In this episode of True Crime Daily: The Podcast Updates: A New Jersey cop who hit a man with his car and then allegedly made several more questionable decisions.
On November 1, 2021, 29-year-old Damian Dymka was on his way home from a Halloween party when he lost his cell phone. He was walking along the shoulder of the Garden State Parkway when, at 3 a.m., Officer Louis Santiago allegedly struck him with his car. Damian died at the scene.
Louis was in the car with his cousin, Albert Guzman, and the two men left the scene and drove to Louis’ parent’s house to talk to Louis’ father, Lieutenant Luis Santiago. The younger Louis Santiago allegedly went back to the scene and put Damian’s body in his car. Lieutenant Santiago then called 911 to report the accident. Officer Santiago allegedly returned the scene again and put Damian’s body back on the Parkway before New Jersey State Police arrived.
On July 15, 2022, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office indicted Officer Santiago on 16 charges, including vehicular homicide, tampering with evidence, hindering prosecution, and more. Lieutenant Santiago was charged with hindering the prosecution and official misconduct.
The three men have been released from custody and are awaiting court appearances.
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This story is so absolutely insane even for a regular citizen to have done — let alone an off-duty policeman and his relative! I doubt Hollywood could come up with something like this because what these three people did (one of which was a Lutenient) is SO CRAZY that it's hard to believe! What the off-duty police officer and his cousin did — is crazy! They run over and kill a pedestrian and then they pick up the body and put it in the trunk of the off-duty police officer's car and they drive around with it in the trunk.
The off-duty police officer who hit the guy on the side of the road — everything that he did (the cover-up) was done BECAUSE law enforcement would have discovered and would have determined that Santiago was DUI and upon that conviction, I'm pretty sure that he would have been fired from the police department.
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The fact that the victim was walking down the GSP is very strange. That is a huge, multilevel, FREEWAY.
This is just beyond words…to serve an protect WHO??? there selves 🙏lord help us please 🥺
He looks like a punk, not a LEO. What an idiot!!!
Commenting lawyer looks like Kid from Kid 'n Play.
So was everyone drunk that night….so many bad decisions by so many characters. 😮
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asking to get hit because he’s on the freeway in a Halloween costume?! man sound like a damn fool🥴
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Woooooooow really
These officers are evil! Asf
Disgusting!😡😡😡
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Of course he went to his mama's house…uhhh no.
Crazy man . Just crazy
How is the mother being charged 😮 she was like are you crazy put the body back! Or did they want her to call the cops
First of all the chic telkung this story doesnt know anyting about law enforcement or EMS. Moat of the times the police will scoop a victim up and take the victim to the hospital before EMS arrives. The man in this video understood that the original act of putting the victim in the car is not the issue. Everything they did after that was criminal
I completely agree! That was completely disgusting and insensitive. I suppose that after some time, people like him become desensitized to these cases but what he said was completely awful and heartless
Honestly, that is a group of dumb people. Can't believe 2 of them were/are police officers.
He was definitely under the influence of something! Who does that?
Maybe Santiago thought he had hit a true life werewolf. And he loaded into his car so he had prof there was that werewolf existed.
Corrupution…he may have lived if they took him to the hospital.
Santiago’s defense will be, “what was I supposed to do? call myself? I’m a police officer”
So sick!!!!😮
They defintely were dtunk and obviously currupt. How many things have they done before this. Im moving out of jersey. They have dangerous policemen
Now we need to question if the story is true. Maybe the cop and cousin beat him and then lying that the nurse was hit
This dirty cop is walking around for 2 yrs its ridiculous
The officer off duty seem he was intoxicated hit a person drug test that drugged officer
there’s no chance he wasn’t intoxicated
if not, then he needs to be wearing a helmet 24/7
it should be counted as murder if they can prove that he didn’t die instantly
He was coming home from the bar, probably drunk, that’s why he didn’t call 911.
He was more than likely drunk way over the legal limit and that"s why he hit and killed the young man.
So sorry this happened this victim. My sympathies to the victims families. So sad.
He expects his father to cover up for him because they more than likely always have all is life.
They know he was stupid junk and mowed down Damian. He's entitled and spoiled. That's why he thinks he should not be held accountable.
Sadly this world is turning into something that I've never seen befor people that you wash truly never thought that would commit a crime turning into sadly Satan is taking contol of their. This world is full of sin the only one that is going to have the solution really soon to end all this is called Jesus Christ 😊 male the victim's rest in peace
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