Driver With Long Rap Sheet Accused Of Killing Beloved Magazine Editor In Hit And Run

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Driver With Long Rap Sheet Accused Of Killing Beloved Magazine Editor In Hit And Run

1 sourceUpdated Jul 2, 2026

A beloved Virginia magazine editor was killed Monday evening in a Richmond hit-and-run crash allegedly caused by a suspect with a significant criminal record. Hope Cartwright, a 23-year-old assistant editor at Virginia…

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