{"id":99139,"date":"2025-11-12T08:41:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=99139"},"modified":"2025-11-12T08:41:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:41:42","slug":"give-us-closure-hit-and-run-victims-father-pleads-for-answers-two-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/12\/give-us-closure-hit-and-run-victims-father-pleads-for-answers-two-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Give us closure&#8217;: Hit-and-run victim&#8217;s father pleads for answers two years later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Marissa Lentz-McGrath, Local Journalism Initiative, TimminsToday.com \u200bMOOSE FACTORY &#8211; Two years have passed since 21-year-old Loni Chum was killed, and her family says the pain has only grown deeper with time. \u201cIt\u2019s been 731 days,\u201d said her father, Robert Chum, who described the past week as \u201cheavy.\u201d \u201cHardly anyone\u2019s sleeping,\u201d he said. 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