Lawyer Arrested In Hit-And-Run Death

MIAMI LAKES, FL — A Hialeah attorney surrendered to Miami-Dade police on Tuesday in connection with a Dec. 7 hit-and-run death of a 26-year-old woman from Michigan. Sixty-five-year-old Marcos A. Gonzalez-Balboa was charged with DUI manslaughter and related offenses after police linked him to the death of Tatum Holloway.

Holloway, of Traverse, was killed as she attempted to cross Fairway Drive in a crosswalk. The incident happened around 2:30 a.m. at the intersection with Miami Lakes Drive.

"The victim was vaulted into the air and subsequently landed on the curb, on the West side of Fairway Drive," according to Miami-Dade police. "The driver of the vehicle fled the scene without rendering aid to the victim."

Holloway was found by a passerby and pronounced dead by first responders from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. Gonzalez-Balboa allegedly fled in his silver Mercedes Benz C-Class.

"He just turned himself in this afternoon just prior to being booked," Detective Lee Cowart of the Miami-Dade Police Department told Patch on Tuesday night.

Gonzalez-Balboa of the 17300 block of NW 81 Avenue, was also charged with vehicular homicide failure to stop and leaving the scene of a crash death.

Police had asked for help from the community in finding the driver of the vehicle that struck Holloway. They said at the time that the Mercedes was likely t0 have damage on the right front passenger side of the vehicle.

Photo of Marcos A. Gonzalez-Balboa courtesy Miami-Dade Police Department