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HILL PLEADS from page Cl7:30 p.m. when the Schoens were walking their dogs on Pawnee Drive in Navarre a few blocks from their home. Dan Schoen was pronounced dead at the scene. Erin Schoen died the next day at a local hospital.Dan. 32. was a technical sergeantwith the First Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Erin, 31. was a staff sergeant with the First Special Operations Medical Operations Squadron.Between them, they left four children.After Hill turned himself in, he agreed to speak to Florida Highway Patrol investigators about the crash without an attorney present and said that he hit “something,” according to an FHP report. Later, he said that he had hit something “big,” the report said. He also said he’d had two beers that day.A man driving north on Pawneee said he saw a pickup truck “driving quickly with its headlights off.” Healso told FHP investigators that there were two other pickup trucks following the first truck The witness continued north until he came upon the Schoens. He dialed 911 and tried to help the couple until emergency responders arrived.The report said that evidence collected from the scene included broken pieces of a front turn signal. An FHP trooper went to Hill’s home on Deer Lane to look at his truck and contact Hill. The truck matched the description and had recent front-end damage, including a broken right turnsignal.After being placed under oath, Hill said he had stopped on Pawnee to look at the damage but did not seewhat he hit.The truck was seized as evidence.Hill is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 28. He is being represented by a public defender, according to information from the Santa Rosa County Clerk of Court’s Web site.
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Northwest Florida Daily News
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, US
Thu, Oct 02, 2008
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