despite efforts to save her, Buchanan tragically passed away the following day.
For decades, the case remained unsolved until a breakthrough came with the advancement of DNA technology. The perpetrator, Herbert Stanback, now 68 years old, confessed to the hit-and-run incident that had haunted investigators for 35 years.
