From a story on illinoistimes.com by Dusty Rhodes headlined “Hit and run: What kind of man would run over me and my dog and leave us both for dead? I decided to find out.”:

For April Poole and Paula Harris, it felt like any other Friday night. They attended Brothers & Sisters, a group of friends who gather for dinner each week at a different restaurant, and on this particular Friday, they dined somewhere on the west side [of Springfield, Illinois]. It was close to 9 when they headed home.