When a couple gets married they usually vow to love each other until death do them part it's a beautiful promise one that most imagine will be fulfilled after years of a long and happy marriage unfortunately though for one South Carolina couple they're meticulously planned Dream Island wedding took an unexpected turn every small detail from the perfect venue and the guest list to the menu and the music had been Carefully chosen to ensure that April 28 2023 would be the best day of their lives little did they know that Elsewhere on the island another young woman
was embarking on her own day of excitement although she wasn't planning on celebrating for any particular reason although her excessive drinking might have suggested otherwise nobody could have known that just a few miles away a woman named Jamie komarovsky would ultimately transform this couple's Happiest day into their worst nightmare this case shows how one person's decisions can permanently alter the lives of innocent people in a single fatal moment this is the story of how Jaime crashed more than just the wedding of Eric and Samantha Hutchinson hey guys I'm Annie Elise this is tent to life
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majored in Communications with an emphasis on business organization which really prepared him for his career as a sales manager for a construction company Called Tucker Kirby Tucker Kirby deals with concrete and masonry for residential commercial and industrial buildings Eric often traveled for work to meet with prospective clients and on one of these work trips Eric was winding down for the night by grabbing a drink at the hotel bar where he was staying there he saw a beautiful woman with dark brown hair brown eyes and a smile that lit up the entire room so he decided
to pull up A chair next to hers and quickly found out that this gorgeous woman's name was Samantha Miller and she was also staying at that hotel on a business trip 34 year old Samantha Miller who went by Sam was born on March 27 1989. she had two older siblings Joseph and Mandy and two younger brothers named Nathan and Jake Samantha's mother Lisa Miller said that in the summer of 1988 she met a man named Brad Warner Lisa and Brad ended up having a one-night stand And Lisa became pregnant even though they weren't together Brad
and Lisa don't see this unexpected pregnancy as a mistake because it led to them sharing Samantha which is one of the biggest blessings in their lives Sam took Lisa's last name but Brad was involved in raising her along with Lisa's ex-husband David Miller when asked to describe Sam in one word people have used the word light because of how much joy and how much happiness She brought to everyone's lives she had this infectious laugh and was one of those people who would become your best friend from the moment that you met her from a young
age Sam wasn't empathetic and compassionate child which carried over into adulthood she always wanted to make sure that everyone was taken care of and felt loved Sam made friends everywhere she went but her best friend was undoubtedly her mother Lisa everyone had heard Sam say her favorite quote Love you more countless times and she and Lisa even got matching tattoos of that phrase after graduating high school sam attended East Coast Polytech Institute also known as ECPI ECPI has programs focusing on science technology Health Systems business criminal justice and the culinary arts as well people who
knew Sam called her a true free spirit and said that she was the type of person who loved to just start over and reinvent herself all the time After graduating college she worked as a medical assistant and then in an orthodontist's office after that she wanted to switch gears and she got into marketing before landing and excelling in sales in sales enablement for a company called indexic indexic specializes in online booking and reservation software so Sam would travel to train and Coach sales team members for this company on one of her work trips to Utah
she was approached in that Hotel bar where she was staying by Eric Hutchinson so Eric and Samantha struck up a conversation and they talked for hours in this hotel bar Eric was captivated not only by how beautiful Sam was but her intelligence and her sharp sense of humor as well at the end of the night the two of them exchanged numbers and then headed to their respective hotel rooms Sam immediately called her mom and told her about how she had just met this amazing guy but she didn't Think that she would ever see him again
because they were both just staying at that hotel for work but surprisingly that ended up not being the case the next morning Sam heard a knock on her door and when she opened it Eric was standing there with four drinks from Starbucks and he told her that he wasn't sure what kind of coffee she liked so he brought her a variety the two of them drank their coffee together before having to part ways for work but Eric Asked Sam if she would have dinner with him and she of course was eager and accepted even though
Sam had been afraid that she'd probably never talk to Eric again they ended up speaking every single day after they met when covet hit they knew that they wouldn't be able to travel back and forth very much so Sam decided to move to Utah to live with Eric even though Sam grew up in North Carolina when she was a little girl her family took a vacation to a city just South of Charleston South Carolina called Folly Beach Sam fell in love with the small eclectic Island and she knew that she wanted to live there someday
so Eric and Sam decided to start their lives together in Charleston along with their two cats they got an apartment on the nearby James Island specifically because of its close proximity to Folly Beach it was like all of Sam's dreams were just coming true right in front of her eyes everyone who knew Eric and Sam Thought that they were the perfect couple and that their love story was like a fairy tale romance Eric was said to be pretty much the male version of Sam just kind funny and authentic and life only got better after Eric
popped the question and their engagement brought excitement to both of their families who had never seen either of them more happy Sam and Eric didn't have to think about where they would get married for very long it was an obvious No-brainer that they would get married on Folly Beach which has always been Sam's favorite place and was also becoming Eric's as well they would go there almost every day to walk or run on the beach lay out or just to catch the sunrise or the sunset there were several options for venues but Sam chose the
one that would be closest to the ocean at the very tip of Folly Beach where the Island Dead ends into the Atlantic Ocean there is a beautiful secluded wedding Venue called The Pelican watch Pavilion the beautiful open-air Pavilion overlooks the ocean Shoreline known as the edge of America couples often have their wedding ceremonies on the beach and then walk that elevated Boardwalk back up to the Pavilion for their receptions even though all of Sam and Eric's family members lived out of state along the beach were countless short-term rentals and airbnbs and beautiful hotels for everybody
to stay In so they planned it and they set their wedding date for Friday April 28 2023 and the weekend was going to be a family and friend reunion a mini vacation and a party to celebrate these two people who are madly in love with each other leading up toward the wedding Eric and Sam chose their food with their songs their wedding bands and the decorations Sam went dress shopping with her mom and her best friend Ashley who was also going to be by her side on the beach as Her maid of honor when it
was finally the week of their wedding family and friends started making their way into town the night of their rehearsal dinner many of Sam and Eric's loved ones were just meeting each other for the first time but it was like their connection to the couple made everyone feel like they had known each other for years just two amazing families and friends just merging together now the day of their wedding though started with a little bit Of a hiccup even though it's said to be good luck no one wants it to rain on their wedding day
especially if your wedding is outside and on the beach each the forecast on Folly Beach said that it was going to rain that day but Sam didn't freak out she was the exact opposite of a bridezilla and she remained calm as if she knew that somehow the day was just going to turn out perfect anyway and she was right throughout the morning and early Afternoons any clouds that were in the sky just slowly disappeared Sam her mom Lisa her sister Mandy and the rest of the bridal party spent the morning and the afternoon eating charcuterie
drinking mimosas and just getting so excited for the wedding even before she got her makeup done Sam had an obvious glow about her the ceremony was set to begin a little after 5 PM and at around 4 pm guests started arriving at the beach taking their sides for the bride And the groom the weather ended up being absolutely perfect it was slightly overcast and around 75 degrees Sam had planned everything to a t but the one thing that she waited until the last minute to do was to write down her vows she knew what she
wanted to say but she wanted them to be written perfectly so minutes before she was supposed to walk down the aisle Sam laid down on her stomach in the back of her dad's Forerunner so that no one would see her In her dress and she wrote down her vows Mandy later said that she expected her sister to be a little bit nervous but that Sam was as peaceful and fearless as ever smiling from ear to ear there were no cold feet or even typical wedding Jitters she just couldn't wait to get down the aisle and
marry her person the love of her life Eric Eric stood at the end of the aisle facing the ocean underneath a beautiful full wooden arch in front of over a hundred of he and Sam's family and friends Sam's bridal party walked down the aisle in different style dresses that matched the blush pink green and orange floral decorations and everyone was completely blown away when Sam made her way toward Eric she was always beautiful but she truly looked Angelic in her form-fitting white lace wedding dress Eric and Sam tearfully read each other their vows before officially
being pronounced Mr and Mrs Hutchinson Their family and friends cheered during their first kiss as husband and wife and their reception to follow was just as perfect as the ceremony while the bridal party took their photos their guests enjoyed a cocktail hour Sam and Eric's entrance LED right into their first dance which was to the song you move I move by John Legend next Sam did a father-daughter dance with both of the men who raised her her biological father Brad and her step-dad in a surprise Moment the DJ announced that Sam also wanted to take
a moment to dance with the second most important person in her life her mother Linda Sam and Linda danced to their song Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars the reception was just as carefree and fun as Eric and Sam were they served their guests tacos and had a huge spread of desserts including their five layer pineapple and coconut wedding cake that Sam's sister Mandy had actually made for them and everyone Spent the rest of the night dancing laughing singing and it could not have been more perfect at after the reception Eric's brother was
going to drive the newlyweds to their rented Airbnb just a few miles down the road the rest of the family were also staying in rentals along that same long strip of Folly Beach and they would all get together again in the morning after resting from a long but memorable day so before they left everyone made a Little walkway holding sparklers on both sides for Eric and Sam to walk through as they made their exit they shared one more kiss at the end before hopping on to an lsv which is a low-speed vehicle and it's kind
of basically just like a street legal version of a golf cart and then they headed out and we've all seen people riding in golf carts Segways Scooters or other little vehicles and beach towns which makes it easier for tourists to get from place to place and Even locals to get around without having to rent a car and this is why the speed limit on beach strips and tourist little towns is usually so low on the back of the golf cart there was a little Just Married sign hanging off the bumper Eric's brother-in-law Ben Garrett and
his 17 year old nephew Brogan Garrett sat in the front seats of the golf cart and Eric and Sam sat on the back so that they could wave goodbye to their guests as they drove down the road right as They left the parking lot Sam turned to Eric and said I wish that this night never had to end and that was the last thing that Eric remembers Sam saying to him before their lives changed forever less than two miles away from the wedding at the Pelican watch Pavilion is a road called Center Street Center Street
is known as the main drag of Folly Beach it's where all of the main shops and restaurants are located and where beach bars and rooftop clubs light Up the Island's nightlife young adults from surrounding cities come to Center Street to bar hop and that's exactly what 25 year old Jamie komorowski was doing that Friday night in April Jamie was born on September 15 1997 to parents Charles and Tracy komorovsky she is the middle child with an older sister named Kelsey and a younger brother named CJ Jaime and her siblings grew up in Clinton New Jersey
where they were in extremely close and tight-knit family She was especially known to be a daddy's girl and even though she was definitely a little spoiled by her parents people who know Jamie have said that she has a very big heart in high school Jamie played sports like lacrosse she liked to snowboard and has always been a competitive athlete After High School she was accepted into Coastal Carolina University there she joined a sorority and held several jobs in the food service industry she worked at a daycare She interned at a real estate company kind of
dabbled in a bunch of different things now Jamie was definitely known to be a party girl and had a very busy social life but she managed to remain on the Dean's List with a 4.0 grade point average through college she'd graduated with a degree in hotel resort and tourism management and ended up Landing a job with a company called Total Quality Logistics Jamie worked as a Logistics account executive and met her current boyfriend Evan Tatro over there at that company as well in April 2023 she left her job at the logistics company to go work
at a restaurant called Taco Boy just off Center Street on Folly Beach like Sam and Eric Jamie lived on James Island and only had completed two days of training at the restaurant just a couple minutes from the house that she shared with some friends on Friday April 28th Jamie headed to a Mexican restaurant called El Gallo Bar and Grill which is located near Daniel Island at about a 25 minute drive I looked up this restaurant which is in it this kind of isolated sketchy Industrial Area kind of and I know a lot of the best
and most authentic restaurants can sometimes look a little bit questionable on the outside but I was trying to figure out why Jaime would make a nearly 30 minute drive when there are so many great places to go Much closer maybe some of her friends asked her to go out to dinner or maybe it's one of their hangout spots because on their Facebook you can tell that inside it's definitely a lot of fun they have two dance floors one is outside on this really cool patio area and they do salsa dancing and have parties they also
have Thirsty Thursdays and on Fridays they have karaoke and free tequila shots with free to shots Margarita specials and karaoke it makes sense why Jamie and Her friends would like to go there and Jamie has said that at Taco Boy the restaurant where she had recently been hired it was really the common place for the employees to meet up after work or go on their days off to just party on Center Street together she said that everyone from managers to servers go together and if you want to get closer to the higher-ups you should definitely
hang out with them there's no telling how much Jamie had to drink at El Gallo but I'm sure with the drink specials going on it was probably more than one now it hasn't been clarified why but Jaime was driving a gray rental Toyota Camry and she decided to drive herself to Center Street to meet up with people on Center Street she went to several different bars like the drop-in The Crab Shacks and Snapper Jacks even though Jaime became more visibly intoxicated throughout the night she continued to be served drinks at each of The bars that
she went to considering her size and overall small frame just one drink per bar would have pushed Jaime far over the legal limit to drive regardless instead of calling an Uber a lift or even a friend Jaime decided that she could make the 10 to 15 minute drive home Snapper Jacks and Taco Boy share a parking lot and from there all Jane we would have needed to do was make one turn onto State Highway 171 and it would have been a near straight shot to James Island a little before 10 pm Jaime pulled out of
the parking lot but instead of going West toward the highway she accidentally made a wrong turn and started heading on East Ashley Avenue now usually if you make a wrong turn there will be some side street that you can cut through to get back on the right track or an obvious place to make a U-turn however each end of East Ashley Avenue literally dead ends into the Atlantic Ocean with a lighthouse on one side and the Pelican watch Pavilion on the other So Jamie started driving in the direction toward the lighthouse which seemed odd since
that wasn't the direction she should have been going in it just so happened that newlywed's Eric and Sam Hutchinson were riding in that same direction on a golf cart toward their rented Airbnb for the night if Jaime had driven to and from Folly Beach several times before she probably would have been highly confused as to why she was speeding down a cramped dark two-lane road surrounded by houses maybe she hadn't even noticed that she had taken a wrong turn yet or maybe she was just trying to figure out which direction she was going and which
driveway to turn into to turn around whatever she was thinking it wasn't about the speed limit I mentioned that most beach towns have a low speed limit Due to low-speed Vehicles bikes people walking and residential street typically have low speed limits anyway on East Ashley Avenue and throughout all of Folly Island the speed limit is 25 miles per hour and only increases to 35 miles per hour when you get out of the main Beach area so there was absolutely no time anywhere between Jamie's house and Folly Beach where she should have been driving over 60
miles per hour but she was On that dark narrow road Jaime was going 65 miles per hour now most of us know that alcohol causes blurred vision reduces motor skills and your coordination it causes delayed reaction and impairs judgment and so many other issues when it comes to being able to drive safely one of the most important things a person needs to have while driving is a quick reaction time in order for your brain to tell your foot in a split second to slam on the brakes To Veer out of the way or to anticipate
an accident intoxicated drivers may not even realize they've been in an accident until it's already over this is tragic but 100 preventable set of circumstances is exactly what took place that night after Jaime made the choice to get behind the wheel flying down the road at 65 miles per hour Jamie slammed into the golf cart that was carrying Samantha and Eric Hutchinson and Ben and Brogan Garrett by the time they had made it Almost three miles going 25 miles per hour most of Sam and Eric's family members had already made it to their rentals and
had started getting undressed and winding down that was until everyone in the surrounding houses heard what sounded like a bomb go off somewhere outside a resident on East Ashley Avenue came out of her house to see what was going on and she was faced with one of the most horrific accidents that she had Ever seen you can imagine how horrible accidents are when someone plows into a regular stationary or slow-moving car at high speeds those cars typically have doors seat belts airbags and protection a golf cart has seats a plastic roof wheels and that's about
it when the car Jamie was driving made contact there would have been nothing in between the car and Sam and Eric now if you've ever heard or witnessed a car accident it truly does sound like an Explosion the golf cart and the passengers in it were launched 100 yards which is about the length of a football field the golf cart rolled several times and when the neighbors came outside to look they saw people lying in various places on the ground and a mangled mess of metal the woman who came out of her house first ran
over to Eric whose face was so badly injured the woman couldn't even tell if he was alive She found a pulse on him so she went to check on the other victims Brogan was miraculously able to stand up but was clearly injured walking unsteady and very confused the woman then checked Ben who had severe injuries and horrible road rash but the woman was able to find a pulse she then made her way over to Samantha who was laying on the ground still in her wedding dress however the woman wasn't able to find a pulse on
Sam one or more of the onlookers called 9-1-1 immediately who arrived just minutes later an officer began working on Sam by performing chest compressions until the fire department arrived they took over trying everything they could to save Sam's life but it was clear that she was gone and had been killed on impact either one of the family members staying close by had realized what was going on or Brogan called his mom but soon the family was starting to show up to the chaotic scene of sirens flashing Lights crying yelling and just complete and utter Mayhem
Lisa and Mandy went out on the balcony of their Beach rental and could see the flashing lights when a moment later Eric's sister-in-law came speeding up to them and told them to get in the truck at that moment they knew that something had happened to Sam they drove the one mile to the scene and Lisa and Mandy jumped out of the truck and started running and screaming Sam's Name when they got there they were told by someone that everyone had been taken to the hospital but since they didn't have any of their IDs they would
be under Jane and John does there was still so much going on in the middle of the scene had been roped off by caution tape so they weren't really able to see much other than the mangled vehicles they jumped back in the truck and raced To the closest hospital but since the hospital hadn't been told anyone's names yet they had to just wait to hear anything they had been waiting for over an hour when Lisa got a call from her ex-husband telling her that Sam hadn't actually been taken to the hospital she was still at
the scene in an ambulance and she didn't make it the only way he was able to identify her for the police was by looking at her tattoo Eric Ben and Brogan had also been taken to a different hospital with a Trauma Center due to the severity of their injuries now I don't think there are words to describe the way that Sam's family felt at that moment so I'm not even going to try to say they were devastated angry confused and heartbroken wouldn't even begin to cover it right after the initial accident took place and people
made their way out of Their houses to try to assist the victims before emergency Personnel arrived Jaime sat in her car Dazed and Confused for a few minutes before exiting the vehicle she was completely uninjured but the people around the scene began asking her if she was okay they said that when Jaime saw the people on the ground she began crying and screaming who is that then she wandered around confused and then would start screaming again When the officer on the scene was relieved by the fire department and EMTs he went to first check on
Jamie and then to try to find out what had happened she was sitting down and the officer immediately noticed that she smelled like alcohol he went and asked another officer to join him so that someone else could confirm what he believed he was witnessing which isn't uncommon in potential DUI situations the officer Asked Jamie what happened and she said that she was driving home when all of a sudden something hit her he asked Jamie if she had anything to drink and she said oh I had a tequila shot and a mixed drink about an hour
ago the officer asked Jamie how she felt on a scale from 1 to 10 with one being the most sober and 10 being the most intoxicated now surprisingly Jamie told him she felt like an eight even though she had Supposedly only had two drinks while Jaime was talking to officers she kept her head down and wouldn't make any eye contact the officer asked her if he could see her eyes but when Jaime realized that she might be in trouble she said no after that she just became more and more uncooperative the officer then asked her
if she would be willing to do a field sobriety test to which Jamie said no he asked her if she would be willing to Take a breathalyzer and again Jaime said no but this time she added I think I want a lawyer the officer asked Jamie to stand up and when she stood she almost fell over from being so unsteady on her feet he had to hold onto her arm to make sure that she didn't fall over and he told her that she was going to be placed under arrest for refusing a breathalyzer when he
turned Jaime around to put the handcuffs on that's when she became very Uncooperative and borderline combative she started yelling and screaming why am I being arrested I didn't do anything wrong and Jaime kept pulling her arm away from the officer saying that she wanted to call her boyfriend and that she wanted to go home the officer realized that with everything going on he needed to put her in his car for her safety and for everyone else's safety but Jaime refused to put her legs and feet inside the car no matter how many Times the officer
explained it Jaime kept asking over and over why am I being arrested finally one of the female officers on the scene had to go through the other side of the car and the other door to pull Jamie inside the car because she wouldn't bring in her feet and legs when the officer arrived at the jail with Jamie he asked her if she would consent to doing a blood alcohol test Jamie of course said no but he told her That this was her opportunity to prove that she wasn't really drunk but Jaime kept refusing so the
officer had to call a judge to come down to the station to sign a warrant to collect a blood sample now that late at night a judge probably isn't just sitting by the police station so it would have taken him a while to get dressed and get down there to sign the papers even after it had been a few hours since the accident when results of the blood Test came back it showed that Jamie had a blood alcohol content of .261 which is nearly three times the legal limit she was then taken to the county
jail and was ultimately charged with one count of Reckless homicide resulting in death and three counts of felony DUI resulting in great bodily injury or death she immediately had to be booked and placed under watch for self-harm risk after she threatened to take her own life on the way to the jail When Eric and Sam's family had finally figured out where everyone had actually been taken they waited at the hospital for news about their injuries while Eric was still unconscious a nurse handed his mother Annette his wedding ring that Samantha had just placed on his
finger hours before when he woke up the next morning he was confused and in a daze but the first question he asked was where is Sam Annette was faced with the excruciating Task of telling her son that the love of his life was gone overall Eric had suffered two broken legs broken bones in his face broken vertebrae in his back brain bleeds and numerous wounds he needed multiple surgeries for his injuries but the physical pain was nothing compared to the emotional anguish he was now in without Sam Ben Garrett Eric's brother-in-law suffered severe road rash
and lacerations during the accident and His son Brogan thankfully escaped with only minor injuries Eric's mother set up a GoFundMe to assist with the medical expenses as well as the funeral arrangements for Sam he spent weeks in the hospital before he was released and even though he continued his recovery at home he will still need more surgeries in the future for all of the damage that was caused by the accident just when everyone thought that Jaime's actions couldn't get any Worse they did instead of just taking responsibility for drinking and driving in released jailhouse phone
calls between Jamie her parents and her boyfriend people believe that she comes off incredibly unsympathetic selfish and just completely unaware of the seriousness of the situation the calls with her dad seemed like he was enabling her behavior and more worried about fixing Jaime's jail problem than helping her come to terms With what she did and accepting the responsibility trying to go with that aren't we we can't cannot do anything more than what we're doing as a parent it's our Instinct of course to protect our children and to help them out of or through tough situations
I can completely understand not wanting your child to sit in jail and dads especially are usually the ones who swoop in and make everything okay but many people Think that Jaime's Father Charles isn't doing her any favor is by minimizing what his daughter did in one of the released calls Jamie literally said this sentence why did this have to happen to me and her dad's response was because bad things happen to good people honey because bad things happen to good people Heidi that's why it's just it's just Faith it's just something that happened to you
and we are going to deal with the Best we can okay instead of saying something like honey this didn't happen to you you made a mistake and now we're dealing with the consequences it's like they're not understanding that something bad happened to Sam to Sam's family to her to Eric's family to Eric like this isn't about you it's something you did now I understand that as her dad he wants to comfort her and remind her that this doesn't make her a bad person in his Eyes at least but still and here you can kind of
see that he tries to tell it like it is but he's talking to her like she's in middle school or something and got suspended for a fight not like she killed someone while driving drunk and it's light ultimate so you're going to you know uh experience stuff you never thought of and when it's all over and done with and everything is finished You're going to be a better person in this next part of the clip Charles asks Jamie what she thinks about the lawyers that he hired and here's what she had to say about them
the lawyers today I know how do you like them I like them they're top-notch you're hot they seem really good who they seem really good they are really good at the same time they can't be doing any better than what We're doing we got the best team to help you right is that what they said about your attorneys right but yes they said the family must be moppy to hire them to people the other thing I didn't say that I swear to God you can see why this portion of the call made a lot of
people angry with their laughing the mafia joke And how it really just sounds like he's more concerned with getting her out of this than helping her through this if that makes sense calls were also released between Jamie and her boyfriend Evan she talks to him about how awful the food is in jail how she likes the soap and just from the look on his face you can see that he really wants to roll his eyes at some of these parts lunch today was and there was two slices of white bread An uncooked piece of bologna
like this big uncooked piece of baloney and then like cabbage and two cookies oh you got two cookies do you get any like condiments like mayonnaise or mustard no no no they they fed us hot dogs one night two hot dogs and no ketchup or anything gosh no buns or anything it's so it's so bad but I just got my snack back in the mail today so I have Doritos and Um cookies those these cookies are so addicting I already ate like 20 of them today so the cookies that they give you for dessert sometimes
you get cookies and sometimes you get cake these cookies that they give you at this jail I'm gonna start buying them when I come home I'm not getting them [Music] and I really like their soap and some people think that he is Probably embarrassed about what she did and how she's acting but is also conflicted about breaking up with her because it might come off as like some [ __ ] move to leave her during a hard time I'm not sure that uninterested tone may just be the way he is but that's just some people's
analysis of it the portion of the calls that made people the most upset has caused more controversy in the public and possibly even more legal implications for people Other than just Jamie she discusses how the Charleston County Sheriff Kristen Graziano came to visit her in person and offered to help her out in Charleston County ever since covid inmates have still not been able to have in-person visits with family however allegedly Sheriff Graziano arranged for Jaime's parents to be able to come and see her in person which isn't a privilege awarded to other inmates many people
believe this portion of the call shows That Jaime is being given preferential treatment the deputy shares it's like whatever like the head person of Charleston County I met with her today and she's like trying to help me out that's good and she like is like you don't need to like I don't want you in here like you should be with your family like blah blah blah so that's like really good That is good yeah me so then I can hopefully be home sooner he's the head Deputy whatever she was really nice too I think her
name is Kirsten de Montez or something but um serious she's really nice and um I think she's gonna help me that's what I think things are looking up things are looking up something similar happened I guess Like to someone that she knew personally and so she like related to the story and like she like was just like really relating to me and she just seemed really like sincere and like she really wants to help and like so I'm really happy and um she also is the one that got my mom and dad able to like
visit me like in person now you may be wondering how the media was even able to get their hands on these phone calls before the trial Has even begun at the beginning during and after any Jail phone calls there is an automated message that says something like hey these calls will be recorded and they are subject to review by law enforcement yada yada so I think inmates especially ones who have never been to jail before might assume that if the calls are reviewed they will only be reviewed by law enforcement like the message said not
the whole world but jailhouse recordings fall under the Freedom of Information Act and the media and anyone else who submits a foia request can get them now at first only one news station requested the calls and after reviewing them they realized that Jamie might be getting preferential treatment from Sheriff Graziano publicizing this would obviously outrage not only the public but other inmates as well who haven't been able to see their families when the Sheriff's Office realized that These calls could paint Sheriff Graziano in a bad light and they decided that releasing them may not have
been the best idea however they really didn't have a choice and soon more and more media Outlets were requesting access to the calls at first the sheriff's office tried to Stonewall the media and said that after further review the calls could contain privacy concerns AKA could make the sheriff look really bad their argument That the release of the phone calls could interfere with the administration of justice after denying media Outlets access to the calls One News Channel filed a lawsuit against Sheriff Graziano for violating the Freedom of Information Act the judge found the sheriff guilty
of breaking the foia law and ordered her to pay for the new station's legal fees which amounted to a little over thirty three thousand dollars the footage was ultimately released but the public Outrage for the sheriff showing preferential treatment toward a defendant in the high profile case didn't just go away after the ruling Sheriff Graziano has been in law enforcement for 33 years and now many people believe that she should be removed from her position even going as far as signing a petition for her removal it's been alleged that sheriff Graziano has some sort of
friendship or working Relationship with one of Jamie's attorneys but in this statement the sheriff's office has denied that and denied that the sheriff showed Jamie any sort of preferential treatment in their statement they say our staff whether a detention Deputy or the sheriff will always work to ensure our jail residents are properly and appropriately cared for while they are in our facility this includes taking steps to ensure they do not harm themselves Jamie Lee komorovski Is no exception when family members reach out in concern for the well-being of their loved ones regardless of the charges
against them we do everything within our power to ensure they are safe it is not unusual for accommodations to be made beyond our normal video visitation for family members as long as there is an appropriate level of Staffing to make it happen Sheriff Graziano is in the agency's detention centers often and it is also not unusual For her to visit jail residents Jamie is not an exception and the sheriff met with her one time and had a brief in-person contact with her a second time to introduce her to ccso mental health director William Malcolm whose
responsibility involves visiting Detention Center residents to ensure various needs are met the sheriff does not have a special relationship with Jamie's attorney it is a professional relationship what has been surmised by Some from Jamie's video calls is not accurate in regard to any sort of special treatment some may think the situation is special but it is not in regards to Jamie's attorneys they both appear to be very successful she is being represented by Nathan Williams who is a former Federal prosecutor and also former New Jersey County prosecutor Christopher gramasiani they have both worked on high
profile cases and would be considered as hot to trot as Charles Said they seem really good however no attorney can magically make a crime go away which I think is what Jaime is hoping for Jaime expressed to her father that she was afraid of going to jail for years and years and years on August 1st Jaime had a bond hearing to determine if she would remain in jail at least up until the trial her attorneys filed a motion saying that Jamie was not a flight risk or a danger to the community And asked that she
be released on bond so that she could be admitted into a rehab facility they claimed that Jaime suffers from substance abuse and alcohol dependency and needs to get help members of her family gave heartfelt statements assuring the judge that they would be her support system to help her through her recovery and also would be responsible for her until a trial date actually very very transformational Portion of her life right now she needs to become a very thoughtful and helpful I love it I said her circumstances may be able to call other people repair or addiction
problems exactly do you start off with them thank you for letting you know that as well responsibilities and commit myself and Dedicate myself to making sure the shoes which will be following all of it was put on her and um I know that she will not break anymore and I just want you to know that that's offering my dedication to help Jamie with her sobriety to get her to anything and anything else that she needs to be doing I love my sister more than anything in the world she has Her heart has no limits no
matter what happened that day she'd opened her arms for us and she always be by my side no matter what and I'm going to commit myself making my mission every day by her side and help her do her pad of her cupboard my sister gave me my family here we're very closely bonded I promise we will do everything about the power to help you Feel the most comfortable in making a decision today I have faith that people do you know what is Grace and we were here to support that no matter what Jamie is a
kind loving person he just needs some help Samantha and Eric's family had words for the court as well and they obviously did not share the same sentiment they believed that Jaime made a choice to drink and drive and knew the potential consequences of those actions they Believe that she does pose a risk to the community especially if she has access to a vehicle so hard today we heard from the parents of Samantha Miller the victim in this case during the hearing they were arguing why the defendant should stay behind bars both as you might imagine
were quite emotional we need a conscious decision to get into our vehicle after drinking all day And take away my daughter I do believe she'd be the danger to the community because I wouldn't want anybody else to go through this it's torn for our family other families is like you you did I'm sorry she didn't just killed my daughter again hey baby anything they're gonna I should never Bond I can probably afford it and they're gonna get the hugger and the older daughter I just wish and pray now we don't do the right thing because
the ground feels done if I attend this and set I got out on bottom then that's where you go for passport I assume Lots one day because if not if it wasn't me I'd be going your own eyes praying hope that you can see our side of the family or dark push the power apart again think about the defendant is clear danger to the community it's hard for me to say or believe that she made those hot and Reckless decisions just because of alcohol They die probably over 60 miles per hour on narrow pitch black
pedestrian to build streets been following I mean it's beyond Reckless it skills like intention directed somebody and the defendant is a danger to the community to society because that could have been my daughter and now they don't get their empty Sammy and I have to explain to them every day when the sirens go off and I think about that time running down The street screaming my sister's name because it was a conscious decision to drink just a conscious decision to get behind the wheel and as my brother mentioned going 65 in a 25 before drinking
is a decision Jamie was sobbing during the bond hearing But ultimately the judge decided not to Grant Bond he said that the state and the defense need to work together to Get this case to trial as quickly as possible and if the trial doesn't begin before March 2024 then she will be released until trial on a 150 000 surety bond if she's released on bond she will have to wear a scram monitor that monitors blood alcohol concentration transdermally through the skin immediately following this horrific tragedy Sam's family said that they were committed to helping Eric
through his physical and emotional recovery so that They could be there for each other during the inevitable traumatic grieving process of the person that they all loved more than anyone in the world sounds just got back a while the grief still raw for Eric Hutchinson she's a tiger that walks in a room and you notice wrap my head around it um that night going from an all-time high to an all-time low it's pretty rough to try to Comprehend do you remember the crash happening at all I don't I wish I did the I do remember
the last thing I remember her saying was she wanted the night to never end that was the last thing she said to you of course was there anything you'd say to the driver no I can't right now To stole something she just uh she's still an amazing human being that to not have been taken their families were both extremely happy that Jamie would remain in jail without bond for now at least but some comments made by Lisa Miller Sam's mother caused some people to believe that there might be a rift building between the Miller and
the Hutchinson families I want to address one more thing here yes If you all don't have to ask me but honestly Samantha 's name is Samantha Miller she got married she died on her wedding night I'm sorry but that is her legal name and I would appreciate all the media to use her name out of respect for her family it's no disrespect to the hutchinsons I'm you know glad that they had a ceremony but when we're talking stories and news stories and legal things her Name needs to be her name and she didn't make it
to the Social Security office so please respect us and Sam and call her what her name is in your stories Lisa asked that people refer to Samantha by her legal last name which is Miller because even though she got married she wasn't able to make it to the office to change her last name she said that it Was no disrespect toward the Hutchinson family and asked that everyone respect their family and Sam by calling her by her legal name however many people have sounded off online stating that this is clearly disrespectful toward Eric who just
lost his wife and Sam as well in another interview Lisa strangely explained that she really didn't want Sam to change her last name even before the wedding she wanted her to keep the last name Miller or at least hyphenate The two names some people believe that this was a very bizarre request especially since she has a son who will carry on the Miller last name and Samantha expressed to her mother that she wanted to change her last name to B Hutchinson but that to make her happy she and Eric decided that if they had a
son they would name him Miller she was going to change her name to Hutchinson which of course is fine but I thought she might do like hyphenated name Um and it wasn't bent out of shape or anything but I just thought it'd be better if she kept Miller since we're all Miller's small Hall except for her I'm married but um anyway we hadn't talked about it but it wasn't no big deal and then she told me a couple weeks ago when they said they decided they were going to have children after they got married and
she said mom guess what we decided if we had a baby we were gonna name him Miller and I'm like oh You know like she just loved so much and she wanted everybody to be happy and yeah she's amazing even though Lisa stated that there was no disrespect people could sense that there was some sort of hostility in her tone and when she had said that the families were no longer on the same page this became clear when it was discovered that Lisa had actually filed a motion with the court against Eric according to Lisa
when Eric started To recover and became aware of what was going on he and Samantha's family agreed to work through all of the legal matters together Eric was listed as the representative for Sam's estate and Lisa alleges that his attorneys have roadblocked her and that she questioned Eric's ability to oversee her daughter's estate her attorney filed a motion for Eric to be replaced by a court-appointed administrator Eric's attorneys made the statement Eric Hutchinson was properly Married and he is properly the personal representative people deal with grief in different ways we're sorry to see this filing
so some people believe that this new wedge between the families is a result of money even though Eric's mother created a GoFundMe on behalf of Eric and Samantha the Miller family decided to make their own stating that they wanted Theirs to only focus on Sam and I like I said I have not looked at It I yeah we don't really I mean it's not that we don't care it's like it's hard to describe it there's bigger more important things but what I am glad of even with the um the the other GoFundMe that was made
about the tragic accident which definitely very tragic but we wanted to do one that was focused more on Sam just because Sam's the one that's not coming back Um this incident has resulted in multiple lawsuits But Eric decided to file one more on behalf of his wife he filed a wrongful death suit against not only Jamie but all of the restaurants bars bartenders and waiters that served her the lawsuit claims that these establishments continue to serve Jaime despite being visibly intoxicated and that the businesses and staff have a duty of care not to allow customers
to become intoxicated and not to serve Alcohol to intoxicated persons the lawsuit is also against Taco Boy Jamie's new employer accusing them of pressuring Jaime to attend a function that night and consume excessive amounts of alcohol however the management of Taco Boy claimed that they don't have any organized functions where employees drink together and that Jamie never stepped foot in the restaurant that night according to them if Jamie went out that night it was on her own accord And not as a result of any related work event many States including South Carolina have laws against
commercial establishments that serve alcohol to visibly intoxicated individuals or to minors these laws are referred to as dram shop laws which hold the establishment and the employees serving the alcohol liable for any acts committed by an intoxicated person that they are serving that would mean that These businesses and employees could be held liable for the death of Sam and the injuries to Eric Brad and Brogan if found guilty the businesses and individuals may have to pay a fine victim compensation and may lose their liquor licenses which could effectively put places like beach bars out of
business so if Jaime is convicted of all of the charges against her she could face up to 55 years in prison I personally don't think that she will End up serving that long but based on the severity of what happened and how high profile this case has become I do think that she will serve at least a portion of that time what do you think her sentence should be other than minor traffic infractions Jamie does not have a criminal record but even if she wasn't intoxicated the fact that she was going 65 miles per hour
in a 25 Zone was extremely reckless in itself a huge amount of the backlash in this case is a Result of the released phone calls there was one point where she said my life is over which isn't true her life as she knew it may be over but the only person's life who is actually over is Sam's and I think that if Jamie really wants to recover and wants to take responsibility the first step will be to acknowledge that Sam and Eric are the real victims here not her regardless of her sentence she will eventually
get out of prison one day and get to see her Family and go on with her life which isn't something that Sam will get to do and my question for you is what would you you do if you're a child or someone you love ended up in jail for injuring someone in a DUI accident would you try to help them and get them home or would you make them deal with the consequences of their actions no amount of time that Jaime receives will bring Sam back and both families lives have been completely altered because of
one person's decision That being said I hope that this tragedy can help put into perspective the devastation that drinking and driving can cause and hopefully before someone gets behind the wheel they will remember Sam and find another ride the day Sam passed away she was the happiest she had ever been she got to experience what she wanted to do more than anything which was to marry Eric and become Samantha Hutchinson she had a positive and long-lasting effect on everyone during Her life and I know she will continue to do so in death it is a
very very tragic situation and a heartbreaking case and I appreciate you guys sticking around and listening I will continue to keep you updated on what happens with Jamie and I am curious to know what you think her sentence should be so please let me know in the comment section below alright guys thanks for tuning in and until the next case stay safe foreign [Music]
