The woman who allegedly struck a golf cart while drunk, killing a newlywed bride who was leaving her wedding ceremony, reportedly confessed to being an "alcoholic [and] addict."
According to law enforcement, Jamie Lee Komoroski’s blood-alcohol level was triple the legal limit when she sped a rented car into a golf cart carrying 34-year-old Samantha Miller and her groom, 36-year-old Aric Hutchinson as the new spouses left their beach wedding reception in South Carolina on April 28 2023.
Miller succumbed to her injuries at Folly Beach while still clad in her wedding dress. They had been traveling back to their hotel with two of their wedding guests, who were also injured in the incident but not fatally.
Komoroski has been released from custody on house arrest after posting a $150,000 bond and is currently awaiting trial.
In phone calls (obtained by The New York Post) made in the lead up to her release from custody on March 1, 26-year-old Komoroski allegedly told her sister, Kelsi, she has no control where alcohol is concerned and that it had taken over her life.
“I consider myself an alcoholic addict because anything that makes me feel different or takes me away from what I’m supposed to be feeling, I used to try to do,” she said on December 11.
“I just didn’t think life had any meaning. I was extremely lonely and didn’t get life. I could never just sit down with my thoughts.”
In a separate phone call made from the Al Cannon Detention Center in South Carolina, Komoroski is said to have shared all the things she hopes to do including a visit to see the Northern Lights in Scandinavia.
“I want to go to [a] Harry Potter [exhibit]. We need to do that. You get wands…and pretend that we are wizards,” she said to her brother CJ in a December 6 conversation.
In a different call some days later, Komoroski purportedly told her dad, Charles, she was also looking forward to spending time with family.
“I can’t wait until I can watch The History Channel with you again,” she said on Decemeber 10. “[We can make] popcorn. I’ll have ice cream…[and] cake.”
Komoroski must remain in Charleston County as part of her bail deal. She is facing four felony charges, including reckless homicide. This holds a maximum 25-year prison term.
