The truck driver who veered throughout a freeway median in his tractor-trailer Christmas Eve morning and struck two automobiles carrying individuals with Livingston County ties has been charged with vehicular murder in reference to their deaths.
Dayren Rocubert, 29, of Hialeah, Florida, was arraigned Tuesday in Sidney Municipal Court in Shelby County, Ohio, with 5 counts of felony misdemeanor vehicular murder as a result of Karen Marie Boehne, one of many victims, was pregnant.
Kimberly Ann Siegrist, 63; her daughters, Lauren Marie Hahn, 32, and Karen Boehne, 33, and Karen’s husband Jeremy David Ralph Boehne, 32, have been killed in the crash. The truck driver was not severely injured.
Not responsible pleas have been entered on his behalf. The decide set bond at $25,000 money or surety for every of the 5 counts. Court data point out he posted bond.
According to court docket data, the charges are “drug or alcohol” associated. A pretrial convention is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. Jan. 30.
“It’s a human tragedy, what happened. It’s awful.,” Rocubert’s legal professional Christopher Bucio stated. “Any time at the holidays and the inclement weather, the No. 1 fear that anybody has is something like that and there was four people involved and I understand that there was an unborn child. No words can describe the loss and the tragedy.
“My shopper’s coronary heart, his household’s coronary heart goes out to all of these concerned and the lack of all of the household, in addition to myself on behalf of my shopper, really feel the identical approach. It’s simply terrible climate that day and it was sort of a series response of issues that occurred with the automobiles and it is only a tragedy,” he stated.
According to police, Rocubert’s tractor-trailer was northbound Interstate 75 when it went through the median Dec. 24 and struck a GMC Terrain and a Ford F-150 carrying the four family members.
Funerals for the four are set for Sunday afternoon at McCabe Funeral Home, 31950 W. 12 Mile Road in Farmington Hills. The service will be at 5 p.m. for Jeremy and Karen Boehne. Hahn and Siegrist’s funeral service will be at 7 p.m. at the same location.
Amrit Harvey, who was a collegue of Siegrist’s ex-husband, David Hahn, set up a GoFundMe account to help the family.
“No mother or father ought to ever need to undergo tragedy of dropping their youngsters or grandchild,” Harvey stated.
Lauren Hahn and Karen Boehne, along with Jeremy Boehne, all were graduates of Hartland High School.
Hahn graduated from Hartland High School in 2009 and went on to Madonna University in Livonia. She worked as a customer service manager at Alpha USA in Dexter.
Karen and her husband Jeremy were married on June 4, 2022, and had been together for 10 years.
Karen Boehne was a 2007 graduate of Hartland. She went onto attend Grand Valley State University in Allendale, completing her biomedical science degree in 2012. She worked with Opus IVS in Dexter as director of Human Resources & Recruiting.
According to his obituary, Jeremy Boehne grew up in Livingston County, attending Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church and playing basketball soccer and participating in track at HHS. He worked in the medical gas industry.
Jeremy Boehne is survived by his mother Mary Boehne and father David (Kathy) Boehne, as well as siblings Joy Boehne, Maria Santure, Erica Timmons and Brian Boehne.
Siegrist, in addition to being the mother of Karen and Lauren, also was the mother to Amy (Jim) Ross. She also had three grandchildren.
According to her obituary, she belonged to St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in Brighton and liked working with her church and volunteering. She was also adventurous and loved trying new things.
Livingston Daily reporter Patricia Alvord might be reached at [email protected].