Man will face charges of hit-and-run, alcohol in car in connection to death of WRAL employee

A man faces nine charges – including hit-and-run, driving too fast for conditions and having an open container of alcohol – in connection to the crash last month that killed WRAL employee Erin Simanskis.

Aldair Leon-Olluas was arrested in Georgia on Monday and is being held without bond in the Fulton County Jail. He'll be returned to face charges in North Carolina, but the how and when have yet to be worked out.

U.S. Marshals, Atlanta police and Raleigh police worked together to track and arrest Leon-Olluas in the Atlanta area, weeks after the crash.

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Simanskis, a native Canadian who attained U.S. citizenship during her years of residence in Cary, is survived by her husband, Ed, daughter Emily and son Eric.

Leon-Olluas is from Mexico, and he presented a Mexican I.D. at the time of his arrest. On Tuesday authorities said he was in the United States illegally.

"I would thank everyone who's been behind my mom and especially the law enforcement who are trying to do whatever they can to bring a justice," Simanskis' daughter, Emily, said.

"This will probably bring us a shred of peace, knowing that this person will know who he took from us, but it still wasn't our priority as we all try and go back to our daily lives."

Emily Simanskis has a question for the man linked to her mother's sudden death. "The biggest question that I have ... why this person fled," she said.

She'd also like to give him a message.

"I want him to know about my mom. I want to be able to tell him about her, so he knows who he took from us," she said.