MERIDIAN, Miss. – Meridian Police are searching for a suspect believed to be connected to a fatal hit-and-run that occurred on King Road this week.

The suspect is William Joe Garrett. In the accident that occurred on Tuesday, October 22, 79-year-old John Culpepper, partner of the Culpepper & Culpepper accounting firm, died.

If you have information, call Acting Capt. Dareall Thompson at 769-298-5111. You can also call Meridian Police at (601) 485-1893 or Crime Stoppers at 855-485-8477.

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