Tribal Police: Vehicle being processed in deadly hit-and-run death of young father, suspect identified

Monday, Mille Lacs Tribal Police Department announced several key developments in the fatal hit-and-run crash from early December that took the life of 20-year-old Chey “C.J.” Garbow Jr.

“A suspect has been identified in the hit and run incident and is cooperating with the investigation,” said Mille Lacs Tribal Police Deputy Chief James West. “The vehicle has been impounded for evidence processing.”

The suspect’s name is not being released until charges are filed, according to investigators.

Garbow was walking with a friend on Virgo Road, which runs alongside Highway 169, north of Cash’s Landing in Mille Lacs County on the Mille Lacs Reservation, his family said. A vehicle struck the young father and kept going in the early morning hours on Dec. 9.

"Its relief, but I’m not going to be relieved until the suspect is behind bars," said Carla Littlewolf, Garbow’s aunt.

The incident is still under investigation by the Mille Lacs Tribal Police Department and the Minnesota State Patrol.

“He loved his boys,” said Littlewolf. “He loved his family.”