{"id":169220,"date":"2025-09-25T21:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/169220\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T21:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:41:12","slug":"canada-wide-warrant-issued-for-suspect-in-car-vs-bike-crash-that-killed-13-year-old-boy-in-mill-woods-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/169220\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada-wide warrant issued for suspect in car vs. bike crash that killed 13-year-old boy in Mill Woods &#8211; Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than a year after a boy was hit and left to die on a road in southeast Edmonton, police have identified a suspect and issued a Canada-wide warrant.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298208_703_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Abraham Alfonso Chavez, 41, is wanted for manslaughter, dangerous driving causing death, hit and run causing death and unlawfully causing bodily harm.<\/p>\n<p>The blue 2017 Mazda sedan he is believed to have been driving <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11324182\/mill-woods-fatal-hit-and-run-suspect-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was found earlier this year at a repair shop in Edmonton<\/a> \u2014 a discovery police said was thanks to tips from the public.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not say which auto body shop it was found at, but did note repairs had not yet been made to the vehicle, which was heavily damaged on its front end and driver\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tA blue 2017 Mazda sedan involved in a hit and run that left 13-year-old Adam \u2018AJ\u2019 Edhi dead in Mill Woods on May 29, 2024, was later found in an Edmonton auto body shop.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tEdmonton Police Service\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The fatal crash on May 29, 2024 happened at around 4 a.m. along 34th Avenue between <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/mill-woods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mill Woods<\/a> Road East and 48th Street.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Adam \u2018AJ\u2019 Edhi\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10538019\/edmonton-hit-and-run-teen-bicycle-kind-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was riding his bike to his girlfriend\u2019s house before school<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 a visit he made almost every morning, his family said \u2014 when he was struck.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298209_554_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>His mom previously told Global News AJ had fallen asleep on Tuesday night and didn\u2019t get a chance to visit his girlfriend, Mylie Parsons, whom Lynch described as \u201cthe best thing that ever happened\u201d to her son.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Teenager killed in Mill Woods hit and run was riding bike to see girlfriend before school'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6P_TEEN_DEATH_FOLO.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:43<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTeenager killed in Mill Woods hit and run was riding bike to see girlfriend before school\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Early that morning, AJ hopped on his bike to visit Mylie before school. He was on the phone with his girlfriend\u2019s sister when he was hit by a car around 4:05 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the car fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The sister called his mom, who got out of bed and rushed to the scene to find police and EMS already there.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Life-saving efforts were made, but AJ was pronounced dead at the scene in Mill Woods.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Edmonton mother pleads for\u00a0hit-and-run\u00a0suspect to turn themselves\u00a0in\u00a01\u00a0year\u00a0after\u00a0son\u2019s death'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/aj.death.anniversary.moulitharan_1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:37<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEdmonton mother pleads for\u00a0hit-and-run\u00a0suspect to turn themselves\u00a0in\u00a01\u00a0year\u00a0after\u00a0son\u2019s death\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11449417\/canada-indonesia-trade-agreement\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758836471_36_CP175063401-e1758754753960.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCanada signs \u2018game-changing\u2019 trade deal with Indonesia, new defence pact\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11448421\/alcohol-dementia-study\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758836471_259_Alcohol-dementia.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tWhat\u2019s the link between alcohol and dementia? New study sheds light\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chavez is four feet nine inches tall and 150 pounds with black hair and a short, black goatee. A warrant for his arrest was issued on Sept. 17.<\/p>\n<p>The court system said Chavez has an lengthy criminal history. In addition to the fatal collision, he is also wanted by police for mischief (damage under $5,000) from an incident in June 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The accused had previously been charged in 2021 with drug trafficking and possession of stolen property, however those charges were withdrawn a year later.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton police confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/8455777\/edmonton-drug-bust-four-million-seized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">he was one of four men charged in December 2021<\/a> after more than $4 million worth of meth, cocaine, fentanyl and ketamine drugs were seized, along with buffing agents, weapons and cash. At that time police said he was a resident of El Salvador.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-figure__image\" alt=\"Abraham Alfonso Chavez, 41, is wanted by Edmonton police in relation to a fatal collision that claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy in May 2024.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Abraham-Alfonso-Chavez.jpg&amp;w=12&amp;h=12&amp;crop=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Abraham-Alfonso-Chavez.jpg\"   data- data- width=\"479\" height=\"596\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAbraham Alfonso Chavez, 41, is wanted by Edmonton police in relation to a fatal collision that claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy in May 2024.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tEdmonton Police Service\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the collision or who knows where Chavez is is asked to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous information can also be submitted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.p3tips.com\/tipform.aspx?ID=250#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Crime Stoppers online<\/a> or at 1-800-222-8477.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than a year after a boy was hit and left to die on a road in southeast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,2169,17442,87242,44],"class_list":["post-169220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-crime","tag-edmonton-crime","tag-mill-woods","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}