In Hartford, Mayor Pedro Segarra held a press conference today/yesterday to ask the public for help in solving the case of a city man found in the street last month. The man, Dartanyon Blake, later died. WNPR's Jeff Cohen reports.
Blake's family has said he was the victim of a hit-and-run in the city's Blue Hills neighborhood. Police say that that's one of the options they're looking into, but that the investigation has slowed -- and they need some help from the community. Segarra agreed.
"This is very important. Someone, somewhere had to have seen something related to this accident, and we need the public's assistance in providing any information that can lead us to a conclusion in this case."
Larry Livingston is Blake's father.
"We understand that accidents do happen. We don't have any anger or animosity against this person. What we do have is forgiveness for this person. However, we still would like this person to have enough integrity to step forth."
Blake was 39-years-old. He was profiled on WNPR two years ago in a series about life after prison.
For WNPR, I'm Jeff Cohen.
Jeff Cohen started in newspapers in 2001 and joined Connecticut Public in 2010, where he worked as a reporter and fill-in host. In 2017, he was named news director. Then, in 2022, he became a senior enterprise reporter.
