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DEVELOPING TONIGHT, A MAN IS FACING 1ST-DEGREE MURDER CHARG AFTER POLICE SAY HE HIT&KILLED A WOMAN WHO WAS WALKING HER DO 49-YEAR-OLD JASON SASSMAN IS ALSO CHARGED WITH ANIMAL NEGLECT. POLICE SAY HE WAS DRIVING HIS PICKUP TRUCK FAST DOWN BEAVE AVENUE AROUND 8:00 THIS MORNING, WHEN HE LEFT THE ROAD, HIT A UTILITY POLE AND RAN-OVER THE WOMAN AND HER DOG. POLICE SAY SASSMEN THEN GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK AND RAN AWAY. HE WAS ARRESTED SHORTLY AFTER THAT. POLICE SAY NEIGHBORS CALLED 911 TO GET THE WOMAN HELP, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. >> ONE THING THAT WE’VE SEEN DURING THIS HEALTH CARE CRISIS IS THAT PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO HELP THIS IS NOTHING NEW TO US, WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME. BUT UNFORTUNETLY IN THIS CASE, THEY FOLKS THAT ARE ABLE TO HELP US, JUST GIVE US THE INFORMATION THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO DO ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME FOR THE VICTIM. THAT’S THE SAD PART. THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST WE’VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. MA THE WOMAN IS A 38-YEARS-OLD FROM DES MOINES. HER NAME WON’T BE RELEASED UN