Voices of Monterey Bay

Suspicious King City traffic death was never truly investigated

Royal Calkins

Voices of Monterey Bay’s Royal Calkins spent about a year investigating the death of a woman who was hit by an SUV while walking down the middle of a dark frontage road. About a week after the incident, local law enforcement declared the woman’s death an accident, and for a year or more gave the case only “sporadic and superficial attention.” But Calkins’ investigation found there was much more to the story. Judges called Calkins’ work “a shining example of accountability journalism” and a “great story, well-reported, and well-told.”

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Suspicious King City traffic death was never truly investigated

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