A woman accused of driving a drunken speeding car into a golf cart, killing a bride and groom leaving their wedding, has admitted she is an “alcoholic.” [and] I’m an addict,” he said in a series of recordings of the prison phone calls obtained by the Post, expressing his excitement about spending the holidays with his family.
Jamie Lee Komorowski, 26, told her younger sister, Kelsi, over the phone that she could not control her alcohol and that she had no control over it. He said he accepted that his life was getting out of hand because of it. .
“I consider myself an alcoholic because anything that changes my mood or takes me away from what I’m supposed to be feeling, I was trying to do,” she said on December 11. told the day.
“I thought life had no meaning. I felt so alone and had no purpose in life. I could never just sit and think my thoughts.”
Police said Komorowski’s blood-alcohol level was high when he was in a golf cart carrying Samantha Miller, 34, and her new husband, Aric Hutchinson, 36, while the couple were driving back from a rental car on their way home from a beachside wedding reception. At the time of the collision, it was three times the legal limit. Last April 28, South Carolina.
Miller died at the scene in Folly Beach, wearing her wedding dress. Hutchinson and two other wedding guests who were returning to the hotel were seriously injured but survived.
In a separate conversation from the Al Cannon Detention Center in South Carolina, Mr. Komorowski, who has been released on house arrest while awaiting trial, said what he wanted to do most when he woke up, including a trip to see the Northern Lights in Norway or Finland. talked about it in detail. .
“i wanna go [a] Harry potter [exhibit]. That’s what you need to do. You get a wand… and we pretend to be wizards,” she said to her brother “CJ” during a Dec. 6 conversation.
In another phone call a few days later, Komorowski told his father, Charles, that he was also looking forward to a vacation with his family.
“I can’t wait to watch the History Channel with you again,” she said on Dec. 10.
“[We can make] Popcorn. I eat ice cream…[and] cake. “
Komorowski must remain in Charleston County as part of his bail agreement. She is charged with four felonies, including reckless homicide.
Prosecutors said Komorowski drove a rented Toyota Camry carrying the bride and groom and two wedding guests into the back of a golf cart while driving in a “nearly unconscious state” at 105 mph in a 25 mph zone. He claims that he caused the collision.
A toxicology report released by the South Carolina Department of Law Enforcement showed Komorowski’s blood alcohol level was about three times the state’s legal limit.
According to police, the woman told the dispatched police officer that she was suddenly attacked by something, and repeatedly stated, “I didn’t do anything wrong.”
Komorowski frequently talked about his faith and his Bible reading in prison phone calls.
She attended Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings in prison and now believes in a “higher power.” [that] You can make something better out of a bad situation, including death. ”
“[In AA] We talk about how our higher powers can’t stop something bad from happening because we are given free will and free choices, which have consequences. But he can make good things out of bad situations,” she said.
Hutchinson, who suffered brain damage in the accident, previously recalled his new wife’s final moments in an interview with “Good Morning America.”
“If he kept something bad from happening, we wouldn’t be human and life would have no meaning. You know what I mean?” I don’t understand, I don’t think I understand. I never thought…Why do people get cancer?
“The last thing I remember her saying was I wish the night never ended,” Hutchinson said, adding that the next thing she remembers was waking up in her hospital room and saying, “Where’s Sam?” ? ” he added.
“That time [my mother] “He told me there was an incident and Sam didn’t make it in time,” he told ABC.
If convicted, Komorowski could face up to 25 years in prison.
