Deadly hit-and-run ‘haunting’ Miramar police, chief says. ‘We have not given up’
A day after news broke of the death of a jogger critically injured in a 2024 hit-and-run crash in Miramar, Police Chief Delrish Moss said investigators are still searching for answers — urging the public to come forward with what he calls a “magic phone call” that could break the case.
Moss says his department is still working to solve the hit-and-run on Miramar Parkway that left Onyxia “Nikki” Delinois in a vegetative state until her death this month.
“This case has been haunting the department since I got here,” Moss told the Miramar News on Tuesday, April 14, noting that the original detective assigned to the case — now promoted — continues to follow leads.
The tragic crash happened in the predawn hours of April 6, 2024, when Delinois, then a 26-year-old insurance broker, was jogging ahead of her running club near Miramar Parkway and Southwest 184th Avenue.
In the darkness, she was struck from behind by a car whose driver fled the scene.
Fellow runners found Delinois on the roadway, Moss said. She suffered a severe head injury and fell into a vegetative state, permanently altering her life, her husband, Roosevelt Delinois, told the Miramar News.
“She never regained consciousness and spent six months in the hospital,” he said.
She spent the rest of her life at home, where her husband, along with nurses, cared for her. She died April 3, three days before the second anniversary of the accident, from complications related to her injuries, Roosevelt Delinois said.
There have been leads, but none panned out, Moss said. With time passing, no witnesses and no surveillance video, “It’s akin to finding a needle in a haystack,” he said.
“With what little we had to go on, we checked body shops because with the impact there must be damage to the car and also neighborhood surveillance cameras, but nothing has produced a solid lead,” Moss said.
Moss said he is hoping for what he calls a “magic phone call” from someone who has information that could help crack the case.
“I can’t imagine that someone out there knows who did this and is not bothered by their conscience,” Moss said.
Like Moss, Roosevelt Delinois hopes someone who knows what happened that day will come forward.
“I don’t want the person who did this to get away with it,” he said.
At the time of the accident, the couple had recently married. Onyxia Delinois, an avid health enthusiast, had just opened an insurance agency in Sunrise.
Delinois’ husband remains devastated but said he is determined to see the driver arrested and held accountable in connection with her death. “Someone knows something, and they should come forward,” he said. “If someone can get away with something like this — hitting a woman out on her morning jog — none of us are safe.”
Authorities are offering a $15,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest.
“We have not given up on this case yet,” Moss said.
