Mother-daughter duo tried to cover up fatal hit-and-run by dusting car engine in Alaska moose fur: Police

Google Maps image of milepost 1421 in Delta Junction, Alaska, where 47-year-old John Emerick was fatally struck by a driver on Aug. 28. Inset: Moose image via Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Things are getting hairy for an Alaska woman after police accused her of sprinkling moose fur over the engine of her car in a desperate ploy to make it look like she struck a large beast instead of hitting and killing a 47-year-old man walking alone at night along the side of the highway.

Alaska State Troopers arrested Chelsie Erickson, 32, of Delta Junction, Alaska, on Oct. 17, according to online police records.

She was charged with negligent homicide, failure to render aid and two counts of tampering with evidence. Police said she fled the grisly scene after hitting area resident John Emerick around 10 p.m. on Aug. 28 as he walked along the side of the highway in Delta Junction near milepost 1421.

Erickson’s mother, 60-year-old Janell Erickson, was also arrested and charged with tampering with evidence.

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