An Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University professor chose to end his life rather than face charges of leaving the scene of a DUI crash that occurred last week.
James Solti, 57, went missing after he rear-ended a truck on April 17 and then fled the scene without rendering aid to his injured passenger, Cassie Harrison.
“[Solti] is missing because he was driving drunk and left a woman to die in the car,” Harrison’s daughter said.
“He’s missing because he’s hiding from the Port Orange Police Department. Charges have been filed and he’s wanted for felony charges.”
On Monday, police found Solti dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound behind a Martin County Holiday Inn.
Solti joined Embry-Riddle as a professor in 2018 and was a retired Air Force veteran.
