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Cops reveal suspect's ID in fatal nun hit-run

Carlos Armando Ixpec-Chitay is wanted in connection with

Photo credit: Southampton Town Police | Carlos Armando Ixpec-Chitay is wanted in connection with leaving the scene of an accident involving a pedestrian fatality. The pedestrian, Sister Jacqueline Walsh was struck and killed while she was walking in the vicinity of the sanctuary she was staying at. She was on retreat with her colleagues from the Sisters of Mercy of Syosset.

Southampton Town police released the name of the suspect in a hit-and-run that killed a Syosset nun on an evening stroll in Water Mill nearly two weeks ago.

The man, Carlos Armando Ixpec-Chitay, 30, of Riverhead, a Guatemalan national, is still at large, authorities said.

Chitay is accused of driving the car that struck and killed Sister Jacqueline Walsh on July 9, authorities said.

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