On what seemed to be just another normal Sunday, Steven Curtis Stewart waited for the bus at the intersection of Peters Creek Parkway and Link Road to be taken to church.
Steven was an usher at the United Metropolitan who never missed a Sunday.
Except that one.
As Erik Brandon Randolph zipped through the intersection, he lost consciousness and control of his vehicle, fatally striking Steven, who would die just nine days later.
Erik was high on heroin and other unidentified drugs at the time of the incident—but he never thought his one mistake would cost another man his life.
The 38-year-old plead guilty to second-degree murder on Monday as well as possession of drug paraphernalia, reckless driving, driving while impaired, driving while license revoked and failure to reduce speed.
But despite the laundry list of guilty charges and remorse, there’s one thing that a prison sentence couldn’t bring back: Tamika’s brother.
Steven’s sister, Tamika Stewart, took his death perhaps the hardest of anyone. She admittedly wanted to hate the man who carelessly killed her beloved brother and her children’s favorite uncle.
