The suspect in a deadly January hit-and-run near Drake University is in custody Friday thanks to help from authorities in Illinois.The Lake County Sheriff's Office took Isaias Flores-Morales into custody Thursday night in Zion, Illinois.The Des Moines Police Department believe Flores-Morales struck 71-year-old Stephanie Markert with his vehicle on 33rd Street Jan. 30.She served as the house mother for the Delta Gamma sorority at Drake University and died from her injuries following the crash.Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek said the department had been on his trail for several weeks."Every single day it seemed like we were getting a little bit closer, and last night it finally came together," Parizek said.According to Parizek, Des Moines detectives began searching for Flores-Morales in connection with the crash on Feb. 1."He was doing everything he could to avoid us," Parizek said. "He was also attempting to intimidate some people who were here trying to help us."Flores-Morales faces a harassment charge for threatening to hurt those who helped police. His other charges include leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, no driver's license, no insurance and escape from custody. Police said the vehicle he drove during the crash did not belong to him. "He had absolutely no intentions of coming back or reaching out to us, and it was pretty clear that this was the effort we were going to have to make," Parizek said.Flores-Morales will be extradited from Illinois to Des Moines to face his charges.House director of Drake University sorority killed in hit-and-run crash

The suspect in a deadly January hit-and-run near Drake University is in custody Friday thanks to help from authorities in Illinois.

The Lake County Sheriff's Office took Isaias Flores-Morales into custody Thursday night in Zion, Illinois.


The Des Moines Police Department believe Flores-Morales struck 71-year-old Stephanie Markert with his vehicle on 33rd Street Jan. 30.

She served as the house mother for the Delta Gamma sorority at Drake University and died from her injuries following the crash.

Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek said the department had been on his trail for several weeks.

"Every single day it seemed like we were getting a little bit closer, and last night it finally came together," Parizek said.

According to Parizek, Des Moines detectives began searching for Flores-Morales in connection with the crash on Feb. 1.

"He was doing everything he could to avoid us," Parizek said. "He was also attempting to intimidate some people who were here trying to help us."

Flores-Morales faces a harassment charge for threatening to hurt those who helped police.

His other charges include leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, no driver's license, no insurance and escape from custody.

Police said the vehicle he drove during the crash did not belong to him.

"He had absolutely no intentions of coming back or reaching out to us, and it was pretty clear that this was the effort we were going to have to make," Parizek said.

Flores-Morales will be extradited from Illinois to Des Moines to face his charges.

House director of Drake University sorority killed in hit-and-run crash