the family of ashley prodomo begged for help finding her killer. she worked at a grocery store to help pay for college. as she tried to take the bus, someone hit her and took off. >> don't run over somebody and leave them there, especially a teenaged girl. just starting to live. we don't ... we forward. if anybody saw something, if there were any cameras that captured anything. please. please call us or call the highway patrol. >> the driver is still on the loose tonight. searching for ashley's killer continues. florida highway patrol is now investigating the case. >>> a deputy on the wrong side of the law accused of pawning his service weapon and stealing drugs. off the job, and facing charges sheriff bob tells us that the former deputy stole oxycodone pills from a citizen who brought them to a dunedin station to be destroyed. the sheriff said addiction can affect anybody an deputy's life was spiraling downward. >> this guy was on a complete spiral. >> former deputy smith will likely face additional charges in pasco county. >>> the man charged wit

. >> reporter: a tragic accident cut 17-year-old ashley prodomo's life short. a tragic accident nicholas believes was her fault. >> she ran into the path of my vehicle, you know what i mean? there is nothing i could have done. nothing anyone else could have done. she knead the decision to run across a busy highway in the dark. no cross section. and ... that was consequences of her dying. >> reporter: he may be right about the accident, but he was wrong leaving the scene. bryan camarino is a legal expert and defense attorney not affiliated with this case. >> we have all an obligation, if there is any sort of accident, whether it is car to car, or car to human being, we have to stop, pull over, render aid. >> do you know that you hit her? >> no. all i snow something hit my car. that is what it appears like to cup of blocks to stop. when i stopped i didn't know what it was. i knew my window was getting cracked and that's all i could see in the dark. >> reporter: at a vigil near the scene. friends remembered the senior with so much promise and reflected on the arre