The stepfather of a 2-year-old who was hit by a car and killed in October 2019 has been indicted on charges of second-degree murder and second-degree cruelty to children.
Jordan Walls, the stepfather of Riley Harris, told Murray County, Georgia, deputies he was playing video games on Oct. 15 when Riley sneaked out of a back door that does not lock properly.
Riley was hit and killed by a truck around 7:20 p.m. on Old Dalton Elijay Road at Diamond Way, a residential area of Chatsworth.
According to an incident report from the Murray County Sheriff’s Office, deputies found the driver of a black Dodge truck lying in the ditch holding his neck with his family near the vehicle. Another man was driving a white Nissan truck and his hand was injured in the crash.
The man driving the Nissan told deputies that Riley was in the middle of the road when he was driving on Old Dalton Elijay Road.