Joplin Police arrest a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run accident.

 A reported tip in the case led police to a residence in Duquesne, MO, where they located the suspected vehicle inviolved in the Monday accident. Police arrested the vehicle's owner 49 year old Ruben Blanco of Joplin. Charges of Leaving the scene of a crash resulting in a death have been submitted to the Jasper County Attorney's Office. Blanco was on supervised probation due to a 2022 drug conviction at the time the accident occurred.

Authorities have released the name of the victim as 55 year old Eva Havelock of Joplin.