Overview

• Ruth Buchanan was struck and killed in Charlotte, North Carolina, by a driver who fled the scene in 1989.
• Herbert Stanback, 68, confessed to the hit-and-run while on a work-release program from prison.
• The case remained unsolved for decades until DNA from a marijuana cigarette found in the suspect's car matched Stanback.
• Stanback has been sentenced to two years for the hit-and-run, to be served concurrently with his existing 22-year sentence.
• The resolution of the case brought unexpected closure to Buchanan's family after 34 years.