Man Convicted of Killing Sarah Root in Omaha Crash Receives Sentence

10 Years Later: Illegal Alien Who Killed Sarah Root Gets 20 Years in Prison

The illegal alien convicted of killing Sarah Root the night she graduated from college has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Honduran national sentenced in death of young Iowa woman in crash

The Honduran man convicted of crashing into and killing an Iowa woman in Omaha in 2016 has been sentenced to over two decades in prison. Douglas County District Court Judge James Masteller sentenced 29-year-old Eswin Mejia to 20 to 22 years in prison Monday. The sentencing comes two months after Mejia pleaded no contest to, […]

Street racer, who fled to Honduras, sentenced 10 years after crash killed Bellevue grad

Eswin Mejia fled the U.S. after the crash that killed 21-year-old Sarah Root in South Omaha in 2016.

Illegal immigrant who fled US after killing Sarah Root sentenced to 20+ years behind bars

Eswin Mejia, an illegal immigrant convicted of killing Sarah Root in a 2016 drunk driving crash, was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison.

Sentencing for Honduran man charged in Iowa woman's death

A man who disappeared to Honduras after being charged in the 2016 death of Iowan Sarah Root will serve up to 20 years in prison for vehicular homicide.Eswin Mej

Man convicted of killing Sarah Root in Omaha crash receives sentence

The man convicted of hitting and killing an Iowa woman in an Omaha crash will serve years behind bars.