A domestic disturbance in Oglethorpe County on August 23, 2015 escalated into a high-speed pursuit that left 23-year-old Hayley Nicole Hill and her unborn child dead. Officers first encountered Ryan Edgar Arnold fleeing the scene while firing a weapon into the air; the next day Arnold had barricaded himself with Hill, then fled in a vehicle with her inside. During the chase Arnold pushed Hill from the moving vehicle onto the roadway. She was taken to a local hospital but both she and her unborn baby later died of their injuries.

The pursuit continued, with Arnold exchanging gunfire with officers. He abandoned his vehicle, hijacked a log truck and took 58-year-old Paul Donald Davis hostage; Davis and Arnold were both found with gunshot wounds and hospitalized. Arnold was arrested and initially charged with three counts of aggravated assault, one count of feticide and one count of kidnapping with bodily harm; authorities anticipated one aggravated assault count would be upgraded to murder after Hill’s death.

Are there witnesses or nearby residents who recall the chase or the moments before Hill was pushed from the vehicle?