This BLOG was established as a site to express feelings of the heart and mind surrounding the June 19, 2005 hit and run death of 15 year old Kayla Peter. The registered owner of the Lexus that killed Kayla is Susanna Goihman owner/chef of Azafran Restaurant located at 617 S. Third Street.
Woman At Center Of Hit-And-Run In Court On DUI Charges
POSTED: 6:54 pm EDT September 14, 2005 UPDATED: 6:57 pm EDT September 14, 2005
The woman at the center of a hit-and-run that killed 15-year-old Kayla Peter in June talked briefly to NBC 10 Wednesday.
Susanna Goihman owned the car that police said hit Peter just outside of her East Falls home in Philadelphia. She has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident.
Goihman, 40, was in court Wednesday on an unrelated charge. She remained silent as she attempted to outrun news cameras after learning when she will stand trial for driving under the influence in a January.
Police said that a breathalyzer test put her more than two times over the legal limit for alcohol when she was involved in a fender-bender in a city parking lot.
"The police officers, who are trained professionals, observed her to be under the influence of alcohol. She admitted to them that she had been drinking with friends earlier," said Mark Gilson, an assistant district attorney.
Goihman entered a program for first-time offenders. If she had completed six months of probation without being arrested, her record would have been wiped clean. She began the program June 3, but was arrested in connection with the June 19 hit-and-run of Peter.
"Of course, nobody knew at the time that two weeks later, Susanna Goihman would be involved in this fatal hit-and-run,"
Prosecutors said that it was Goihman's white Lexus that killed Peter.
Court documents obtained by NBC 10 News said that witnesses saw Goihman drinking the night of June 19 at two Manayunk bars. Those documents also say that Goihman also told a friend that something struck her car that night, but she drove on.
After ducking into a hotel to escape news crews, Goihman told NBC 10 News that she couldn't talk about the case, but that not a day goes by when she does not think about Kayla Peter.
Not only are Goihman keeping silent about the case, so are prosecutors, who say they are still bringing witnesses in front of a grand jury.
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Woman At Center Of Hit-And-Run In Court On DUI Charges
POSTED: 6:54 pm EDT September 14, 2005
UPDATED: 6:57 pm EDT September 14, 2005
The woman at the center of a hit-and-run that killed 15-year-old Kayla Peter in June talked briefly to NBC 10 Wednesday.
Susanna Goihman owned the car that police said hit Peter just outside of her East Falls home in Philadelphia. She has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident.
Goihman, 40, was in court Wednesday on an unrelated charge. She remained silent as she attempted to outrun news cameras after learning when she will stand trial for driving under the influence in a January.
Police said that a breathalyzer test put her more than two times over the legal limit for alcohol when she was involved in a fender-bender in a city parking lot.
"The police officers, who are trained professionals, observed her to be under the influence of alcohol. She admitted to them that she had been drinking with friends earlier," said Mark Gilson, an assistant district attorney.
Goihman entered a program for first-time offenders. If she had completed six months of probation without being arrested, her record would have been wiped clean. She began the program June 3, but was arrested in connection with the June 19 hit-and-run of Peter.
"Of course, nobody knew at the time that two weeks later, Susanna Goihman would be involved in this fatal hit-and-run,"
Prosecutors said that it was Goihman's white Lexus that killed Peter.
Court documents obtained by NBC 10 News said that witnesses saw Goihman drinking the night of June 19 at two Manayunk bars. Those documents also say that Goihman also told a friend that something struck her car that night, but she drove on.
After ducking into a hotel to escape news crews, Goihman told NBC 10 News that she couldn't talk about the case, but that not a day goes by when she does not think about Kayla Peter.
Not only are Goihman keeping silent about the case, so are prosecutors, who say they are still bringing witnesses in front of a grand jury.
Goihman remains free on $250,000 bond.
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